After moving here, I’ve considerably developed my cooking skills. A lot of food in the USA is conveniently pre-packaged or processed for purchasing at grocery stores. Here, the food is a little different and usually fresher. Our family usually goes for unprocessed foods and ingredients in preparing meals. It takes…
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Motorcycles
Today I went with Gerben and several family friends to a motorcycle convention in Utrecht. The convention was packed full of people, motorcycles and all sorts of gear. I am still getting used to riding motorcycles, but I’m getting the hang of it! Location: – Utrecht –
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Birthday ’12
A beautiful clear February birthday with plenty of sunshine, flowers, and pancakes for dinner. I couldn’t ask for a better birthday!
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Old Photos
We went through my fiance’s family pictures and documents tonight. It was special to see faces from the past 130 years that helped create this family, and discern who looked similar. It was incredibly sad as well, to see all these people who are gone and what they witnessed. We…
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Balder
I had quite an experience today aboard the DCV Balder, the ship that my father-in-law is currently working on. This ship is being overhauled in dry dock in the city of Rotterdam, before returning to sea. The Balder is a Deep Water Construction vessel. We wore hard hats aboard the ship…
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Christmas 2012
Merry Christmas from the Netherlands!
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Book Market
We attended a book market event for the Christmas season in Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland. My in-laws organized this very nice event through their own company. G and I took turns shooting pictures of the book market at their company. We sat down to a warm fire and hot chocolate milk while…
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