My husband is a serious Lego Junkie.  He and his friends are really involved in the robotics side of Lego and over the years he’s become increasingly busy with it.  The biggest event of the year for them is Legoworld in Zwolle.  He goes there each year for almost a week where he and the other Mindstorms guys put on …

For the past two years I have belonged to IMAGES Photo Club, an English speaking photography club in Den Haag.  I’ve really enjoyed being a part of the club, especially the outings that I’ve been on with them, like the sailing trip and the trip to Texel.  One thing I’ve always wanted to do (but been too afraid to) was …

You know that old saying… red sky at morning, sailor take warning.  Well, I wouldn’t want to be out on the sea today!  What a beautiful sunrise we had here in Rotterdam!   I just love being up early enough to see the sunrise.  I’m trying to soak in as many sunny days as possible before winter really hits here, because …

With all the photos I took of the race this is my favorite of the day.  The children that were with us were getting restless while we waited for the girls to finish the race, and a bag of crisps managed to keep them occupied for a while. I think next to Faela, Xiem (the boy in the middle) is …

Last weekend I went to watch my friend Penny run her first 5k.  This was a huge thing for her and she had been working incredibly hard to get there, so there was no way I could miss it!  I was so proud of all she has achieved over the last while, and I couldn’t wait to be there screaming …

The PAA Monday Nail Art Challenge for this week was Blue, and I did actually have these done before Monday but I wasn’t feeling up to taking pics.  Thankfully the mani has held up quite well so I was still able to get some today, even if there is a fair bit of regrowth there.  You can ignore it.  The …

On the same day that my husband and I visited Salagou and Moureze with my mother-in-law, we also went to visit Le Jardin de Saint Adrien.  It’s a beautiful privately owned garden that was created from the ruins of an old rock quarry.  It is actually someone’s back yard!  In the summer months they open it up as a public …

[youtube id=”y4yDNWlvK6s” width=”600″ height=”350″] This morning I was catching up on my news feed when I saw this video on Dooce and it had me roaring with laughter. I so wish we got her show here in Holland, perhaps I need to start downloading it. I may end up divorced if I don’t wear my head phones though, my husband …

Last week a friend asked if I would go along with her to check out a photo club here in Rotterdam.  She left a link to the Urban Photo Collective on Facebook and asked me to check it out.  My first instinct was to decline, because it’s a Dutch group and I was nervous about not fitting in.  I tried …

One more thing we did while at the campground was played a giant game of checkers.  My husband isn’t a big fan of playing games, unless it’s something like Trivial pursuit where he knows his knowledge will always trump mine.  I couldn’t believe it when we came along the giant checker board and he said he didn’t know how to …

When my husband and I agreed that we wanted to take a few days in the Pyrenees during our trip to the south of France, we initially wanted to just book ourselves a gite (cabin) or B&B.  It turned out that with only a few weeks notice and us arriving the week before the Tour de France, that wasn’t going …