Travel

On the way through the airport in Amsterdam I asked Xander if there is a term in Dutch similar to Home Sweet Home, he said Oost West Thuis Best, which means East West Home Best.  Works for me… The traveling was long and tiring but we are finally back in the Netherlands and battling our jet lag (the jet lag …

A few years ago, actually… more like 15 years ago (ugh!) my friend Peggi and I went out for a drive and were looking for some nice places to take pics. We drove about 15 minutes away from home and found these really nice waterfalls tucked in off an old dirt road. If we weren’t looking for a spot we …

I’m so behind on these updates but I’m enjoying my time away too much to spend time behind my computer. I can’t believe a week has gone by already! My cold is almost gone, all I have left is that annoying ‘tickle’ cough which usually stays with me for ages. I don’t mind though, I have a lot to take …

I have so many pictures already, I am not sure where to start.  So I’ll start with the flight over here.   I’m not going to type much because I’m sick as a dog with a cold and just took some meds and am sleepy already.   Trust me to get sick as soon as I get back to Canada. We felt …

We made it to Canada safe and sound.   After a loonnnng time traveling (approximately 22 hours from our house to my parents) we are now in Canada and finally adjusted to the time difference.  It’s weird to look at the clock on my laptop right now and see 11:05am when it’s 6:05am here. We’ve been pretty busy since I got home.  …

Passport – CHECK! Tickets – CHECK! Petsitters – CHECK! I AM GOING HOME! YAAAAAY!! Now all I have to do is wait until it’s time to go.  It’s not so bad because we leave in just a little over a month.   I know the time will go by fast though because it seems like just yesterday I was saying ‘Only …

Ok, don’t worry I’m calmer than I was yesterday. I decided to take my NL frustration and use it constructively and finally finish my Life in NL page. I enjoyed making it actually, and was pretty surprised that my like list was almost as long as my don’t like list.Yesterday morning Xander went to “walk the dog” which meant “Escape …

Who keeps a turkey as a pet? Does this seem like a weird question or are turkeys just a regular ol’ pet and nobody told me? Yesterday we went for a drive around Millville and through the country, while we were driving along we see this: These people had this massive turkey on their front step! Truly, the pics do …

BLEEEEEH!! I’ve gained 10 freakin pounds since I’ve been home! It’s all this delicious North American food that I missed so much. Toaster Strudels, Wendy’s, etc.. I never thought I’d say this but I’ll be so glad to get back to Holland to my stable diet of chicken and rice. Good grief! I mean ok I know I am not …

Still in Canada.. still having an awesome time. Tuesday night we went to see the Lipizzaner Stallions and they were as beautiful as I remember them. It was strange because there were so many empty seats! I don’t know if they didn’t advertise it well or if I’m just so biased and in love with horses that I couldn’t imagine …

Well the weekend is over and it was awesome! Friday night we went to my dad’s cousin Brenda’s place.. it was just the family and we had some pizza and a few drinks. Her daughter Leanne is a few years younger than me and got married while I was away (in August) so I missed it. We watched the video …