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At the end of our trip to France last summer, we decided to spend a few days exploring somewhere on our way home.  We knew we wanted to go see someplace nice, and we weren’t sure if we’d find anywhere that quite compared to our trip to the Gorge du Tarn two years before.  I loved that area, especially Castelbouc!  …

This is the weather forecast for Rotterdam for the coming days.  The top bit is the weather conditions here this morning.  ONE HUNDRED FREAKIN’ PERCENT HUMIDITY.  You can literally see the air, you can feel it.  It’s disgusting.  This is summer in the Netherlands. This weekend I was in Friesland with my photography club.  We went sailing and visiting some …

You know that saying ‘Stick a fork in me, because I’m done’?  Yeah, that was me yesterday afternoon. We went to a BBQ at a friend’s place in Beneden Leeuwen, which is about an hours drive from here.  It was a gathering of an expat group that I belong to online.  The same one that we met up with the …

HITTEGOLF – When I first saw this word today the first thing that came to mind was Hitler, don’t ask me why. I’d probably have the same reaction if I heard Hitler was coming to the Netherlands next week though. So I’ve decided to create another Canadutch word (along with Hubbetje and the like) and call this Hitlergolf. Xander sent …

I’m in Den Haag now in the beginning of my eight day petsitting gig with Gus and Ike. They are both snoozing soundly on the sofa at the moment while I sit here with my feet up watching the pre-show of the MTV Movie awards. It’s approximately 28-30 degrees outside here at the moment and the back garden feels like …

Today it was a whopping 27 degrees here in Rotterdam, and we don’t have our screens on the windows yet. Whew, it’s warm in here! We can’t open the windows wide because of the animals. I’d hate for one of my little fluffies to end up taking a three story drop. I’ll have to make a point to paint the …

Tonight we went biking again, we stayed out for about 40 minutes. The longest I’ve gone yet was 50 minutes and it was really hot out as well. It was somewhat cooler this evening because it was about to rain. This is a good thing because it’s cut the heat a little and finally I can sit in my own …

Today is my friend Jolynn’s birthday, Happy Birthday Jolynn!! Hope you have a great one! :)My husband is a genius. Now I know you all have heard me talk about how geeky he is, maybe some of you have even read his blog and seen for yourselves. He’s so incredibly intelligent! Yesterday he really proved it to me though. While …

It’s been so hot here, it’s horroble. Isn’t it typical that we’d have nice cool weather right up until Merijn gets here… then it’s so humid I can’t even wiggle my toe without sweating! I feel bad because I really have absolutely no desire to go outside. It’s beautifully cool inside the apartment and it’s sickening outside. I don’t want …

Dutch weather, they say if you don’t like it just wait five minutes and it will change. They are so right. Today was hot. Not really hot as in 40 degrees hot but more like mid-high 20’s and so fucking humid. It’s been like that the last few days. It’s like you can’t tell if you’re sweating or if the …

Wow this is the earliest I’ve written yet, but I’m in the mood so lets just go with it. Last night we went to bed early and there was a lot of moaning and groaning. No, not the kind you’d probably imagine… More like “It’s so hot! *Moan*” and “Don’t touch me! *Groan*”. Yeah, not exactly a romantic evening but …