Traveling to Europe as a family has been so much fun. Not only to see family and friends, but also to explore new cities, countries and food.
It was still a little cloudy and sometimes it rained. Maybe we could go for a nice walk here in Amsterdam. The idea was to explore the “9 straatjes”, which are 9 streets connected with canals in between. There are a lot of cute little shops and places to eat. You are following us on… Read More A Trip to Amsterdam. Day 6: A Walk around “9 Straatjes”
And as the forecast said, we were about to expect a lot of rain. We are in Amsterdam and it is already Day 5 of our trip to the Netherlands. It’s going to be a rainy day in Amsterdam. What are we going to do? And how did we end up in Amsterdam in the… Read More Trip to Amsterdam. Part 5: A rainy day in Amsterdam.
It is true that, traveling over the great big pond from west to east (US to the Netherlands), the jet lag is harder on you than going back to the US. I’m still not tired at midnight, but I want to get up early in the morning, to go sight seeing. It is such a… Read More A Trip to the Netherlands Part 4: Light Festival Canal Cruise
It is Saturday! And Saturday means, going to a Farmers Market. In this case the “Noordermarkt”. It was also a great day for finding lovely thrift shops or vintage shops on Haarlemmer straat. For those of you who just tuned in: We left Chicago and flew to Reykjavik. Then we arrived in Amsterdam yesterday. The “Noordermarkt”… Read More Trip to Amsterdam. Day 3: The Noordermarkt and Thrift Shops.
We arrived in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. I’ve been tossing and turning in my bed at the B&B. At 4 AM the alarm goes off. I feel bad. The rest of the group will be so excited to continue our trip to the Netherlands. To Amsterdam. Everyone else probably had a wonderful night of… Read More Trip to Amsterdam. Day 2: Arriving in Amsterdam
Thanks for reading my journey to the Netherlands. To see how it all began read here first. So, here we go: Our first part is from Iowa to Chicago to Iceland. I wish the picture above we could’ve seen during our visit in Iceland. This is what happened instead: The time had come. Blue Fish… Read More Trip to Amsterdam. Day 1: Layover in Iceland
Last week my husband and I went out for dinner to one of our favorite restaurants here in the US. Eating out is something we don’t do that often. Instead we will have some nice in-house dates with home made dinners, candle light and Netflix binge watching TV programs. As we were talking during our… Read More Eating Out in the Netherlands and the USA
As I’m writing this post, Hurricane Harvey just hit the Texas coast line last night….hard. A category 4 hurricane! Now it is tropical storm lingering over the state of Texas. Lots of rain and strong winds damaged buildings, streets and left thousands of people homeless. There were Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Charley in 2005 and… Read More Are there Hurricanes and Tornadoes in the Netherlands?
Summer is almost over here in the USA and the kids are getting ready to go back to school again….sigh! Actually, in a way, I’m also relieved. When the kids are at school, I can make my own schedule. The summer vacations always seems such a chaos and soooo looong. Ten weeks! I’m not used… Read More Summer Vacation in the Netherlands
