Spring, like last winter and fall, is also relatively cold and very wet. Never before has so much rain fallen in the Netherlands in spring 🌧️. That's because last year was an El Niño year which made...
It is a cold and especially wet winter. It has not rained so much and heavily in years. Therefore, we don't mind living in our fine apartment and not on the boat. Partly because our daughters are there...
We are temporarily 'landlubbers' again now that we have been living in our fine newly completed apartment since December 8 😊. We call this the 'family rescue zone'; a place where we can always be 'home' as a family during our future traveling existence....
How time flies. It is almost November already and winter time has just started. The boat is back in "winter mode"; the cockpit tent is up (enlarging the living space), the plexiglass windows are fixed in the top windows, the...
It has been 5 years since we have been to Southern Brittany, so we think it would be fun to go there again. Partly because friends boats also go that way. The challenge is to go in a summer vacation....
If I were to describe spring 2023 in Bruinisse in one sentence it would be "a first cold/wet and later hot spring with a rollercoaster of events"😊☺️. With the highlight being hiking the West Highland Way in Scotland and the...
Fine, winter is over again 😃😎. Meteorologically yes, but unfortunately the weather is not showing that picture for the next week 🥲. We are looking forward to the warmer days of spring after this mostly humid winter. Not...
We were reunited with our family in Bangkok and Cambodia for three weeks. A very special and valuable period. Asia is not the region where we will be vacationing together anytime soon (it's not so Toine's thing 😎), but...
This winter we are staying in Bruinisse and so far we like it very much. It is nice and quiet with lots of space around us and the cars are nice and close. Throughout October the weather has been mild....
August is not our favorite time in Bruinisse without having vacations ourselves. Many regular mooring holders are away and every day it is a wait and see which visiting boats come to moor there with the necessary crowds. Fortunately not flat...
Our summer vacation is a little different than usual. We are guided by the daughters' plans and most decisive are the plans of Marinthe who is flying to Bangkok on Aug 5 for six months and the 3.5...
Ever since Marinthe and Sam have been in a relationship, the plan has been to take a boat to London one day to visit Sam's parents and childhood home. But then again, when is a week...
The Ascension weekend is a bit quieter than other years. Without friends boats (they have other commitments) and without daughters (they have their own plans). Eline is with Jonas in Paris and Marinthe is with Sam in Maastricht (one of the last weekends in...
This spring is full of fun activities 😊. With the absolute highlight being the '21 dinner' for Eline last weekend. While the world is full of craziness, life is very good to us. That's not something we take for granted and we realize that but...
These are strange times. At first it was corona that completely dominated the news, now that's completely receded into the background. First replaced by the broadcast of Angry about transgressive behavior, then the three storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin .... and...