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Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Wieringerwerf June 6th 2014

An occasion for celebration!.. (today, was mums birthday so we had a big day planned ahead for her!..) DAY FIVE: It's the 6th of June and we're all celebrating mum's birthday. We've hung flagged decorations around the house just to make it look a little bit more festive, and we'd planned to have a dinner party in the evening with mums family and dads family joining the occasion. Our day started with a kiss and a cuddle for mum, but congratulating people for birthdays is a little different here than in Australia.. You see here you congratulate the person who's birthday it is, and you congratulate the kids for it being their mothers birthday and you congratulate any siblings for it being their sister/brothers birthday. So really nearly the entire family gets congratulated for one birthday. ... read more
mother of cakes!
great weather, great spot!

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland June 5th 2014

BEING ONE WITH THE GARDEN. (..and you thought yesterday was cruisey, wait till you hear about the next couple of days.) DAY THREE & DAY FOUR: Because we had Wednesday and Thurday free and mum knew that oma wanted to replant her front garden so that it would flower although the year, we thought that those couple of days were perfect! Our first plan was to pick Oma up from Wagnum after breakfast, so that we could head to 'De Boet' which is pretty much a Bunnings in Australia, except the garden section is huge! We arrived in Wognum a little later than planned. (My little sister isn't the quickest out of bed..) At oma's my little cousin had surprised us, and was excited to come shopping with all of us... but first, a quick ... read more
just an idea...
The outdoor foyer.
following a canaal.

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Schagen June 3rd 2014

Just a relaxing few days.. (so these few days was really just catching up with family, and relaxing about.. ) DAY TWO:Like i mentioned in the previous blog, my mornings were a bit out of routine.. a 5:30 wake up for me and i wasn't even the earliest. This was evidence that the 20 hour flight took more of a toll on us that we realized, so we were already mentally preparing for a long day. After seeing oma the day before for mum, we planned to visit dad's father today at the retirement home in Hippolythushoef. Before leaving for that, we needed to make an appearance in my uncles smoko room. At 9:00 in the morning and 3:00 in the afternoon on a working day they have smoko, and everyone who is anyone is welcome ... read more
NOTHING BUT THE BEST!
the nachos i had!
little extra scenery,

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Wieringerwerf June 2nd 2014

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DUTCH! (note to the readers, this isn't just a blog on locations and experience, it's a story too.. think of it a little like a diary. ) THE FLIGHT AND DAY ONE: When does the holiday start? Is it the second you drive out of the driveway? Is that the beginning? Or is it as soon as you touch down at your destination and the dreaded flight is over?.. The flight we boarded was a long 8 hour stretch to Kuala Lumpur where we would sit and wait 2 hours before we would board the last leg that was a long 12 hour flight all the way to Amsterdam. The conditions in Malaysia where just crazy, we landed at 11:00pm with a casual weather temperature of 29 degrees, it ... read more
a little scenery..
Just a bit more scenery.
GOD I'M LUCKY!




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