TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE DIARIES

The east of the Netherlands has its first food market hall! And yup, I managed to visit it last year in the summertime with Bru. A very interesting ceiling details in the Food Dock. The food hall is called Food Dock and is located on a haven just a little bit outside the city center of Deventer. To be honest, I cannot anymore remember where I read about this place but I quickly grabbed the opportunity to go and visit together with Bru on a summer weekend last year. It was timely because Bru lives in the east of the country. Deventer is not too far away from her. Inside the Food Dock. I am always in for a good eat so if there is a new and special craze in town, especially a food hall or market, I am happy to try. So Bru and I came here for lunch in August. It wasn't very busy at all and we were able to find free parking easily. The food hall is located in the Zwarte Silo, a grain storage in the Haven Quarter of an industrial area in the city. This part of Deven...

The first time I have step foot in lovely Cochem was many years ago. 12 years to be exact. Wow, that was a while back, huh. I was on my first solo European road trip =) The main square in the village of Cochem (Markt). Isn't this place just so pretty? Our very German dinner of schnitzels at the Beim Weinbauer Restaurant. We had a nice table on the terrace with the view to the Mosel River Valley. My first reaction when I saw Cochem was total awe. It is one of the beautiful wine villages in the Moselle River Valley. My lust for travel really started 12-13 years ago. I mean before this, I already like travelling, from time to time, but I never saw travel as a priority in my life. It was something nice to have and cool to do. Nothing less and nothing more. I remember being in between jobs for a year in 2005-2006 and discovering that I loved travelling. It was a personal awakening for me. Perhaps because suddenly I had time on my hands to spare, I was then able to foc...

The Mosel/Moselle Valley is one of the most beautiful places in Germany and in Western Europe. The evidence is this lovely village called Cochem. Dutchman and I were here last year in the fall (September) for a long weekend holiday. It was not my first time to in Cochem and in the Mosel Valley but it was for the Dutchman who was quite smitten about the place, mainly because it proved to be a great backdrop for a hiking activity through the terraced vineyards. I can perfectly understand because I too had the same reaction when I visited 12 years ago. Yup, it's been a long time ago! Yours truly with my big hair. My mom told me to cut my hair when she saw this picture, lol. So we stayed in a B&B in Bullay which is approximately half an hour drive from Cochem. It was our first day in the valley and our plan was to visit Cochem in the late afternoon and then have dinner there. Cochem's crown is its medieval castle. It is the symbol of the village and is often re...