TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE DIARIES

This is a bit of a late post but I am going to post this anyway because I love to chronicle the places I have been to, even in the nearby villages here in Utrecht. Someday when I am old and cannot travel and do much, I can look back, read this blog and enjoy the fotos. Last month before the Spain holiday, Dutchman and I went biking to Harmelen, a little village here in Utrecht. We biked via Zandweg and Rijksstraatweg along the tranquil Leidsche Rijn canal, a very nice route with beautiful houses on both sides of the water. I need to bike more often. Klooster Hoeve Brassiere in Harmelen, they have a very impressive entrance. In Harmelen we stopped for a quick drink. We were thirsty but not hungry and Dutchman found this really cool place across the church. A garden restaurant, a brassiere called Klooster Hoeve . Even though we haven’t eaten here, with the service and how the restaurant looks (ok, looks can be deceiving), we both concluded that this would be a good restaurant to sp...

Last week, I had been feeling like I a half-functioning android. Waking up every single morning for the whole week with a heavy load on my head, it was as if someone by chance dumped a sack of amphetamines in my morning coffee. Every ounce of energy in my body has left me. Argh! I was tired, very tired --- I am just so overworked. A week long holiday to recharge myself is what I need. But for now, a long weekend will suffice. I can’t stress this enough but it is true that working with your brains is more taxing than working with your hands. Physical work can get you physically tired but work that requires thinking gets you, not just mentally worn-out but alas, physically too. Writing though is therapeutic. This is primarily the reason why I maintained this blog. I may not write very personal nature about my life in here but keeping this helps release a part of my active mind. That’s why I always say – I blog for myself. Nevertheless, last weekend, we didn’t do much (I was tire...