TRAVEL AND LIFESTYLE DIARIES

There are so many lucid thoughts crowding inside my head right now that I would love to write about. And I mean write in this blog. WARNING, LONG POST AHEAD (as usual, lol). Like, what am I actually thinking right now? Hmm, let’s see... at this very moment, I am thinking about work. Yeah. Seriously. As the clock ticks away slowly, the amount of work next week waiting for me just keeps piling up. Quite amazing, the rest of the world is actually still working?! *gasp* The emails just came pouring in non-stop during the holidays. I know. I should have punched myself for checking them religiously. What can I do, I can’t help it. I have a disorder. I must take a peek into my inbox, ARGH. Can you relate? I told myself to keep my hands off from the ‘reply’ tab and get back to them emails on January 2. I have also booked my flight to the US for work next year. Wait, let me correct that, next year is next month. No, next week! Oh my, time does fly so fast these days; it just seemed like yester...

After the 2 days of Christmas, we were faced with a challenging situation: We need to find a way to entertain the 3 little feral musketeers visiting us, so Dutchman thought of a nice plan – bring them to the Spoorwegmuseum [Railway Museum] and let them go wild! The 3 little musketeers - just looking at their faces, you would know babysitting them is a real daunting task. This foto was taken in the tram station, just a few minutes after we decided to go by car because it’s faster and convenient for the 7 of us. When going to the city center, we always take the tram, or we bike, and sometimes when the weather permits, we walk. However, the problem is, the museum sits in a nicely tucked pocket in town that taking the tram and bus would be a waste of time and energy. We just realized. Spoorwegmuseum [Railway Museum] Entrance Prices: Adults - € 13.50 Children - € 10.50 (3-12 years old; under 3 is gratis) Senior Citizen - € 12.00 Museum Cardholders – Gratis The Railway Museum is chie...

We’ve been quite busy lately – we had visitors and will be expecting a family with 3 kids next week. Thus left without any choice we badly need to fill up our cupboards and fridge the necessary food items to feed these visitors, especially the 3 little wild minions. This might be a bit strange, but we’ve never really had a full fridge in this house. It is not necessary anyway when it’s just the 2 of us... that also happen to struggle with losing weight, ha-ha. So an almost empty fridge, the better it is! With the holiday season, the full fridge is an exemption because I am feeding a bunch of hungry stomachs. I am therefore far from having any form of whatsoever guilt. Christmas Market disenchantment A typical Christmas Market when snowed in. Foto from duitsverkeersbureau.nl On other news – yesterday Saturday, we were supposed to go to Germany and visit the German Christmas Markets . Dusseldorf was my plan but I found out they were closed early on the 21st. And although a bit farther, C...

The Belfry Tower [Belfort Tower] in the market square. I took this foto from the inside courtyard of the tower. This tower also has a market hall annexed to it where I bought 2 silver windlamps for my dining table. Write ups about Brugge exclaim proverbial praises of its ooh-so romantic atmosphere. In addition to that, travel enthusiasts have coined the assertion that Brugge is the little Venice of North Europe. My opinion? In all honesty, I can’t really say the same thing. Paris would have been far romantic, although, rationally speaking I don’t consider Paris as that romantic of a city. And what about the somewhat confusing title: The little Venice of North Europe? Uh, give me a break? Whoever made this declaration is nowhere near the truth and must be high on something. The number of canals in Brugge, I can easily count with my own set of fingers? There’s more water in Amsterdam, I say. I guess its all about perception and taste? This is a row of pretty medieval structures in the...