During our holiday to Lesvos this year we saw many beautiful things, but there was one location that made a deep impression on all of us: The Sanctuary of Mesa (or The Sanctuary of Messon, as it is also referred to). Specially for Rob visiting Mesa/Messon was very high on his wish list. His interest…
Author: Jennifer
Very happy with sweet and caring Miranda. Gardening. Growing herbs. Reading. Making long walks.
Parsley (Dutch: Peterselie)
As Marion and Rob are currently on Lesbos, it is maybe a good moment to speak about parsley. Oh, there is a connection between parsley and Greece? Yes, there is! For the ancient Greek parsley was a symbol of joy. Laurel wreaths were made of parsley and worn at festive. A combination of parsley and…
Miranda vs supermarkets
Visiting a supermarket with Miranda is always fun! It is really Miranda vs supermarkets 🙂 She really dislikes, how people squeeze hard in a bread to feel it is really fresh. Or how people go through the packages with cold cuts to get the one with the latest “best before date”, not realizing that they…
Ginger (or as it is called in Dutch: “Gember”)
How does one get the idea to write an article on our weblog here about ginger (or “Gember” as it is called in Dutch)? Well simple, you walk in the kitchen and look at the shelf were Miranda keeps all her herbs and spices that don’t need special storage. You see there a ginger root…
Basil (or in Dutch “Basilicum”)
As people may know plants, herbs and flowers are my big passion. A part of the garden and the green house behind our house is reserved for herbs. It is great fun and very satisfying to grow herbs. Specially when you have, like us, a green house so you can have certain herbs all through…
About mobile phones and stairs…
Okay, I will be the last to deny the use of mobile phones. I mean it is handy to be able call anywhere someone. And yes, connected to the Internet such a phone has many nice and good uses. But at times… About once per month I go to Enschede, which is a very nice…
Singles’ Day
It is today Singles’ Day. Never heard about it? Well, I didn’t either until Rob told me some days ago about it. It seems to be something very big in China. Singles’ Day or Guanggun is an entertaining festival widespread among young Chinese people, to celebrate the fact that they are proud of being single….