Around 50 kilometers North of Birmingham, in the county of Shropshire (West Midlands), lays a small idyllic English town called Beckbury. Beckbury has a special meaning to me. It was the first town outside The Netherlands, where I travelled as 17 year girl (almost 18!!!) alone, without my parents or anyone else. It was also…
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Rob, my partner in crime and love. Travelling. Good food. Wine. Cognac. Reading. Working in sales.
Greek Goddesses
When Rob was a young boy, he once went on a holiday with his parents to Hellendoorn. They stayed a week at hotel “De Uitkijk”. This hotel still exists and this year Marissa, Richard, Rob and I will go there for a long weekend. Anyway, when Rob stayed there with his family, he went often…
Tokmakia, The Caribbean of Lesvos
During our vacation this year we have been visiting the Eastern part of Lesvos. A beautiful area where wild horses roam and turtles can be found. Also the home of many bird species, there are more wild bird species on Lesvos than anywhere else in Europe. At a certain moment we made a break aside…
The town of Petra.
Today Rob and I walked through the town of Petra. Petra is a town in the northern part of Lesvos and where we rented our studio for this vacation. This is what the Wikipedia says about Petra: Petra (Greek: Πέτρα meaning rock) is a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since…
The missing heartbeat!
Over the years I developed a small habit. Rob sleeps at times on his back. So when he is asleep I crawl up to him and lay my head on his chest (sorry guys with your perfect “six packs”, this is a comfort you never will be able to give in this way!). As automatically…
And now he walks with a crutch again
When I waked up last Friday here in the hotel, there was message for me waiting on my iPhone: Rob did hurt his ankle again and he need for now a crutch to walk. On his way to work he stumble on lose tile on the side walk. He was walking from his home to…
Leipzig
Europe has many wonderful cities, but some are really special. These are beautiful cities as our own Amsterdam, but also Vienna and Prague. And for me the city where I am right now, Leipzig. I have been here now several times for my work and two times together with Rob (as extension of a working…
High heels
For some reason Rob and I chatted about high heels. I really like high heels. I think they are very feminine, which is how I like to feel. Wearing high heels can make me feel more confident (not that I really needs this, but it adds to it in a positive way). This is due…
Rob and Marley
Today I found this photo of Rob and Marley on my private laptop. Some time ago Rob made a backup of some old photo’s on my laptop (with my permission). That backup is still there and it was fun to look through those photo’s. And one of these photo’s was this photo of Rob and…
“A cup of tea would restore my normality.”
Many of us drink often tea, or something that we like to call tea, and have almost no knowledge about tea at all. Tea is an aromatic drink prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the tea plant. There are many teas around that we call tea but isn’t tea (because…