travelling
About Us
Hello! We are Hannie and Tom, and we are so glad to meet you here.
Some people have a bias against ageing people that we deeply resent. “Old and worn-out”. Well, we are far from that and I am sure you feel the same way.
When they describe this worn-out situation in the Netherlands, where we come from, the saying is: Oh, that one is only sitting behind the geraniums.
Well, no geraniums for us. At least not to sit next to, because the flowers are beautiful of course. 🙂
2018.11.21 Almost home
All things considered, the journey is quite smooth. No mist, no rain, no freezing roads. And even the manifestation of the gilets jaunes had as an advantage that we didn’t have to pay the toll.Time loss was about half an hour. All in all not too bad. Especially since I am sooo happy to be … Read more
2018.11.19 Daily walk
One of the things I miss in Spain is seeing the autumn colors of the leaves. The trees have either green leaves or no leaves. Here in the Netherlands this summer has been too dry and the changing of seasons was too abrupt, so the leaves are not as sparkling yellow as I was used … Read more
2018.11.17 Nostalgic images
Walking in Breda at the moment is peculiar after being away for almost a year. And this was amplified once we sat in a restaurant we loved to go to when we still lived here. I used to own the original of the can shown here. Droste is a brand of chocolate powder to make … Read more
2018.08.03 A declaration of love
On a regular basis, I read books about personal development. The latest is “Living by Design” by Nisandeh Neta. One of the pieces of advice in that book is ‘do new things’. From my own experience, I now know that this is very good advice. I have believed for the last couple of years that … Read more
2018.06.14 Poppies and windmills
Long distances are bo-o-o-ring. At least in my opinion. But this time I enjoyed myself very much. The landscape between Madrid and Albacete is my kind of landscape. Sloping and colorful. It’s an agricultural part of Spain with a great variety of uncultivated brown, green or yellow fields. But the best parts were the poppy … Read more
2018.04.17 Heading south
Whenever we talk with our youngest he reminds me of Manuel, the waiter in Fawlty Towers.Alex understands most of the Dutch, English, and Spanish that is spoken to him, but questions are always answered with ÂżQue? We will miss that high-pitched voice in the coming months because today we are traveling back to the south … Read more