Sometimes even the best laid plans fail. That is how we ended up in Liege, Belgium. Making the best of poor planning that led us to completely forget that Monday was a U.S. holiday, we booked an extra night at a hotel and decided to spend our free Monday in Liege. We chose Liege because we …
This was one of the stranger things we have gone to see while here in the Netherlands. It is only 20 min away from us though so we figured we needed to go check it out. Artist James Turrell designed the Celestial Vault to showcase the sky just off the North Sea. It is essentially …
We were pleasantly surprised to discover our neighborhood would be hosting an “American Style Halloween.” The Dutch, always ones to adopt the best of other cultures, have adopted Halloween and are starting to celebrate more and more. In Delft we live in one of the only neighborhoods that held a full-scale trick-or-treat on Halloween. The neighbors …
Today we saw every famous thing the Netherlands has to offer, in one afternoon, in 1/25th scale, 20 min away from our house. I know it sounds weird but it was a lovely outing! The kids loved it. We thought we would be at Madurodam an hour tops, but we could have stayed all day. Madurodam …
We loved our last trip to Maastricht! There was so much we did not have time for on our last visit. So when Jeff had another work obligation in the province of South Limburg we made a weekend out of it. We spent most of Saturday in Valkenburg, arriving at the TownHouse Hotel in Maastricht just …
Our move to Europe has opened the door to new destinations. There are so many new things to see that it is overwhelming. Morocco is on our travel wish list. We are closer then ever, so I’m in the research phase. I thought #igTravelThursday was a great time to feature the amazing photos of Morocco I have …
The last two months I’ve been part of the Bigs & Littles Blogging Network. It’s an amazing mentorship program organized by — . It was exactly what I needed to get Dutch, Dutch, Goose! up and running in a serious way. I have been writing down my travel itineraries and sharing them since 2008 when …
I cannot believe it is time for another Me & Mine linkup. It seems like I was just searching for a family picture for September. I’ve been a bit more intentional about asking people to take family photos while we are traveling this month, knowing this deadline would be approaching. Without further ado, here is October’s …
This morning we headed out to check out the Rotterdam Zoo. Although we can drive there, and probably will in the future, today we biked to the Delft train station and took the #40 bus (the local bus organization is called: RET). The bus takes about 30min and drops you off less than a block …
I am always searching for ways to keep the kids engaged in our travel and planning. I try to surround them with maps, landmarks and books about the world. When a question about where we are going or a memory about somewhere we have been comes up the resources are close at hand. A Globe. …