[divider style=’left’]Welcome back for another Mostly Wordless Wednesday! At the end of our music class there is a little obstacle course, including getting to walk on the piano while you look into it. It is the highlight of H’s day. Linked up with:
Kid Friendly Hotel Maastricht
Finding a great hotel when you are traveling with kids is like hitting the jackpot. If you are heading to Maastricht with, or without kids, you should check in to the Townhouse Hotel. The Townhouse Hotel is on the East side of the Maas River in Maastricht, about a five-minute walk from the river and …
The Perfect Dutch Apple Picking Day
I’ve fallen in with the most delightful group of moms here. So, I jumped at the chance for a fun fall family outing with a few of these ladies and their families. We headed about 45min north of Delft to a Self-Pick Apple Farm, Landgoed De Olmenhorst. While Olmenhorst is not your only option for apple …
The Market Square. #igTravelThursday
It is time for another #igTravelThursday. The Market Square is the center of life in a Dutch town. We are always in awe of what is going on in our Delft Market. Seemingly overnight it is transformed from a Bocci Court, complete with sand, to a sea of restaurants to a small carnival and back again. Here …
Me & Mine Linkup – September 2015
This is my first linkup with Me & Mine linkey. Each month you post a photo of the whole family you took during the month and share a bit about the photo. Hopefully this will make sure I get a few family shots every month. When we are traveling I often get photos of the kids …
Biesland Dagen (Biesland Days)
Biesland Days is a two-day farm festival that takes place where the woods of Delft (Delftse Hout) and Den Haag (Biesland Bos) meet. We learned about it when giant cow signs went up all along our cycling route in Delftse Hout. The event takes place in several locations, all are cycling distance from each other. …
A visit to Fort de Roovere, Netherlands
In anticipation of our move to the Netherlands I’ve been pinning things I wanted to see around Europe. One of those pins was the so-called “Moses Bridge” at Fort de Roovere. (The bridge’s actual name is the “trench bridge.” You can read more about it in this Daily Mail article from the bridge’s opening.) On our first non-unpacking …
Getting Digitally Connected Abroad
When we arrived in the Netherlands my top priority was to get us digitally connected. Jeff’s top priority was finding good places to eat. Go figure! The week on the QMII was a good digital break for the whole family. When the QMII pulled into port I was ready to get myself back up and …
Kinderdijk on Bike
Windmills. Quintessentially Dutch. There are under one thousand historic windmills left in the Netherlands. Kinderdijk is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with 19 historic windmills. These windmills were used to pump water out from the land, which rests up to 7 meters below sea level. A diesel/electric pump hooked to an Archimedes screw now does the …