Perhaps my favorite little place in Delft is a cafe just off the main square called Kek. It is the perfect place to grab coffee, cake or lunch. I’ve ordered nothing at Kek that was not absolutely delicious. I tend to alternate between the egg bake and the BLAT sandwich (pictured above). I recently saw …
We’ve been living in Delft a full year and still had not set foot inside the New Church (Nieuwe Kerk). The church tower is 109 meters tall and for €2 you can climb to the top. One clear Saturday in October, with me 40 weeks pregnant, a friend and I decided to climb the tower in an …
Our two-year-old is nuts about cars, trucks, planes and emergency vehicles. We’ve had the Louwman Museum on our radar for a full year but it was during a recent visit from Oma and Opa when it felt right to go for a visit. This antique car collection is the world’s oldest private collection, having been carefully …
Hitler’s Atlantic Wall is said to be the world’s largest construction project. When built in the early 1940s, the wall stretched from the Northern tip of Norway down through France. It was a tense time for the Nazi empire, fighting the Soviets and Allies on two separate fronts. The wall’s aim was to protect the …
Zaanse Schans seems to top the list of places to visit when coming to the Netherlands. We figured we better go check it out. Unfortunately, we found this tourist attraction to pale in comparison to everything else the Netherlands has to offer. Despite being a pretty collection of museums and Dutch paraphernalia, Zaanse Schans is the …
There are some activities worth repeating! Last year one of our first outings with friends was to go apple picking. (Read about that here.) We had such a lovely time I didn’t want to miss the fun this year despite opening weekend hovering near my due date. We headed back to De Olmenhorst for their self …
There are plenty of posts out there about having a baby in the Netherlands. (Cup of Jo has a wonderful series, Motherhood Around the World, that is worth checking out.) In honor of today being my due date, I just want to share with you some of the funny moments of preparing for this baby here …
Despite the weather we know fall has officially arrived in Delft when its time for our favorite event, Biesland Dagen. This farm festival was one of the first events we attended when we moved here in 2015. (Read about our experience last year.) What a difference a year makes! This year the weather was perfect. Both the …
This weekend, sticking to our theme of local exploration for this pregnant lady, we decided to check out the Archeon Viking Festival held at the Archeon living history museum. The museum is part of the Museumkaart program and only a thirty-minute drive from Delft. The weather was absolutely perfect for an outdoor adventure. There is plenty of …
The Peace Palace in The Hague is a monument to peace – a manifestation of man’s desire to resolve conflict through mediation. Tours of the palace are not offered very often and when they are offered, there can be little warning. When I saw a handful of English tours open in August, I jumped at …