It's been a busy weekend.  Boxes and boxes of IKEA furniture to be put together.  The sight of an allen key makes me ill, I have a blister on my thumb.  Most importantly, we have a couch, so we're comfy.We dropped off the rental car at Schipol this morning.  We thought we'd have an adventure... Continue Reading →

We've moved into our new house.  There's a few hiccups. The dishwasher doesn't work, we can't suss out the heating, so last night we were cold and today we've had the windows open!  It's a brand new house, so new, that we had to negotiate with the landlord for them to install floorboards, light fittings... Continue Reading →

Oh man.... it's only Wednesday night!  I feel like I've lived a month in the last week.Having a wee down moment tonight.This is after a fabulous day.  Started off with a walk to drop Dave off at the station. The sun was shining, the ducks were out and Anneke and I wandered slowly home.Anneke had... Continue Reading →

The weather has been absolutely amazing - record breaking in fact.  Anneke and I went to the Kinderborderij today. At one stage we were walking around without our jackets on. I know we've been spoiled and it could turn at any moment - so we are doing our best to enjoy it.

So in December Belinda and I walked through our house again and again looking at all of our ‘stuff’. Should we take it or should we leave it. If we don’t take it when do we get rid of it?We settled on what was really a small amount of items to bring and the rest... Continue Reading →

Dave (me) got a job in the Netherlands so we packed up our little family and moved us to the other side of the world. This blog will document some of the good and bad in our travels and settling into a new place, with a new culture and will hopefully be a way for... Continue Reading →