Berlin!

 

 As promised...

We decided to visit Berlin again.
My first (and last) time was in 1988.

So I had no idea of what to expect...

Look to the right and you see beautiful old buildings...

Look to the left and you see all kinds of new and very modern buildings!

 

'Checkpoint Charlie'

 

Unter den Linden in Christmas atmosphere!

Reminded me a bit of the Champs Elysées in Paris in winter time (like you can see here).

Brandenburger Tor... not to miss :)

Couldn't make proper pictures as a huge stage and lots of 'entourage' was built for the New Years Eve celebrations (apparently the biggest one in Europe).

More old and new...





 

Reichstag 

 And of course, we couldn't go home without having made our very own chocolate bar at Rittersport!

 

We had a great time in Berlin.

This was Thom's favorite:

A Bugatti Veyron!

Better start saving now... :)

 

We love to travel so we already planned our destination for the next holidays:

going back to...

... Paris!

 

Wishing you a nice weekend & see you next week!



 

Rome

Mother's Day 2012, already some time ago... but...

The present I got from the boys: A city trip of my choice - in Europe, specifically added (they know me too well I'm afraid!)

And so, last Friday, after work, we left for...

ROME

The city of my choice - this time :)

We spent 4 full days in this beautiful city and had a great time.

Very busy, soo many tourists!

Luckily we bought our entrance tickets for the Colesseum and the Vatican Museum online

(make sure you do that too should you travel to Rome!), the lines were amazingly long.

 Quiet outside (rain!)...

 Busy inside!

Of course, I had to try my luck at the Trevi fountain
 

 

The next day the sun accompanied us at the Colosseum:

 

 Old & new (can you spot the heli?):

 

 Piazza Navona is also a must-see!

 

 

 Reminding me of Place du Tertre in Paris:

 

Many more pictures made of course, but this is the selection I chose!

 

And for now, I'm just wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Take care & enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

Saying good bye to Summer...

With October around the corner, I would like to bring a last ode to this years' Summer.

It has had its ups & downs this year, but, overall, it was a nice Summer!

 

Partying has been one of our favourite activities
 

 

We enjoyed the garden with all its beauties a lot

 

 

 

And of course, we 'vacationed'!!

 

Slovenia

Croatia

Venice

Verona

And rainy Luzern!

 

Ready for fall now!! Are you too??

 

Have a great weekend!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our holidays

Last year we travelled around in Europe for the summer holidays: from Versailles (where we lived then) we went to Bilbao (Spain) click here, on to Lisbon (Portugal) click here, Vilamouro (Algarve, Portugal) see more here, Sevilla (Spain), Marbella click here for Sevilla & Marbella, Pamplona and via Pau  (France) see more Pamplona & Pau here back to Versailles. Almost 4 weeks and many kilometres :)

For this year we had other plans: another 'Tour d'Europe' but this time the more eastern part of Europe:

From the Netherlands to Munich (visiting friends), on to Ljubljana (Slovenia), continuing to Novi Vinodolski (Croatia) where we spent a week on a bay of the Mediterranean Sea, then Verona (Italy) and via Luzern (Switserland) and Heidelberg (Germany, visiting other friends) back to the Netherlands.

And we had a great time again!

So many beautiful places we visited, lovely relaxing time on the beach, delicious (and too many) meals with local specialties & just spending time together as a family...

Loved it!

Back home & one more week of holidays left...guess that means some cleaning, some (lots of!) laundry, some gardening & still some time to enjoy the time off!

Have a lovely week!