As I think about the fact that we leave Europe on Wednesday it all starts to get a little bit more real. Every new step that we take makes this a reality. Tom finished work on Friday; we had our farewell party and the apartment is almost all packed up. The party was an amazing [...]
Have you seen this? This guy gives Americans a bad name. Amsterdam is one of my favourite cities in the world and definitely safe as houses. Very, very pretty houses! We had a great day this week when I went with Alex and Zoe. We wandered the canals, did lots of browsing of vintage, stopped [...]
It’s been one year and one week since we left Australia. I have seen so many places and done so many amazing things but the best part is that I’ve done it all with this guy. He’s the best. From a recent trip to beautiful Volendam.
A couple of weekends ago Joline and I shared a stall at the Swan Market XXL edition. I’ve been to a few Swans in my time in Rotterdam but this was the extra large edition! It was on the beautiful striped ground at Musuem Park and apart from the torrential downpour at 12 that left [...]
There’s some exciting things going on in the life of Trudy over the next few weeks. Tomorrow is my Birthday (attention please) and I believe there will be a nice dinner with my boy tomorrow night. This weekend we are having a party with my Dutch Bestie and the following Thursday I am back to [...]
Yesterday was the first day of a well needed 3 day weekend for me. Tommy is not as lucky unfortunately and is at the start of an 8 day week, he even had to cycle to work in the cold just after 6 this morning as the metros don’t run that early on a Sunday. [...]
Last Friday evening our new friend and couch surfer Alex took us on a road trip down the Dutch coast to the beautiful village of Zierikzee in Zeeland. Driving through the tiny, winding streets and wandering along the Oude Haven as the sun slowly set truly felt like we had stepped back in time to [...]
Blogging appears to have become a casualty of me going back to work full time. Getting up at 6.30am and getting home at 7pm is taking it’s toll and after a week and a half I am only just getting my groove back. It’s actually really good timing that Tom’s new job doesn’t start until [...]
My lovely friend Kirsten took me for a day trip to Barendrecht to see the house where my Dad was born and to have Dutch pancakes for lunch with her Mum. Discovering our families heritage is such a lovely part of our new life here in Holland and seeing the house where my Dad was [...]