I’ve been busy busy drawing and cutting these last few days getting ready for the Swan Market this weekend. For all you Rotterdammers it is at Musuem Park from 12noon and it’s the XXL Edition so it’s going to be even bigger and better than normal! I am crossing fingers and toes and hoping that [...]
As I write it is a dreary, drizzly day however I’m ok with this as we’ve had a few weeks of gorgeous weather which has topped up my sun requirements for a little while at least. Last weekend we had a long weekend and I spent a couple of long, lazy days at the lake [...]
The perfect Spring day has today consisted of market shopping; a new haircut; delicious lunch; pimping my bike; a beautiful bike ride; adorable animals and lots of sunshine. All this for only 15Euro. It’s feast time tonight! I love eating lunch at home, in my favourite spot of course. I pimped my ride and added [...]
I’ve really come to love our little apartment in the best location in town (perhaps I am a little biased but it really is an awesome spot). It came fully furnished but we’ve added our own little touches and I think it certainly has a bit of Tom & Trudy charm to it. Our big [...]
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. [...]
Isn’t it funny how quickly we become accustomed to what was once just a distant glimmer in our minds? For so long I dreamed of my European life and I pictured myself cycling everywhere, shopping at fresh food markets every weekend, discovering amazing vintage finds, making Dutch friends, learning my Dutch heritage and eating at [...]
At 3am this morning the clocks moved forward an hour marking today as the official first day of Spring/Summer time! Oohh yeh, bring on European Summer. As I type it’s 7pm and the sun is bright in the sky. We spent a gorgeous afternoon at Euromast park with Kirsten soaking up the sun as it [...]
Last weekend was the cultural evening of the year here in lovely Rotterdam. Rotterdamse Museum Night was so hyped up and so many people had raved to us about it that once we got the tickets I was so excited for it to come round. A night full of art; museums; bars; DJ’s; drinking in [...]
A bit of bike porn from around Rotterdam that I’ve snapped over the past few months. Like I was telling a new friend last, there are many things the Dutch do very well and their bike culture is one of them! (There’s also a lot of things that are not so wonderful, have been having [...]
Sunday afternoon at my favourite French brasserie.