Have you ever had Poffertjes.Well i have. A few weeks ago me my family and a friend biked of to a park were we stoped off at a little cafe were we had traditional Dutch Poffertjes. We saw him make the Poffertjes video and we got to eat the freshly cooked poffertjes. photo Poffertjes. Poffertjes are like little small pancakes with icing sugar. The poffertjes were … Continue reading Poffertjes
Yesterday my children, spurred on by Kirk, took me to a very dark place. Having enjoyed a few days in the mountainous area just north of Turin, Northwest Italy, we were heading across into France and Kirk suggested the kids and I bike down the 20km windy road we had driven up to find our fantastic camping spot (and some amazing mountain biking for Kirk). … Continue reading Taken to a dark place
Has anyone ever been to a Barvarian beer garden? Well I hadn’t up until a few days ago. It was quite the experience. We went with our friend Marc, Ellen’s brother (check out the blog on our sailing trip). We biked off at around 4 pm. The bike ride was fairly short, only 21 Km there. We biked along the right side of the river … Continue reading The Adventure
As keen sailors who have bare-boated in a few different places around the world, we were pleased when our friends Ellen and Matthias suggested a four days tour of the Dutch inland seas the Ijsselmeer and Markermeer. We expected a fun adventure and were not disappointed. Both the Ijsselmeer and Markermeer are manmade – quite an engineering feat. The Ijsselmeer was created in the 1930s by … Continue reading Sailing in Holland
Has anyone ever had dinner with an Olympic gold medallist? or maybe a former formula 3 racer? or maybe even one of the only organ builders and professional organ players in the world?Well, I have. In England, we had dinner with my Mum and Dad’s friends Phil and Jan Dowsett. We had the pleasant surprise of their son Alex also joining us. We had dinner … Continue reading #inspiringachievers
Has anyone ever heard of the city Ausfahrt? I didn’t up until we arrived in Germany. We were driving along and every sign pointed to Ausfahrt. Man, that must be one big city I told my dad. Half an hour later we were still seeing signs to Ausfahrt. So we searched up Ausfahrt on google and then we found out Ausfahrt isn’t a city, it … Continue reading #youneverknow
Most people in Holland have bikes rather than cars. You see bikes everywhere. Check out the bikes parked up near the station at Utretcht, a town Mum and I caught the train to and to which Eli and Dad biked. Did you know that you don’t need to wear a helmet and that bikes have their own roads. These even have traffic lights. Cars often … Continue reading Cycle Nation
Just a few days ago I went on a 60-kilometre bike ride from Amersfoort to Utrecht and back. We started our bike ride at 10 am. It was a long and tiring bike ride. On the way to Utrecht we went through an old USA air force base and biked on the old runway which was pretty cool – not many people can say they’ve … Continue reading #TheBikeRide
Hoi. Welcome to the Netherlands. I thought it would be nice to show you what I have been up to. (If you do not know what Musical.ly is go to check out Eli’s blog and it will tell you what it means.) New Zealand Just before we left new Zealand. Brentwood Messing around with a friend in Brentwood. Dad used to teach with her Dad. York From the … Continue reading Musical.ly and holland
Did you know that Holland is as flat as a pancake? We arrived in Holland by sea and I instantly realised how flat it was. I can almost bet 1 million dollars that you won’t find a hill in Holland. In the past 3 days we have biked 53 kms and we have only climbed 10m (that was on a bridge over the motorway). I … Continue reading Differences
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