You know that feeling when you expect something to be better than it is? Or maybe the other way around, when you expect something to be worse than it is? Well our trip has been full of moments like that. For example, the expectation that we are going to have dinner back at the campervan but the reality is that we eat pizza on the … Continue reading Expectations vs Reality
Do you know how goat cheese is made? Well I didn’t up until we were in Freising, Germany. We were staying with our German friend Marc. Marc specialises in artisan cheeses and organises training courses for cheese makers. On one of the days that we were hosted by Marc he took us to one of his friend Hans’ goat farm. When we arrived we were … Continue reading Billy Goats Gruff Barvarian Style
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
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
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
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
I think NZ has better coffee then the UK, but the UK has better candy than us (they call them sweets)! We have been to two candy/sweets bars so far. They are called: Dylan’s Candy Bar and Hardys Original Sweetshop. My favourite candy shop was mostly Dylan’s candy bar but Hardys was quite good too. The original Dylan’s Candy Bar is in New York and is three storeys tall, but at … Continue reading Candy/Sweets!
The hospitality of southerners is so profuse, that taverns are but poorly supported. A traveller, with the garb and the manners of a gentleman, finds a welcome at every door …conversation flows cheeringly, for the southern gentleman has a particular tact in making a guest happy. After dinner you are urged to pass the afternoon and night, and if you are a gentleman in manners … Continue reading Famous Southern Hospitality
Anyone ever had fried alligator? or maybe crispy fried frog legs with gator sauce? Well at Pappadeaux’s Seafood Kitchen in Houston, Texas that is exactly what we had. I know what your thinking, Fried Alligator “eww”, but it actually looked and tasted like fried chicken. But crispy fried frog legs were different. They looked like a chicken drumstick with a thinner leg. When it came to taste, … Continue reading Pappadeaux
Food, who likes food? I do – pies, chips, burgers, cakes, muffins and fizzy drinks too. I wonder if the food in Houston will be exactly the same, or France. Maybe French food will be totally different or Germany will have a mix of foods-half different and half the same as here? Has anyone experienced the difference In foods from other Countries? or maybe the … Continue reading Food
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