It’s a weekly thing, going to the market. All kinds of different people, nationalities and varieties of food, flowers and other things. What we have in the fridge and in our cupboard basically ...
Floral dresses and sunglasses everywhere today. The windows are wide open and I hear people laughing and singing. All of this was unimaginable until a couple of weeks ago. While now streets are fille...
On a notebook I keep with me since I moved to Turin, I collected some of the recipes I tried and turned out to be good. Among these recipes, the one for focaccia has a place of honour. Focaccia is a ...
Where will I be next year? I asked myself. Sitting next to the bonfire we were reading books. I interrupted the precious silence with the recurrent question. Now I know the answer, but have the same ...
Before leaving my parents’, I always told them how I would fill my future home with pastel and earthly colours. R. and I even had a plan: earthly colours for the bedroom, pastel colours for the...
Family and friends who came to Italy always returned home filling their suitcases with products from our region, Liguria. Each region has its own products, and sometimes it is even different from val...
Source: annawolf.com via Juliette + Roberto on Pinterest Leaving Italy behind I wondered how it would be for R. to live in a country with such different traditions; amongst these, food. You ma...
Looking forward to the weekend..
He whistled and I knew it was him. Who else whistles like that? I turned around, eager to see him, but I could not find him. I looked around and there he was. My parents arrived on Friday. I h...
My journey towards vegetarianism: Small kid refusing to eat meat because it meant “eating animals” and looking disgusted when her family was eating fiorentina (italian steak). Kid refusin...
Queen’s day was wonderfully warm and enjoying this day without a coat on was just what I needed. I woke up early feeling incredibly happy without any reason, so I decided to make the most of th...
The first and only time I was in Holland on the 30th of April I was about nine years old. The 30th of April il the day the Dutch celebrate Koninginnedag, Queen’s day. My mum and I walked around...
Start taking the butter out of the fridge. Ok, now you can go on reading. When it comes to baking the harder the recipe looks, the more I will be likely to try it out. There is this myth that croissa...
On Facebook a friend in Italy is asking his facebook-friends who wants to go with him to the seaside after lunch. While I read that I am wearing a woolen sweater. I watch outside and see the grey sky...
We went to Delft on the day after Easter. It is just half an hour by train from Leiden and since we had one other day to spend together, but did not want to waste it staying at home, we decided to go...
Monday evenings are all for us. As soon as I get home I jump in my pyjamas, get rid of my shoes and hug him. Usually he cooks and, we talk about the day(s). The evening flies by and soon it is time t...
Baking has become one of my biggest passions over these past years. I especially love baking bread; I tried many recipes and I finally learned how to make sourdough bread too, my favorite. I used to ...
Easter was for tulips, making our own top 10 chocolate eggs (go Spekuloos!) , eggs everywhere, and a movie. And daydreaming, as always. Not one step outside our frontdoor. How was your Easter?
Easter, just like birthdays and Sinterklaas, has always been special to me. Most of kids wait for the moment when dad says “hey, I think Otto the hare just jumped by and hid some eggs here and ...
.. I’m glad that you’re around. He was there when I was stuck with my life. He supported me silently, without too many words. He has always encouraged me to have fun and enjoy my life . I...
You know those days when you take your bike and the tire explodes, the train’s season ticket falls out of your pocket and you don’t realize it, but what you do realize is that you have pa...
April’s fool or not, I feel kind of grumpy today. Last week’s sun made e dream of spring, but it was just a mirage. It’s cold again, the wind blows, and.. I was right not putting my...
Who said vegetarian meals are boring? Our table had all the colours of spring yesterday. And to start this spring in the best way and celebrate our evening together we stepped out of our front door, ...
They are special. We have breakfast, walk around the city, take photos, talk about the week.. This weekend was for eating lunch in the sun on our balcony, cutting R’s hair, shopping, and liste...
Happy Spring! It is officially here. I think the sun knew it because today it was shining and it was simply great. I went for a walk during my lunch break, to enjoy a bit of fresh air and feel the wa...
Passion is burning inside my chest. It may sound silly: most of people feel it about music, movies, photography and literature. What I am passionate about, where I feel that flame going up and down ...
Easter is getting closer, you all know that. This year I won’t be around when my dad decorates the blossoming branches, but I will create some whole bunch of new Easter traditions; or better, I...
Coffee and bread. A great way to start the morning today. Let me tell you something: it’s a beautiful weekend, It truly is. I met my mum at 5 pm at the station yesterday. We hugged, we walked h...
Noticed anything new in here? Yep, huge photos and a light theme is what I always wanted. I don’t know if the pictures are too big on your computer, but on mine, a mini notebook, they look way ...
Hindus celebrating spring. How I wish I could join this people with their beautiful smiles and their beautiful colours. I just heard a very special sound: a bird singing and telling me spring is almo...
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