⬅️ Continued from part I … Day 5 was the start of the Slovenian section of our holiday, with an exit from Croatia. We drove […]
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🇦🇹 Austria & Slovenia 2025 (I)
Keen to try another camper trip, and in particular to test the use of a smaller camper, Ellen & I rented a buscamper for a […]
Read more🇧🇪 Spa-Francorchamps 2025
Luc & I once again had a motorsports-themed father-son weekend when we visited the circuit of Spa-Francorchamps for the 24-hour WEC weekend. We went in […]
Read more🇳🇱 Pantropica (IV)
We eked a 4th visit to Pantropica out of our annual subscription, this time with Mayra in tow. Once again, a different season (how is […]
Read more🇳🇱 Doorwerth
We combined another activity from Nick’s time/attention lottery-pot with a visit to oom Bob & tante Ria in Oosterbeek; a good walk though the hilly […]
Read more🇿🇦 South Africa 2025
Our trip to South Africa in February/March 2025 was primarily for the farewell/memorial service for Mom; our base of operations was therefore just the Western […]
Read moreMom …🕯️
We received news earlier this morning that Mom has died, finally now at peace. She was weakened by numerous mouth and throat infections over the […]
Read more🇳🇱 Pantropica (III)
As a birthday treat for tante Eva, and together with Joanie (across from Canada), we once again visited Pantropica near Luttelgeest – this was Ellen […]
Read more🇳🇱 Pantropica (II)
Now together with Ellen’s sister Karin (across from the UK), we again visited Pantropica near Luttelgeest. Once again enthralled by the immense variety of blooms, […]
Read more🇳🇱 Pantropica (I)
We visited Pantropica near Luttelgeest together with Claudia; we had fun here meandering through the different zones of this lovely indoor tropical garden. Originally De […]
Read more🇳🇱 Zuid-Limburg 2024
The first weekend of the year was a traditional family long weekend to kick off the new year, this time together with Sabine & Sander; […]
Read more🇩🇪 Eifel 2023
Halfway through November Ellen & I took a break from the rollercoaster and headed off to the Eifel in Germany. This was for a 5-day […]
Read moreKoert …🕯️
Koert was found yesterday in his apartment – this was a day that we were expecting for some time, but were not really prepared for […]
Read more🇫🇷 RWC 2023
We enjoyed a family trip on the last Saturday of September – our destination was Scotland v Romania in Lille, one of the 9 French […]
Read more🇬🇧 England 2023
Hot on the heels of our Norwegian adventure, Ellen & I headed off on a 4-country, 1.350km dash on the weekend of 8-10 September with […]
Read more🇳🇴 Norway 2023 (IV) – history, and generally homeward bound
Our departure from Tungestølen involved the return journey down the valley, past Veitastrond and the Veitastrondavatnet, once again at a relaxed pace. We headed from […]
Read more🇳🇴 Norway 2023 (III) – troll steps & glaciers
Our southbound journey was now a fact, and more tourist routes awaited us – the first would be the Trollstigen, the ‘troll steps’ ascending ±700m […]
Read more🇳🇴 Norway 2023 (II) – Bergen, and beyond
After the volume of rain that we had experienced, our approach to Bergen was sunny; a relatively short drive into the southern reaches of the […]
Read more🇳🇴 Norway 2023 (I) – storm Hans
After months of anticipation, gathering information, and creating a rough plan/itinerary, the first Friday of August brought our 2023 summer holiday up close, with us […]
Read more🇩🇪 Nürburgring Classic 2023
As a treat for Luc’s completion of his final year at secondary school we had a father-son weekend at the Nürburgring Classic during the last […]
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