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A foretaste of wadlopen in Groningen #BELM15
Imagine a cold, grey and rainy day at the smallest open sea port of The Netherlands: the Noordpolderzijl in Groningen. Imagine a group of 10 people wearing jackets and (most of them) shorts. Yes, shorts in a cold day!! what do you think…
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Harlinger Parkontbijt or breakfast in the park
After 4 years, it’s now a tradition for us to be part of the Harlinger Parkontbijt (Harlingen’s park breakfast). This year it was the 6th edition (we have missed a couple) and the day wouldn’t have been chosen better. Well, the original…
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This is Friesland in winter
The most difficult part of living in Germany and The Netherlands is getting used to the winters, which are long, cold and with no sun. But in Friesland the winter is different: the colder, the funnier. What can you do when it’s cold? Ice…
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Tall Ship Races Harlingen – WW/MM
Just one more night 🙂 Ya sólo nos queda una noche 🙂
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AtoZ: N is for Navigate – ww/mm
I know, I’m missing some letters but last weekend I was in a sailing training and I didn’t have time to prepare any post. Therefore the theme of today is navigate. I enjoy sailing and my aim is to be able…
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AtoZ: D is for Dúmkes
Echte Fryske Dúmkes are the most tipical cookie from Friesland (The Netherlands). Dúmkes mean thumbs and the are called so because the baker immediately after baking them used to press his thumb into the still soft dough to put his “signature” and…
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Europe, Friesland, Germany, getting Dutch, Liam, maternity, New Zealand, Oceania, Our life, The Netherlands
2013 in 12 pictures
I started writing this post a month ago and I always put the same excuse for not having the time to write/publish: Liam. January / Enero Last year January was really cold in The Netherlands, but I started to look for…
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Harlingen: HT race
El tema de blogger traveller de junio de hoy es “azul”. ¿Qué cosa azul abunda en Holanda? El agua, ya sea de los canales, de los lagos o del mar. En Harlingen tenemos de todo. Tenemos canales que nada tienen que…
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Save the date with a tulip
I know it’s been a while since my last post. I’m just going to say “it’s crazy here!” and I’m going to try to write regularly. This month I start again a very small challenge: every 15th of the month I’ll…
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W is for Wadlopen or how to cross to Ameland without a ferry
Wadlopen (or mudwalking) is for me one of the must do in Friesland (Friesland and Groningen are the only provinces in The Netherlands where you can do that). There are many routes, as you can cross from the mainland to Ameland or…
