2023-12-12 18:02
My return from Copenhagen was not the reunion with my boys since they left on a scouting weekend. Kabouter had left before my return and we dropped of Beertje early the next morning.&n&hell…Read More
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2023-12-11 16:47
Early November I could join some colleagues of mine with whome I'm following all year an ongoing leadership course for some in presence days of training in Copenhagen. I joined Ja… Read More
2023-12-07 20:28
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-12-05 16:39
In Europe there is great nature too but I find the difference with Canada the probability of spotting wildlife. Here is an overview of what we spotted this summer. Bears: A b… Read More
2023-12-04 16:40
Well my updates on our travel in Canada last summer has been completed with our story on kayaking. Alas the day after we had to head to the airport after our visit to the Gulf of Georg… Read More
2023-12-03 16:35
After our long visit to Nemo, we ran through the storm Ciara to Madame Tussaud where I had booked evening tickets. Just when the boys to decided to try to fly in the wind, a big windgu… Read More
2023-12-02 16:04
Cats have something with boxes...but so do my boys sometimes. Lately I came home to this view in our living. A few big boxes had been "furnished" and from time to time I could find young boy… Read More
2023-12-01 16:33
J: er zit kaneel inK: ik ben niet zo goed in smakenHeb jij al een fontein gezien die bevriest? Eigenlijk ijsblokjes zijn wel handig, want als je drinken op is kan je nog zen beetje wate… Read More
2023-11-30 17:48
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-11-29 18:34
Parking my car to not move for a weekGathering with family, even when it's for a funeralCity tripping in Amsterdam with the boysFinally having the chance to visit the RijksmuseumA good Indon… Read More
2023-11-28 16:32
Is there anything more Canadian than kajaking on a lake? ...Canoeing maybe. The number of cars in summer driving by with canoes or kayaks on the roof is significant.We had canoed with a natu… Read More
2023-11-27 17:23
After our morning on Blackcomb moutain, we took the Peak2peak gondola to transfer us to Whistler Mountain. The gondola crosses a valley and spans 3 kms in the air. Th… Read More
2023-11-26 17:07
So if you spend a week in a skiresort mountain town, you want to explore the mountain peaks and alpine landscapes of course. We waited until the weather prediction gave us a very… Read More
2023-11-25 17:06
The fall vacation early November was the storm vacation and on Thursday western Europe was warned for storm Ciara that was approaching. Not the type of weather to stroll at ease throug… Read More
2023-11-24 20:13
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-11-21 16:06
It's an understatement that we had picked a few days of citytripping in Amsterdam during aweful weather but I had carefully checked the weather forecasts and I hoped for an hour or two of ra… Read More
2023-11-20 17:20
I picked this colour for my monthly post but then realized it is very hard to decide when something is pink or purple or mauve. It is always debatable and could be up to switch to either pur… Read More
2023-11-19 17:03
Whistler, although a mountain town, is situated in a valley that connects some smaller lakes and hence has a relatively flat base that enables a maze of pedestrian/bike lines to cross throug… Read More
2023-11-18 09:57
On our second day in Whistler we got up before sunrise to get picked- up by a private guide that would go bear viewing with us. We've seen dozens of bears before in Canada, most o… Read More
2023-11-17 16:55
I was mostly excited about the opportunity to go to Amsterdam, to book tickets for the Rijksmuseum. I've worked and lived partime for 3 years at just two blocks away from the Dutch mos… Read More
2023-11-16 16:51
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-11-15 16:56
Zoveel regen! Nu hebben de vissen meer water! 1 minuut stilte voor de metro! (Gratis krantje dat stopt)G: Neem je vanavond nog een gezond dessert aub, je hebt bijna geen groenten gegete… Read More
2023-11-13 16:54
Instead of spending time in Gran Canaria at the pool in the sun, we spent time in a stormy and wet Amsterdam 2 weeks ago. When Jan had to be at a business event in the city, I de… Read More
2023-11-12 16:58
After 2,5 weeks roadtripping through British Columbia and meeting a lot of people, we chose to relax a bit in the Olympic mountain town of Whistler, just north of Vancouver. &nbs&hell…Read More
2023-11-11 17:32
October was still a hot summer month, but at the end of the month, autumn kicked in, in all glory. The trees that are still full of leave are finally colouring, and it is gorgeous righ… Read More
2023-11-10 17:57
In the expectation of new toys arriving at Sinterklaas and Christmas I hope to get rid off some old no longer used toys.2. Carving 3. I hate chores but I managed to clean out the… Read More
2023-11-09 16:43
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-11-07 16:47
Summer is fire season in Canada and forest fires are a natural and frequent occurrence. Canada has resources, processes and habits in place to battle forest fires and people react to them ra… Read More
2023-11-06 16:53
While the smokey conditions in the Revelstoke valley had slightly improved, we drove up the 26km windy Meadows in the Sky Parkway to climb up towards the peak of Mount Revelstoke. We found o… Read More
2023-11-05 17:04
Wherever you go in the (west) of Canada and you see a museum or a history plaque, I can ensure you that the railroad plays a role. The territories of what is now the provinces British… Read More
2023-11-04 16:20
It's been a grey, stormy, wet week. Very appropriate for the start of November, where we celebrate All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. It's a time of reflection and nostalgia and goodb… Read More
2023-11-03 16:55
It's been quite a while that I took a trip down memory lane in my photo stream. Since this time a year is often a vacation period or at least an extended weekend or so, I was quite intereste… Read More
2023-11-02 17:13
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-10-31 16:19
Summer days in October...walking in T-shirt and shortReturning home from the self-harvest farm with bags full of fresh vegetables. (who would have thought that I'd get happy by vegetab… Read More
2023-10-30 19:43
(’S ochtends bij ontbijt)
Ik heb vandaag mijn eerste onverwachte toetsZou je graag het kind zijn van beroemde ouders?Misschien is er nog ergens een onbewoond eiland, allé… Read More
2023-10-27 15:44
"Why did you plan that, I'd never do it", said my team member on Friday morning when I sighed how I looked up against the weekend."Because sometimes you are optimistic like an idiot"… Read More
2023-10-26 15:44
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-10-25 15:44
After our good visiting day in Aachen with the family, there wasn't much left downtown to do unlike visiting many museums. The weather prediction was great so we decided to profit and… Read More
2023-10-24 16:45
Just like the Yoho Valley & the Takkakaw falls in Yoho National Park, we had rarely ever visited Glacier National Park because most trails are closed throughout the year except for the s… Read More
2023-10-23 16:42
After our smokey arrival in Golden, we crossed our fingers the next days when we drove up the Kicking Horse Pass to climb to Yoho National Park. Up high there was still some slight fog… Read More
2023-10-21 16:20
The historic city centre of Aachen is very small, as with most medieval city centres, but the Dom and its treasury is worth a visit of a couple of hours. The Dom is the historic chapel… Read More
2023-10-20 16:50
It's the colour of the season... ClothesFlowersToysFoodSunsetsMiscellaneous Read More
2023-10-19 16:41
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-10-18 15:43
My mom has turned 80 in September and while we are not really a family of big celebrations, it was clear that this was not a milestone that we could let go by just like that. So my sis… Read More
2023-10-17 15:45
It is not just the mountains, the valley and the landscape that make the Kootenay's so special. It is also the place where so many people I care about a lot are still around. Whe… Read More
2023-10-16 16:41
Summer is fire season in Canada and depending on the wind, some smoke days are part of life. We had been lucky in Osoyoos to arrive the devastating stressful Eaglebuff fire. It was sti… Read More
2023-10-15 16:52
Mama kan je de batterijen in de microscoop komen vervangen? kabouter wil zijn DNA bekijken en hij heeft eraan geliktMaar hoe blijven op de paarden, hoe blijven die hoefijzers erop?Ik wou dat… Read More
2023-10-14 15:40
The first Monday of October the school is closed. We couldn't plan a long weekend away like we did last year becuase the launch of the new scouts year was on Saturday and friend's birt… Read More
2023-10-12 15:48
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-10-10 16:41
The Kootenay river meanders through Creston valley from the US to Kootenay Lake up north. Most of the valley has been dyked and provides a huge fertile agricultural zone, but a large part of… Read More
2023-10-09 16:37
We escaped the 40+ temperatures in the Okanogan, but a full week of 38C in the Kootenays was soaring hot as well. Ha, just when we weren't sleeping in an airco cooled hotel. Fort… Read More
2023-10-08 18:02
Kabouter will have friends over in the east of Belgium for his birthday. So we had to go and do a prospectus of the walk that he wants to take his friends on. We'll follow the Roe… Read More
2023-10-06 16:36
When in 1995 I left Belgium for a year as exchange student in Canada, I was afraid that living in a mountain landscape would be boring. From wherever in town you can spot the same moun… Read More
2023-10-05 16:04
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-10-04 16:11
We left Osoyoos and the gorgeous Okanogan behind and set route to my beloved Kootenays in the midst of the heat wave. Julia, my host sister and I had decided to meet on route in t… Read More
2023-10-01 15:55
When you land in Vancouver Island and leave the parking area to hit the Grant McConachie highway, you pass a big sign "Welcome to traditional Musqueam territory". Not welcome… Read More
2023-09-30 17:14
Children that return to school with a big smile A new TV season that starts full of interesting programs and seriesA cool office in the basement on hot daysStill dozens of tomatoe… Read More
2023-09-29 15:12
Beertje, je moet je boterhammen toch nog opeten?
In de winter in Canada is vast moeilijk
Het voelt alsof mijn brein in slaap is gevallen
J: Heb je al nagedach… Read More
2023-09-28 16:17
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-09-27 16:21
I love the Okanogan, British Columbia's central valley very much, after the Kootenays. The valley, shielded from the western rain by the Coastal and the Cascade mountains, is known for… Read More
2023-09-26 15:19
Highway 3 is the one that feels home to me, the one I crossed on my way to school for a full year on a daily basis. It curls through my beloved Kootenays. But first we were headi… Read More
2023-09-25 16:19
We had not been in the east of Belgium for over 2 months, thanks to our busy summer plans and our traditional busy start of September. But I was so happy to pull up our driveway again… Read More
2023-09-24 15:58
The first weekends of September are always busy for the men in Leuven. Abraham celebration. On the first Saturday there is an Abraham celebration for those that celebrate their 50t… Read More
2023-09-23 16:16
After spending 5 days on Vancouver island, exploring briefly the west coast and the east coast and Victoria, it was time to head back to British Columbia's main land. Now t… Read More
2023-09-22 16:02
Our sightseeing day in Victoria was already great but exploring the city was not the only highlight of our day. We've been often in Canada, but it's only since a few years, after our l… Read More
2023-09-21 16:49
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-09-20 14:54
Since Anne launched once a picture challenge themed in a colour, I got inspired and dove into my picture archive to create a monthly post in one chosen colour. After yellow… Read More
2023-09-18 16:00
After spending time with my fourth host family, it was time to explore Victoria. This pitoresque city is the capital of the Canadian province British Columbia and is situated in the so… Read More
2023-09-17 15:24
My mother turned 80 this week. What a milestone, that is not given to everyone. Without any doubt we couldn't let that go by at a distance, so my sister and I took time off from… Read More
2023-09-16 15:59
Vacation in Canada is not just vacation to us. It's returning home. It is reconnecting with people that I hardly ever see but that I consider as family. For the first time we had… Read More
2023-09-15 15:53
Hoeveel bomen staan er op aarde?Papa weet je nog dat je vroeger zo een blauwe teen had omdat er iets was opgevallen? Nu heb je dat niet meerAmai ik ga veel kunnen vertellen op school als we… Read More
2023-09-14 17:35
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-09-11 16:57
After 48 hours at Vancouver's West coast, it was time to leave again and head on. What a pity to leave but we still had such a great itinerary ahead of us and I was counting down to meeting… Read More
2023-09-09 16:23
It was a big exciting morning to get up in Tofino since we had booked a whale watching tour. Vancouver Island is surrounded by migration routes for whales and orca's and there is some… Read More
2023-09-08 15:39
Vancouver Island's west coast has a rugged coast interrupted by many inlets and islands, and its lands are covered with moderate rain forest. In between the 2 touristic small destinati… Read More
2023-09-07 15:30
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-09-06 15:25
I must be honest...after months, no years, of looking forward to returning "home" to Canada for vacation I got a big panick attack mid-July when I learned that Highway 4 that connects the we… Read More
2023-09-04 16:14
On the start of the long BC holiday weekend, we had fortunately booked a BC ferry. We arrived 2 hours in advance of the scheduled service which is 1 hour extra than asked for but the r… Read More
2023-09-03 15:04
After a long journey with heavy lower back pain (mitigated by lots of painkillers and frequent standing up and wobbling in the plane isle), we finally arrived in Vancouver at the hour… Read More
2023-09-02 16:39
The alarm clock hurt, but a bit later they were ready to go and start in grade 2 and grade 5. Off to new adventures. They had already visited their new class and met their new tea… Read More
2023-09-01 15:38
Well I've been off for a month but this morning I had to open up my work computer again after I dropped the boys back off at school. The big return.While my blog softly progressed here… Read More
2023-08-31 15:45
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-08-30 17:35
Setting that out of officeMaking a bad move with my back, blocking it entirely but finding a doctor's appointment and physio therapy right before we have to leave on vacation.No custom… Read More
2023-08-29 16:33
Dat was echt slechtste overgang ooit (tegen zijn vriendje die kwam spelen op zijn dj set… duidelijk fan van directe feedback)Ik ben een chicken nugget (loopt flapperend rond)ik wil we… Read More
2023-08-25 15:59
In society there are still so many clichés on traditional task divisions in a household and of course each family has its own routines. I've read this winter a blog post on reve… Read More
2023-08-24 14:19
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-08-23 14:44
The children were 5 days gone at the same time so we took the opportunity to go yet again out for dinner. This time we had a reservation at Rossi in Leuven, who has been elected as the Itali… Read More
2023-08-20 16:41
Since Anne launched once a picture challenge themed in a colour, I got inspired and dove into my picture archive to create a monthly post in one chosen colour. After yellow, pin… Read More
2023-08-18 15:51
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-08-16 19:36
The sticker of historic thriller attracked me. Well it's less of a historic novel and more a detective but it plays in Vienna more than a century ago so it feels a bit the atmosp… Read More
2023-08-15 16:56
Whoa dat lijkt wel een ontploffing van die oranje wolkEven kijken of we vormpjes zien (cfr in de wolken)Iemand op het speelplein zei dat zijn mama en papa eens een regenboog vlak voor hun ra… Read More
2023-08-14 16:42
After our visit to the woods in Oisterwijk in NL, we returned via Lommel where we had a stop near the Lommelse Sahara. This is a nature domain I had already often heard about but I had… Read More
2023-08-13 14:07
When I came to live in Leuven, I was very enthusiastic about all the summer events that got organised here. Beleuvenissen with its free concerts each Friday in July, Leuven Zingt… Read More
2023-08-11 16:40
When the children were both on scouting camp we booked rather ad hoc a night in Oisterwijk, in the south of the Netherlands. Jan knew that the area had beautiful woods and fen lakes so… Read More
2023-08-10 15:02
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-08-08 16:38
When I realised that Jan and I would spend a long weekend without children, due to their absence on a scouting camp, I immediately thought of going out for dinner in one of Leuven's many gas… Read More
2023-08-07 17:42
It's that time of the year that friends, colleagues and family leave on vacation. A good moment to steal a post idea from Anne and plan a series of travel dilemma's. The first dilemmas… Read More
2023-08-05 16:09
A mix of perfect soap water (which I have not succeeded to create myself, so it's bought), 2 sticks and a long cord... and you get magic bubbles. Ha, maybe they are the future street a… Read More
2023-08-03 16:12
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2023-07-31 15:55
Getting compliments on new clothes I wear and on my weight loss that people start to spot. Watching our tomato & cucumber plants grow spectacularly in our gardenDeciding to le… Read More
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