Archive for the ‘Travels’ Category

  • Dine-around in Holland (part 2)

    Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

    One of the neat social activities for the conference was the “Dine-Around” in Amsterdam. After finishing a canal tour the participants were split up in small groups and guided to various fancy restaurants in the city center.

    Amsterdam is home to many different cultures and the selected restaurants varied from Indonesian to German, French and Dutch [...]

  • Dine-around in Holland (part 1)

    Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

    Just came back from a congress/mini-vacation in The Netherlands (aka Holland), where I was blessed to enjoy some great international dining in Amsterdam, Den Haag (The Hague) and also in Brugge, Belgium. This is part 1 of my culinary adventures, enjoy!
    Strange enough I had Italian twice during this trip, and I say “strange” because it [...]

  • Visiting Domburg warungs

    Monday, January 18th, 2010

    Happy New Year everyone!
    About time I added a blogpost! Can’t believe it took me almost 3 weeks to adjust and get back into my normal routine. When we came back we went from 80 tropical to 28 frigid degrees Fahrenheit and combined with jetlag it was AWFUL! Since then it even dipped into the 15s [...]

  • Vive la France!

    Friday, September 4th, 2009

    France is a great country! I love their relaxed way of living especially at the country side. Last month my husband, our foster child and I went to France. We stayed at the holiday home of our friends which is situated in the middle of France. The area is called ‘Le Creuse’ and the small village we stayed at is [...]

  • Culinary adventure in Holland (part 3 of 3)

    Monday, August 10th, 2009

    Somewhat of a delay in posting the final part of my culinary adventures, but blame that on technology.  After finishing the article, complete with picture gallery, I clicked the Submit button and …. oh no!! My entire article disappeared to Lalaland! Needless to say I felt very much like crying (after cursing a bit), but I [...]

  • Culinary adventure in Holland (part 2 of 3)

    Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

    The Wedding week in Den Haag.
    Throughout the week we had home cooked meals prepared by Mom or me. Curry fish, eggplant or bitter melon with shrimp or cured beef, pom. One day I cooked spaghetti and on another day, chicken in soy sauce with rice and cauliflower. Nothing fancy since we were doing finishing touches [...]

  • Culinary adventures in Holland (part 1 of 3)

    Saturday, July 25th, 2009

    Honey I’m baaack!!
    It’s been weeks since my last entry, but for a good reason!
    At the end of May I went to Holland for my sister’s wedding, taking some time to visit friends and family as well. Whenever we go see family, it’s ripping and running (as much as jetlag allows) and there is not much [...]

  • Food in Portugal

    Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

    I love Portugal! Maybe it’s because of my roots. My greatgrandfather was born at Madeira which is a Portuguese island. I’ve already been to Madeira a few years ago and it’s a lovely island. This time my husband and I went to Portugal to celebrate our honeymoon.

    Portugal is a beautiful country, especially the west coast, with [...]

  • Food in the Dominican Republic

    Friday, March 13th, 2009

    My boyfriend and I recently went to the Dominican Republic on vacation and we had a great time!
    Our only worry was to be on time for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In between we enjoyed the white sandy beaches, the sun, the friendly people, piña coladas and especially the food. We stayed at an all-inclusive hotel, but because this isn’t [...]