I visited the apartment near the river for the second time today and this time I was sure: that’s the place for me. I have decided to place a bid on it (that’s the way it works in the Netherlands), and will do so tomorrow. I don’t know if there are any other potential buyers. [...]

As in – what kind of place? A house? An apartment? Did you love your place at first sight? Why am I asking all these questions you wonder? I want to buy my own place. And there are two possibilities – I can buy a small apartment with a rather large outdoor terrace (balcony) or [...]

Red double decker buses Just because I think they are wonderful. Especially the old Routemasters. A reliable Oyster card (opposed to a not always properly working OV card in the Netherlands) The London transport system Yes it can be a busy system (and yes sometimes they strike!) but I find it a great system and [...]

Digging through my boxes I found these. I can’t come up with any better excuse for having four (four!) pairs of 3D  specs then that the model reminds me of a certain funky long legged man. This is why I have too much stuff: I absolutely lack common sense and I still haven’t grown up. [...]

Four years in London is  a long enough period to acquire a broad selection of electrical equipment. A laptop. Camera and phone chargers. A small telly. Some lights. And more things like that. They all have UK power plugs. Which are different from Dutch ones as you can see. Not quite sure how to solve [...]

I am waiting for the inspiration, or should I say courage to start this project. Not sure when it arrives, if ever.

I made this video on my phone (hence the bad quality) and I managed to talk through it in the end too! So it is not a great video but here he is: Gijs the Hedgehog finishing his dinner and wandering off to his bed. We are feeding him cat food and water, and he [...]

Even the tiny lock next to our office is completely filled with boats in all shapes and sizes on their way to Sail Amsterdam. Sail is a 5 yearly event held in the harbors of Amsterdam where huge sail ships from all over the world come and visit the city for a weekend.

We have a new daily visitor in the garden, meet Gijs the hedgehog! You can nearly put your your clock on it – Gijs will appear around 16.30 every afternoon, entering the garden from the neighbours garden. Gijs the Hedgehog – enters the scene He then has a little walk through the garden to see [...]

I thoroughly enjoy my short (2.7 km) cycle ride to work every day. It is a very relaxed ride on cycle tracks seperate from cars. My bicycle trip passes the old

Or how to creatively use a bicycle saddle protection thingy to collect blackberries. We nearly always find interesting things on our cycling trips, and at the moment it is blackberry season. So we collected quite a few of them and prepared them for a little dessert.

I wasn’t the only person wandering around trying hard to remember where on earth I had left my bicycle when I went home for the weekend on Friday. And the bicycle parking is huge at Amsterdam South station! Are you cycling to work too?

via evilclownvalley.com Fantastic old photographs. I just love the bowler hats and the women with umbrellas. Looks like a Jack Vettriano painting. There are more of them here.

via fuckyeahalbuquerque.tumblr.com This really made me laugh. I hope it will brighten up your Friday too!

Where have you been? Well I have been kind of busy and I have left London and moved back to the Netherlands. What? Why? Good question. Because four years 24 hours a day in the hustle and bustle of central London was enough for me. London is a very exciting and fantastic city and there [...]

via vimeo.com Fantasic timelapse from New York.

It is time When? Very soon.

Were among some of the most anticipated films on my to-watch list. Some exceeded my expectations, and some really didn’t. From great to not so good: A Single Man Has to be seen for Colin Firth’s outstanding understated performance. It is a very slow paced story but it looks fantastic and is very well acted. [...]

Pedro mentioned this song on Twitter this morning, and I simply had to dig up that song. Try and sit still why listening to it, I certainly can’t. Nor can I listen to it without a smile on my face, it is the perfect mood buster. If you want to see the the original film [...]

£170 per week (en suite) / £736 per month We have a room to let! Ideally want a quiet single person, who’s hardly ever in and who doesn’t need to use the kitchen much. Spacious family house in Chiswick. Big room with shared en suite bathroom. Near to tube (Chiswick Park) and mainline station (Chiswick). [...]