It is normal for people to ask each other "How are you? And almost always the answer is 'good!' But what if it's not true?...To be honest, I haven't been doing too well for a while now. To start with last summer. In the summer of Read more...
This time no blog from me but a beautiful travel report from guests who have made a sailing trip with La Brigante and its skipper Edmond Galletti. Gert Jan Willems and his family enjoyed this beautiful sailing trip along the southern French coast and were kind enough to share their experience Read more...
I bumped my head 2 times recently.... Literally ...? The first time against the tip of the door of a medicine cabinet. While calling I was walking around the house, looking at the ground, and my forehead made intimate contact with a point of the door...Ouch!!! The second Read more...
I am back on the coast, at home in Saint Raphael! Actually a while already and a lot has happened again ... Nice things, not nice moments, exciting times and of course boring days. As life is? To begin with the most wonderful experience of recent times. Read more...
The big day has arrived! After almost a year of struggling I finally got my French insurance ...'Big deal' you might think, but it took a lot of work and now I'm very happy. I say: 'hurrah!' Now I can go skiing in peace, hahaha. No Read more...
So... it's been a while since I've posted anything. And to be honest, I had a hard time getting myself to write another blog for a while, but it worked out? Meanwhile, a lot has happened and again, not ... Read more...
Alors! Maintenant je suis tata Ilse ? Zooo happy and proud. My brother (Dagmar) and his girlfriend (Nancy) gave birth to baby son Nolan. Nancy, the power woman, of course did it but my brother, as top supporter, was there too. Pake, beppe and I couldn't wait to go there Read more...
Here I am ... Lovely at a nice little beach to put down on paper my experiences of the past weeks for you. By the way, I'm also sitting here because I thought I had to pay for two coffees I had here last week, but not yet Read more...
Last night I spent my first night in the new apartment. What a nice feeling this place gives me. Although it's not very big I feel at home and I've been able to make it my own with my old and also new stuff. Last Monday I read more...
Bonjour! Well I'm finally in La Douce France! With a lot of bumps and knocks I managed to sell the house and cross the border! May 1st I flew from Amsterdam via Paris to Nice with a backpack full of evidence documents about the move and Read more...