happy holidays with lots of stars, health and happiness.

Photo's from our trip the the remote Scilly Islands in England in 2001 are added in a new album in this BLOG. We hope you like them and may we inspire you all to discover the beauty of our little planet!

We added a photo album from our Florida trip in 2000 to the photo albums on this BLOG. Enjoy some old memories with us and remember that memories are made to learn how to make more in the future!

just spending one night on our boat to do a few maintenance jobs and not to forget enjoying the tranquility of our marina at this time of the year. The glow in the sky is the city glow of Rotterdam about 30 miles North from here.

We enjoyed a mid November sailing trip on Lake Grevelingen to the max. We were amazed that we were about the only boat on the water and getting to an island that normally is very crowded and ending up the only visitors was a true relaxed experience. The colors in the fall are so much more vivid than during the hazy summer months and shooting pics made me realize that very much. No it was not cold, no we did not suffer at all and YES I can recommend trying "weird stuff" now and then to experience the unexpected. Freedom (also the name of our boat) is not about the size of the boat but it is about the size of the waters around us!

Late fall sailing

going out on the boat at the end of October can be a (weather) challenge. we were lucky enough that the sky was open and there was a good wind on Lake Grevelingen. our first night we stayed overnight on the Island of Hompelsplaat or also known by us as "horse island" because of the presence of wild horses here. during our evening walk we found the horses close by the only fresh water pond on the island. just beautiful.

definately fall has started here.Today it was windy and rainy but great for a local forest walk. The colors in the woods are starting to be beautiful and on the wet ground hidden gems start showing.

Neighbourhood chapel

Our neighbourhood chapel where we lighted a small candle today for all the people we know that need support and/or health to become happy in life again.

Our photos from Scotland in 1999 are up now

In our photo albums on this BLOG you now can see our photos from our trip to Scotland in 1999. Have fun and feel free to comment on it.

Dear tree stump

Dear tree stump. I found you in the garden where we had our little cabin for one night along the Hardangerfjord in the South West part of Norway. We needed something to keep our unhooked trailer leveled during the night so the cool box in the trailer kept working to keep our food and my proteïne drinks cool. When I found you, you were put to waste against an old wall and no future use for you seemed possible. But as it appeared you were the right size and shape for the job that changed. From that point you did your job for 3 weeks for us. You did loose some weight during the trip (as I did as well) but there was never a complaint from you. You stood in sunshine, rain, wind and even sub zero temperatures and again never any complaint. On the end of the trip we thought you deserved better than just be obsolete and thrown away. We deceived to make you a chair for our garden gnome’s. And thats what you do since then. Our gnome’s are very thankful and we can see you every day reminding us of a great trip. Thank you dear tree stump.

Back on our BLOG

It's been 10 years ago sice our last entry here. Main rason was the existance of FACEBOOK that can deal with a lot of "latest news". However, upon many requests related to our travels and specificly our photo's we will try to make this actual again. Today I started a test with a new website for photo galleries and you can find the first (test) result on this BLOG on the right under "photo albums". Tell us what you think. It will improve over time such as text with the photo's where they were taken or other details. Have fun.