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Welcome 2023
It's January 1. My 2022 photo book is ready. What a year. Emigrating, starting my own business, turning 50, opening a second location, twice a spicy abdominal surgery, from May the high season erupted, which lasted until December. And on January 1, my mood board 2023 is in front of me and I am looking at an almost empty January month. For a mo... Read this blog
Language? You won't fool me
Moving to another country is 1. But continuously talking in another language is 2. In my last school report, just about every subject says: due to Mayke's great absence, we cannot assess her level. I get it. I was busy surviving. And survival is my most important life lesson. No French, maths or biology can compete with that. During all m... Read this blog
Stories from the 'roaring 20' today
It is Monday afternoon when Pascal and I are in a chat at a municipality about taking over three possible new gites. My phone beeps a new booking. With a slanted eye, I glance at the message. A last-minute booking for today. And the guest indicates he will be at the door in 10 minutes.Normally, we are there ourselves to welcome guests to the castle... Read this blog
Lunch in Luxembourg
My lunch in the Netherlands? With an early-in-the-morning self-breaded sandwich behind the wheel or the laptop. That was usually my lunch. IF I even allowed myself time for that at all. It often happened that I got home late in the evening, without lunch and my dinner consisted of pink cakes (a guilty pleasure by the way, I haven't found them... Read this blog
Presents with a memory
A phone call from the Netherlands. Whether we can arrange a room for his brother's 65 birthday. He would like to give him a weekend away. I promise to create a nice card of our castle and give him a warm welcome. The birthday gentleman arrives, full of stories about life. He fully lives the weekend with us. He is out the door early every day. Wants... Read this blog
