Amsterdam, a boat ride with Paul, and a funeral!
Back in Amsterdam, I had pre-booked us a hotel room for three nights at the Doubletree by Hilton, right beside the Amsterdam Centraal station. It... Read more
Category: What I've Been Up To
Back to Rotterdam!
After visiting the farm, Jeff and I took the train to Rotterdam Centraal station, and then an Uber to the Inntel hotel, back on the... Read more
Alphen aan den Rijn – Brentano!
In 1914, my Great Grandfather, Johannes Verkleij, bought a farm called “Brentano” at the edge of Alphen aan den Rijn in South Holland to start... Read more
Amsterdam!
After the Grand Meetup, I met Jeff when he got off his flight and I took him to a hotel to nap (ok me too).... Read more
2019 VIP Grand Meetup – Rotterdam
I’ve just attended the 2nd Annual Automattic VIP Grand Meetup in Rotterdam, Netherlands! I’ve travelled to a Grand Meetup every year while working for Automattic.... Read more
Snow is here!
On Thursday, during the noon hour, I ran some errands downtown and while I was outside the Bonanza Market, a native elder came up to... Read more
More cranberries, camping, colonoscopy, Hank, and smoke
On Saturday we headed back out to our berry covered wilderness, and gathered more cranberries! There were way more where we stopped this time, and... Read more
Cranberries, fall colours, Pokemon Go, and a new way to walk
Fall colours have just hit their peak and are starting to fall like rain here. It’s funny to think we were camping in snow a... Read more
Operation firewood, and quadding adventures
Yesterday we went out to our firewood source, an old forest fire burn, about 15 years ago old now? We like this place, because Jeff... Read more
A snowy August long weekend spent along a river
On Friday after work, we drove up to one of our favourite spots, about 100 kilometres up the Dempster Highway for a weekend with friends... Read more