A Travel Blog
Recently my husband took a short term job with Vermeer in Goes, Netherlands. This is a big adventure for us mid-western Americans! I have amended an old blog page I used a few years ago to keep friends and family updated about our life here. I will update periodically. Take care everyone! We miss you!
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Food Highlight
8/14/26
Ovos Moles
We found this little treat in Portugal. It has egg yolk and sugar in the center, with a semi crunchy yet styrofoamy shell around the outside. They are about the size of a small cookie. Not overly sweet or flavorful, but very fun to try something new.
Porto, Portugal
A Dutch Discovery
8/14/26
Not sure if I have posted about the seals before. Sorry if I have.
About 20 minutes from Goes is a wildlife area called Neeltje Jans. Along the shore there is an area where wild seals like to gather and lounge. You can see them both sunning themselves and swimming. They are quite playful when they want to be. But also can be quite lazy. Something you don’t see in the American mid-west!
Above you see the train platform in Goes. Normally it is covered with people. But when I arrived at 6am to catch an early train, there was only one other person waiting. I couldn’t believe it. The scene looked so foreign that I had to take a picture. Dutch people don’t get moving very early in the morning. 🙂
Recent Weather
8/14/26
The heat continues in the Netherlands, something fairly rare here. Today it is 95 degrees Fahrenheit. The people tend to not go out and about as much as usual. When I bike to the store in this heat, it feels like a ghost town.
There hasn’t been rain in weeks. I saw that rain is predicted for next week. It will be a welcome gift if we indeed get the moisture.