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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Two Years as a Zeelander

Food Highlight

7/12/26

A Fancy End to Meals!

European desserts are often very fancy! They are small, but a delight to the eye!

This is a berry dessert with jam on the bottom, marshmallow in the middle, and ice cream oval on top. The greenish star shape is a cookie. The white dallops along the side are white chocolate. 

It was very tasty, refreshing and creative!  I often end up taking pictures of my creative desserts!

Noordeinde Palace, Den Haag
(The King’s Business Offices)

A Dutch Discovery

7/12/26

Dutch people are very into the environment. They use a lot fewer chemicals in food, on crops and in cleaners than the United States uses. 

So when I saw this hand sanitizer at a restaurant in Den Haag, I smiled. The waiter told me they thought of this during COVID. They are using actual Gin to clean tables, hands, and even their mouths! 

The waiter told me that if I don’t like the taste of something, to spray the Ginitizer in my mouth! I didn’t take his advice on the mouth, but I did use it on my hands. Kind of genious.

We often see balloons going over our house in Goes. We must live on the balloon path. It is a peaceful sight in the evenings. 

Recent Weather

7/12/26

Honestly, it has been beastly hot here. It isn’t necessarily hot for the United States, but Netherlanders aren’t used to this kind of heat. It is over 30 degrees celcius, which is in the upper 80s Fahrenheit, with humidity.  Very few homes have air conditioning, so no one sleeps very well. 

It is interesting to me that there are less bikes and walkers in this heat too. They don’t hesitate to go out in the rain, but they don’t like the heat. 

Speaking of rain, we haven’t seen that for a few weeks either. So unusual for the Netherlands.