Oh nee!!! Deze week wordt het allerkoudstttt van de winter…  Een maximum temperatuur van MAAR 16 graden… nu gaan we wel een jas moeten dragen, boehoe.  Al een geluk dat het tenminste droog is (gemiddeld 1 buitje per week ofzo ;-)
Meer info op onze lokale Standaard (nou ja, meer de GvA):
The big chill to hit […]

Lo and behold, the Belgian treasures acquired overseas!!! 

Thanks everybody for sharing laughs with us, drinks, stories and chocolates.
You are all the best and always welcome in our humble abode down under :)
Ilse
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Om onmiddellijk met de deur in huis te vallen, sinds gisteren hebben Ilse en ik weer een prachtig stalen monster op vier wielen om de straten, high- en freeways van Sydney onveilig te maken!
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My English has much improved over the last 6 months.  However, sometimes I still struggle to think of certain words or expressions (especially pre-coffee) and in those situations automatically revert to translating from Dutch.  For example yesterday morning, when I said the following to a colleague:
“I can’t get anything down my throat today” 
We were queuing […]

Belgium hits the news!!! 
Jet crashes, breaks in two on take-off - Travel - smh.com.au

Wow, have loads to update you guys on, trips and parties, but first something about the last few days!
I was very tempted to visit Fiji with Clare and Bourkie , however decided wisely to keep my holidays for when Bram is here (and we will be visiting Fraser Island, more about that later). Anyway, so […]

Voor zij die Hapje Tapje in Leuven kennen, blijkbaar is er deze zondag iets soortgelijks in Hyde Park - op nog geen 5 minuutjes wandelen, juij, spek naar mijn bek ;-)
The biggest outdoor wine festival ever to be held in Sydney, Sunday March 9 from 11am-6pm. The Good Living Sydney Cellar Door will transform Sydney’s […]

hopelijk zijn cadeautje & kaartje goed aangekomen ginds in België…

It took me a while to motivate myself to write all this down, but as we probably have to rerun the process all over again, I better do it now.
In Australia you mainly have, in my opinion, Ford, Toyota and Holden. If you want other brands you generally pay more. Holden is the ‘Australian’ brand, […]

Made my day when his father sent me this! You can already tell with his charm and cute smile, my youngest nephew will be stealing the spotlight for many years to come (sharing it with his brother of course ;-).
Thank you Nico! Can’t wait to see them again in June!!!