With the weather having been almost up to Dutch standards (rain, rain, and more rain…), it is easy to forget that we are actually living in Australia. Well, almost. Here is my top 5 list of things that remind me that this is actually the other side of the world. Continue reading “Top 5: How you can spot you’re not in the Netherlands anymore”
For those of you that are curious about our new living situation, Kai and Luka are taking you on a tour through our new Australian house, sorry no subtitles yet:
Yesterday my work took me to a new city on this vast and (mostly) empty continent: Brisbane. I had a chance to take a peak at what is considered “the” beach destination on the east coast – but getting there was a bit of a rush… Continue reading “A new city”
As of this week Kai and Luka are going to school and it is time for the letting go. They will hopefully quickly learn the language and find their way in this new world.
Up until now we have been living in a different country, but it has all been within much of our comfort zone. We have built our own little world within a different country. Searching for the familiar and holding on to that. Well in the process sometimes discover something different which is new and interesting. Continue reading “First days of school”
Must have been my lucky day! What are the odds of seeing kangaroo, wombats and a tasmanian devel all in one day? Guess we can really say that we are in Australia now… Continue reading “Things aren’t always what they seem”
While the rest of the family is still on vacation, I have been adjusting to my new life in our Melbourne office. And part of that adjustment is my daily commute. Continue reading “The daily commute”
After having been in Australia for three weeks now, we have settled in our new living environment. We are slowly getting adjusted to the winter weather. We have gotten used to our new house, have beds to sleep in and furniture surrounding us. We know where to get our bread and daily groceries. But things are about to change drastically.
As we got married ten years ago we where looking for a place to go out to dinner with the four of us. Unfortunately we do not have very adventuresome children when it comes to food. So spending a lot of money in a restaurant is not well spend on them. Since we have not lived here very long yet and where shocked of some of the prices that are charged here for dinner I did some Google searching first. Continue reading “Dining at a child friendly restaurant”
Since we are living in Australia now there are certain things we just want to do, see and experience while we are here. We made ourselves a list of things to do, in random order.
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