Tag: Travel
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Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (part 8) – Fort Bragg to San Francisco, California
Heading to San Francisco today. A 170-mile / 275-kilometer trip via Highway 20 and back on the US-101. As we were meeting up in SF and would be staying in Napa Valley for a couple of days as well, we didn’t have anything planned along the way. Pomo Bluffs Park Chantal’s early run around Pomo…
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Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (part 7) – Eureka to Fort Bragg, California
Although the destination of today’s trip was on the California coast, the route was mostly inland, only leaving the US-101 at Leggett to following Highway 1 all the way to Fort Bragg.
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Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (part 6) – Gold Beach, Oregon to Eureka, California
Leaving Oregon and entering California today: a 135-mile / 220-kilometer trip to Eureka.
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Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (part 5) – Oregon: Newport to Gold Beach
Continuing southbound on the US-101 in Oregon. Today a 180-mile /280-kilometer drive from Newport to Gold Beach.
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Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (part 4) – Oregon: Astoria to Newport
Starting off with some great shots that Chantal took during her morning run on the Astoria Walkway: On the 6th day of our holidays, we had a relatively short drive of 140 miles / 220km today, continuing southbound on the US-101, which is aptly called the Oregon Coast Highway. Cannon Beach After a quick inventory…
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Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (part 3) – Seattle, WA to Astoria, OR
The 5th day of our holiday was the first actual day of our road trip, with the first trek of about 200 miles / 325 kilometers to Astoria, Oregon.
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Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (part 2) – Seattle, WA (continued)
Seattle – Day 3 and 4: Culture and Animals
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Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (part 1) – Seattle, WA
Seattle – Day 1 and 2: Exploring the city on foot
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Around the World – Pacific Northwest USA (July/August 2017)
Our summer vacation this year was an extensive road trip through the Pacific Northwest of the USA.
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Bar Friterie Bistro Gare du SUD, Utrecht
When going to concerts at the Tivoli De Helling venue in Utrecht, my brother and I always have dinner at a nearby restaurant at the Oosterkade.
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&samhoud places**, Amsterdam (July 2017)
Last week we had a farewell lunch of my former boss. Luckily, she also is a fine dining aficionado, so we celebrated in style at &samhoud places**.
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Librije’s Zusje**, Amsterdam (June 2017)
As part of celebrating me reaching the big 4-0, Chantal took me for lunch at Librije’s Zusje** in Amsterdam.
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Around the World – Norrköping, Sweden
Early June we had a short family visit to Norrköping, Sweden.
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Restaurant MOS*, Amsterdam (May 2017)
The good thing if you invite your colleagues for a farewell lunch, you can also choose whatever restaurant you have on your to-do list.
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RIJKS* x BRAE, Amsterdam (May 2017)
Another collaboration at RIJKS*; this time a 1-day event with Australian chef Dan Hunter of Brae Restaurant fame.
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De Kersentuin, Amsterdam (April 2017)
With the kids on a sleep-over, Chantal and I seized the opportunity to try out De Kersentuin in Amsterdam.
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Restaurant Bord’eau** – Amsterdam (April 2017)
Again, business does have its occasional culinary upsides…
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RIJKS* x Locavore, Amsterdam (April 2017)
I think that there were only 3 minutes between reading about the restaurant collaboration event between RIJKS from Amsterdam and Locavore from Ubud, Bali and booking my table…
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Around the World – Oaxen Krog**- Stockholm, Sweden (March 2017)
I ended my 3-day venture in high-end Nordic cuisine at the communal table of Oaxen Krog** in the Djurgården district of Stockholm.
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Around the World – Geranium***, Copenhagen, Denmark (March 2017)
Day 2 of my business trip (and venture into Nordic cuisine) was very satisfying. After spending the entire day in negotiations for a Danish tax audit, its satisfactory result made the visit to Geranium*** that night even better.
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Around the World – Restaurant Kokkeriet*, Copenhagen, Denmark (March 2017)
I needed to go to Copenhagen and Stockholm for work for 3 days and seized the opportunity to explore Nordic cuisine.
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Burgers @ Nescio Café & Bar (Generator Hostel), Amsterdam
It has been close to 2 decades that we set foot in a hostel, but we recently ended up in one for lunch.
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Bolenius Restaurant*, Amsterdam (Feb 2017)
Come mid-February, come time to head over to Bolenius Restaurant* with Koen and Erica for lunch.
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Various Burgers @Burgermeester, Amsterdam
I can safely admit now that the New Year’s Resolutions for 2017 went overboard on January 3…
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Around the World – Avoriaz, France
Nope, this Christmas there was not much snow in the French Alps. It was however very nice weather in Avoriaz the entire week. Sunny (+15℃/ 59℉!), clear skies and amazing sunsets.
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Around the World – Becker’s Weinhaus – Trier, Germany
In December we decided to go skiing in Portes de Soleil in the French/Swiss Alps with Christmas and again thought that it would be an excellent idea to stay overnight in Becker’s Hotel in Trier.
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Aan de Poel** – Amstelveen (Dec 2016)
Chantal and I try to go to Aan de Poel at least 2 times a year and Stefan van Sprang and his team keep surprising us with their fabulous food and wine pairings.
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Around the World – Algarve, Portugal
The second part of the summer holidays we spent in Albufeira, Portugal.
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Around the World – Fyn, Denmark
Our first part of the summer holiday; we stayed a week in Denmark close to Nørre Aaby on western shores of the Fyn island.
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Restaurant Kasteel Heemstede* – Houten (June 2016)
As part of the Dining with the Stars restaurant week in June, we also had lunch at Restaurant Kasteel Heemstede in Houten.
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