Once on a sep-timber afternoon in tinsel town, a little pine-tree was feeling sad. Everyone called him "pine-occhio". He was sitting at his desk feeling sorry for himself. Sorry that he was bad at knitting, because he always dropped the needles. He also felt sorry because he had an exam & he always got stumped by the questions.
The next day he went to elemen-tree school. Everyone started to be…
Something to keep in mind for holiday parties and beyond.
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Tucked behind the manger in traditional Catalan nativity scenes, almost hidden, is a little figurine with his trousers down, squatting. That's the caganer — literally "the defecator" — and he's been there since at least the 17th or 18th century Baroque period. — Read the rest
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It’s two days before Christmas, and my family and I are in Munich. We got here on a red-eye the morning prior, and remain barely functional thanks to jet lag. But we didn’t fly all this way just to sleep, no matter how badly all of us want to do so. And if there’s any city that demands you keep your eyes wide open, it’s Munich in all of its Christmastime splendor.
We arrive at the Marienplatz,…
December is now coming to an end. It's time to recap about what has happened during this last month, before writing my final Year in Review. This month was quite of a rollercoaster, I visited a few places, met with people a few times and watched a lot of stuff.
The eleventh month of the year is now gone, and it's almost time for Sinterklaas and then Christmas. November had more events than I was actually planning for, but it all ended up going well. Let's recap!
Last year, Chris and I visited Aachen's Christmas market and I wrote a bit about it. In the article, I mentioned I was looking forward to similar adventures. Well, it has happened! Last weekend, we went to Köln to visit some of its Christmas markets, and it was amazing!
Last weekend, Christiaan and I went to the Christmas Market in Aachen. The first time I went to a Christmas Market was in 2019, in Zurich, during a work trip. Until then, I did not even know that Christmas Markets were a thing. Since moving to The Netherlands, I've been wanting to visit one of these magical markets, but, unfortunately, Covid-19 made that impossible. Fortunately, last weekend we…
November has been a pretty intensive month in many different regards: from my parents visiting The Netherlands for the first time, to my partner and I moving in together to a new apartment. Besides, we're getting closer and closer to the end of the year, which means there are some cosy events I am looking forward to 🎄🍷.
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