Jul 26 2026
Six years ago we met our dear Portuguese friend Helena, during a two weeks vacation in Portimão/ Praia da Rocha, in the Algarve. Ever since we have wanted to visit her in her hometown of Porto and check the city out for a potential retirement move there. After dropping the rental car off at Eindhoven …
Jul 24 2026
During our stay in Austria, Han got a message from his oldest brother, asking us to come and take care of things at his home, when he was getting a Heart procedure operation on May 21. Even though the operation in his case was considered non invasive, the anxiety levels nevertheless reigned high, especially since …
May 20 2026
Travel is almost never a perpetual highlight reel. There is a lot of mundane boredom, a lot of grueling effort in between the beautiful moments. Not that I can prove it in any way, but the word travel is said to come from the French word Travail, which simply means work. Every destination, an exhausting …
Apr 30 2026
NOTE: We both, Han and TJ, wrote this as one story, so if the writing appears back and forth as first and second person lingo, this is the reason. Most of the time, it sounds if Han wrote it all and that is fine too. Our main goal was to get the story out there …
Apr 04 2026
Towards the end of our stay in Pineda, we were looking for ways to get from Pineda de Mar to Mönchengladbach, Germany inexpensively and quick, without having to go back to Barcelona. Until about 10 years ago both train or bus transportation were viable options. Then Discount airlines like Ryanair, Transavia, Wizz Air a.o. started …
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