Vive les vacances!

Coucou mes copines!
I'm back again! We were in Paris and had a good time.



Which macaron shall I taste?



I cannot recommend any of these macarons because the ones I have tasted were all delicious. I took some boxes back home and send them to some special people and I can tell you that they still taste great after about a week. We couldn't save them longer as they simply are too good!



Of course we did a lot of the touristic highlights, but we what we like most is just to wander around.
In Paris there are a lot of lovely parcs and green places, like the Place des Vosges here. Btw Dees of Vosgesparis is doing a lot better, so I want to thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Just wandering around, looking up


and up again


Or looking down (this is the court-yard of our hotel at the Place the la République which I can recommend to everybody):




I always love the details...
on the outside and

the inside..
August is the month that the Parisiens themselves take a holiday, so places that need no introduction and where the objects are just talking for themselves are silent now...

Of course there is always some brocante to see at the Porte de Clignancourt or the Porte the Vanves, but I think Parisian brocante is expensive.

Some things never change; these beautiful art nouveau little fountains are still here!

And what never changes too: Me being at a store that I really really like to visit at...no prices are giving guessing at which date...!!

And of course Paris is the city of fashion. I wanted to talk my husband into this coiffure, but he didn't want to

So he and my youngest decided that it was time to move outside the fashion capital of the world and into this lovely hotel, which is in

Disneyland Paris

My daughter who is not named by coincidence after one of the worlds' famous photographers has specialized in taking photo's of herself and of our family including herself. We had so much fun!

Paris by night. While France is chairman of the European Union, the Eiffeltower is lit like our European flag, blue with 12 yellow stars.

We still have a couple of days off before school starts. I hope you are all doing well and I'll try to visit everybody soon, have a nice day!

Coucou mes copines!
Yep weer terug uit Parijs, ach de foto's spreken voor zich dacht ik. De Eiffeltoren, de Place de Vosges, Ladurée waar je de lekkerste amandelkoekjes kunt kopen in geweldige verpakkingen en natuurlijk wat te dure brocante gezien, alsmede ergens voor de gesloten deur gestaan, what's new? Dit reisje was mijn verjaardagscadeau en het feestcomité vond een reisje naar Parijs toch echt niet compleet zonder een bezoek aan Disneyland. Ach een gegeven paard mag je niet in de bek kijken! Prima naar ons zin gehad en nu hebben we nog een paar dagen voordat volgende week de school weer begint.

Chat soon, LiLi M.

Vive les vacances!

Coucou mes copines!
I'm back again! We were in Paris and had a good time.



Which macaron shall I taste?



I cannot recommend any of these macarons because the ones I have tasted were all delicious. I took some boxes back home and send them to some special people and I can tell you that they still taste great after about a week. We couldn't save them longer as they simply are too good!



Of course we did a lot of the touristic highlights, but we what we like most is just to wander around.
In Paris there are a lot of lovely parcs and green places, like the Place des Vosges here. Btw Dees of Vosgesparis is doing a lot better, so I want to thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Just wandering around, looking up


and up again


Or looking down (this is the court-yard of our hotel at the Place the la République which I can recommend to everybody):




I always love the details...
on the outside and

the inside..
August is the month that the Parisiens themselves take a holiday, so places that need no introduction and where the objects are just talking for themselves are silent now...

Of course there is always some brocante to see at the Porte de Clignancourt or the Porte the Vanves, but I think Parisian brocante is expensive.

Some things never change; these beautiful art nouveau little fountains are still here!

And what never changes too: Me being at a store that I really really like to visit at...no prices are giving guessing at which date...!!

And of course Paris is the city of fashion. I wanted to talk my husband into this coiffure, but he didn't want to

So he and my youngest decided that it was time to move outside the fashion capital of the world and into this lovely hotel, which is in

Disneyland Paris

My daughter who is not named by coincidence after one of the worlds' famous photographers has specialized in taking photo's of herself and of our family including herself. We had so much fun!

Paris by night. While France is chairman of the European Union, the Eiffeltower is lit like our European flag, blue with 12 yellow stars.

We still have a couple of days off before school starts. I hope you are all doing well and I'll try to visit everybody soon, have a nice day!

Coucou mes copines!
Yep weer terug uit Parijs, ach de foto's spreken voor zich dacht ik. De Eiffeltoren, de Place de Vosges, Ladurée waar je de lekkerste amandelkoekjes kunt kopen in geweldige verpakkingen en natuurlijk wat te dure brocante gezien, alsmede ergens voor de gesloten deur gestaan, what's new? Dit reisje was mijn verjaardagscadeau en het feestcomité vond een reisje naar Parijs toch echt niet compleet zonder een bezoek aan Disneyland. Ach een gegeven paard mag je niet in de bek kijken! Prima naar ons zin gehad en nu hebben we nog een paar dagen voordat volgende week de school weer begint.

Chat soon, LiLi M.

Leaving...

My home town Dordrecht is a city of rivers. Here three rivers are coming together; the North, the old Meuse and the Merwede. When you enter the city by ship you used to enter through this gate;



You had to pay taxes, especially when you brought something into the city. Clever!

After paying (even when you went through) you could trade with the tradesmen living here; you could load and unload your ship on the backside of the houses.

Even the city hall was built in the water, it's a bridge actually.

Though you wouldn't notice that at the front anymore.

The old ports are still in use, especially for recreation ships. Here is one of the historic harbours, only historic ships are allowed to use this port.

Zooming in we can see that these old warehouses have geographic names; Sto(c)kholm in Sweden, which was a trading partner of Dordrecht.

Like Paris, the oldest part of our town is an Isle, like Île de la Cité. And here is our Notre Dame, or our Eiffel tower, as this tower is a focal point of course, like the Pisa tower it's leaning towards one side.
Tomorrow I will leave for Paris, I'm looking forward to it, but I never mind coming back here.
I haven't had time to say goodbye to all of you as I was very busy today. But I'll be back in two weeks! Au revoir!

Peeps ik knijp er eventjes twee weken tussenuit!
Hier wat beelden van de prachtige stad Dordrecht waar ik woon.
Ik vind het nooit erg om met vakantie te gaan, maar ik vind het ook nooit erg om weer thuis te komen!
Tot over twee weken!
Au revoir!

Leaving...

My home town Dordrecht is a city of rivers. Here three rivers are coming together; the North, the old Meuse and the Merwede. When you enter the city by ship you used to enter through this gate;



You had to pay taxes, especially when you brought something into the city. Clever!

After paying (even when you went through) you could trade with the tradesmen living here; you could load and unload your ship on the backside of the houses.

Even the city hall was built in the water, it's a bridge actually.

Though you wouldn't notice that at the front anymore.

The old ports are still in use, especially for recreation ships. Here is one of the historic harbours, only historic ships are allowed to use this port.

Zooming in we can see that these old warehouses have geographic names; Sto(c)kholm in Sweden, which was a trading partner of Dordrecht.

Like Paris, the oldest part of our town is an Isle, like Île de la Cité. And here is our Notre Dame, or our Eiffel tower, as this tower is a focal point of course, like the Pisa tower it's leaning towards one side.
Tomorrow I will leave for Paris, I'm looking forward to it, but I never mind coming back here.
I haven't had time to say goodbye to all of you as I was very busy today. But I'll be back in two weeks! Au revoir!

Peeps ik knijp er eventjes twee weken tussenuit!
Hier wat beelden van de prachtige stad Dordrecht waar ik woon.
Ik vind het nooit erg om met vakantie te gaan, maar ik vind het ook nooit erg om weer thuis te komen!
Tot over twee weken!
Au revoir!