"If not now, when?" states one of the many signs next to Tulum's main beach road.
It pretty much sums up why @byevamaria and myself decided to head to Tulum for a short break, just the two of us.
This blogpost is by no means the ultimate guide to Tulum (plenty of blogs about that btw), no, it's just an overview of what we did (and didn't do) in the six days we had....
I love Brussels, you probably know that. ;-)
I just love wondering around in this fascinating city which can be both ugly and beautiful at the same time. And each time I go, I discover something new.
So when I got invited to come and try out its newest boutique hotel - the Pillows Grand Hotel Place Rouppe, I naturally was very pleased....
The Hague, Holland's political capital and one of our favourite Dutch cities.
We visited several times before and each time we discover new, interesting places....
Last Friday, Sunny Cars invited me to go on a roadtrip through Warwickshire, in the heart of England.
Being a real England-lover, as you could already read here and here, I naturally was very excited!
We flew in the morning from Brussels Airport to Birmingham in less than an hour.
Sunny Cars had three great cars for us ready and waiting....
My wife and I were invited to try out a new hotspot in Antwerp, Hotel Franq.
It is located right in the heart of the city, only a 5-minute walk from the Cathedral....
The Province of Limburg is one of our favourite regions in Belgium to spend a short holiday. It's closeby, very green and the people are always super friendly!
So naturally, I was very pleased when Toerisme Bilzen asked me to come down together with my family for a fun weekend!
We stayed at the very comfortable Biezonder Holiday Home in Eigenbilzen.
De provincie Limburg is één van onze favoriete bestemming voor een kortbij-vakantie. Het is er altijd heerlijk rustig, erg groen en de mensen zijn er super-vriendelijk!
Natuurlijk zei ik meteen 'ja' toen Toerisme Bilzen ons vroeg om een weekendje daar door te brengen.
We verbleven in het uiterst comfortable Vakantiehuis Biesonder in Eigenbilzen....
Lucky me. For my birthday last April, I received a voucher from my two best friends and my wife for a day trip through the Flemish countryside driving a true classic: the Citroen DS. I have always loved this car and she - yes, it's a she - has featured on my Instagram account numerous times before....
My wife and I try to head to London at least once a year. Two weeks ago, we took our girls along again for a short weekend.
They had visited London, before, so luckily we could skip all the touristy sights. They are both huge Harry Poter fans and were eager to see some of the movies' locations. We didn't want to spend an entire day outside London, so we decided not to go for the Warner Bros. studio tour just outside the city . We'll keep that for another time, cause it certainly looks great....
When the misses and I were young... hm, I mean, younger... we used to travel to the UK a lot, especially the South of England and the West Country, we even honeymooned in Cornwall. But somehow we lost sight of this beautiful country the last 15 years (busy travellling the world and so on... ;-)), except for our yearly trips to London, of course. Last year, we picked up on our tradition again and went on two trips, one to Rye and one to Canterbury. For this year's family trip, we decided to visit the lovely seaside town of Whitstable, which is only a 45 minute drive from Dover. We drove the car on the ferry at Calais and enjoyed a wonderful sunny crossing on board of one of the P&O ferries, called 'The Spirit of France'. An hour and a half later, we were already were admiring the famous White Cliffs of Dover. I completely forget how much fun it is to arrive in England by boat!...
Every summer there is one week that all three of our kids are out of the house all together (scouts camp) and usually the misses and I take that chance to get away just the two of us. It is sometimes good to get away together... I think the fancy term for that is 'to re-connect' once in a while. ;-)
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