Those who know me know that every year I look forward to my birthday and New Year’s Eve. My birthday remains special because doctors gave me a life expectation of up to 6 years.This year was my 56th … Just saying, doctors aren’t always right … 🙂 New Year’s Eve …
Meanwhile I am back home in ‘my’ Hasselt to celebrate the holidays and my birthday.Although there will be nothing to celebrate this year. The damn virus is still raging and makes sure Christmas will continue in its own bubble. For years I’ve been organizing a birthday drink in a nice …
In my blog of June 24th I talked about my plan to make a sailing trip with Club Canary on Tenerife. Nice introduction! Meanwhile, I met Roy in his office in the Plaza del Duque shopping center. My first observation was that he was a lot younger than I had …
I got to know Nadine through the Facebook group ‘Dutch speakers in Tenerife’. My roots are also in Limburg and so we already had – besides the love for Tenerife – two common ground! It didn’t take long before we made appointments to really get to know each other and …
If you follow my blog a bit, you know that I call my wheelchair ‘Tesla’ and my mobility scooter is my ‘Scootie’ ? . The names helped in my acceptance process and now I get quite nice reactions to them. For example, I keep calling a ‘hospital wheelchair’ a ‘truck’ …
With its 30 hectares, the Kapermolenpark is the most extensive green space within the city center of Hasselt. For many people living in Hasselt, it is their green spot close to the city center: for jogging, walking the dog, letting the children play, skating… The park is also an important …
Of the about 30 hotels that Hasselt has, I visited the renovated HasHotel on the small ring road in the center and 350m from the Grote Markt. On good luck’ I went in because I prefer not to make appointments and want to be received as spontaneously as possible. The …
On a Sunday afternoon when it wasn’t too hot, I got my son to go for a walk. The agreement that the route I had chosen wasn’t long and that a nice terrace could be attached to it, was a plus! 🙂 I had already heard about ‘Walking in the …
I saw a very nice clip about dolphin spotting in Tenerife. Now let this be one of the things I really want to do when I’m on this island. During my cruise to the Caribbean I saw dolphins from very far away. On Curacao I stayed in Dolphin Suites, located …
‘Thanks to’ corona, summer this year will be very different from other years. Planning terraces is no longer spontaneous, because we take into account bubbles and distance rules. A roadtrip like last year will not be possible this summer, but who knows where destiny will take us. Corona teaches us …
