tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432945423747761412024-02-19T17:53:47.640+01:00The Bright Side of LifeRosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-79299760379343546842016-12-10T14:44:00.001+01:002016-12-10T14:44:46.380+01:00SimbaNederlands staat wat verder naar beneden<br />
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Rabbit Simba came living with me around Easter time at 8 weeks old. She started outside on my balcony but soon upgraded to inside and by now has her own bunny room. Yes, a whole room. Spoiled girl. The girl part was discovered a few months after I got her. I asked the vet to double check. Boy Simba turned out to be a girl. It has not changed anything about this sweet, crazy, curious rabbit.<br />
When I'm home she's aloud to run around the house. I do need to keep my eye out for her since she sometimes likes to jump up on the coffee table and I can't leave any food out since she's a bit of a foodie like me. She will do a lot for food, inlcuding food puzzles meant for dogs. But she hates to be picked up and to clip her nails.<br />
After winning my heart, she took over my home and she has taken over my instagram account (@konijnenleven). So if you want to get to know more about her, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/konijnenleven/" target="_blank">see you there!</a><br />
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Konijn Simba is zo rond Pasen bij mij komen wonen toen ze 8 weken oud was. Begonnen met een hok op het balkon, maar al snel verhuisd naar binnen en inmiddels heeft ze haar eigen konijnenenkamer. Juist, een hele kamer voor mevrouw konijn. Dat ze een dame was kwam ik na een paar maanden achter nadat de dierenarts even gedubbelchecked had. Meneer Simba, bleek mevrouw Simba. Maar het blijft hetzelfde lieve, gekke, nieuwsgierige konijn.<br />
Als ik thuis ben loopt ze meestal lost door het huis. Maar dan moet ik haar wel in de gaten houden, want ze vindt het soms leuk om op de tafel te springen en ook eten moet ik bij haar uit de buurt houden. Ze houdt net als mij van eten. Daar doet ze een hoop voor, ook van die spelletjes die eigenlijk voor honden bedoeld zijn. Wel heeft ze een hekel aan opgepakt worden en nagels knippen.<br />
Nadat ze mijn hart veroverd heeft, heeft ze mijn huis overgenomen en ook mijn instagram (@konijnenleven). Dus als je het leuk vindt haar te volgen, dan <a href="https://www.instagram.com/konijnenleven/" target="_blank">zien we je daar!</a><br />
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<br />Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-84749759917201029692016-12-03T18:41:00.002+01:002016-12-03T18:41:50.581+01:00A year ago today - Vandaag een jaar geleden<i>De Nederlandse post staat iets verder naar beneden!</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Last year around this time I <span style="font-family: inherit;">was about to move into my new apartment<span style="font-family: inherit;">, home for the <span style="font-family: inherit;">Holiday<span style="font-family: inherit;">s! <span style="font-family: inherit;">I feel like I'm settled now, feeling home.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> In the past year, so much has happen<span style="font-family: inherit;">ed. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Celebrating the Dutch ho<span style="font-family: inherit;">liday Sinterklaas, Christmas, my birthday, <span style="font-family: inherit;">a</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> weekend trip to <span style="font-family: inherit;">Prague, <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">and </span></span></span></span></span>I <span style="font-family: inherit;">even got myself a rabbit friend<span style="font-family: inherit;">, Simba!</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Memories are starting to p<span style="font-family: inherit;">ile up. </span></span></span></span></span></span><i> </i><br />
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Vorig jaar zo rond deze tijd, was ik net verhuisd naar mijn nieuwe appartement. Mooi op tijd voor de feestdagen. Het is een bewogen jaar geweest. Het eerste Sinterklaasavondje, Kerst, verjaardag, een weekendje naar Praag en de komst van mijn huisgenoot, Simba het konijn. Mijn huisje heeft al een mooie verzameling herinneringen verzameld.<br />
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Nu het allemaal weer een beetje rustig is, wil ik mijn blog weer op gaan pakken. Vanaf deze week hoop ik weer één keer per week te posten.Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-80713772846924357572015-10-11T21:41:00.002+02:002015-10-11T21:41:25.761+02:00Quick update: moving to a new home! - Kort berichtje: verhuizing!<div>
A quick update from me as I've been too busy to post earlier.... But for good reason, I'm moving! To my first apartment! I'm so excited about it! It's a bit of fix-up project though. We received the key last month. And my off-line life has been filled with work and working on my apartment since then. Mainly taking out old ceiling covers and floor boards, sanding and now we're getting ready to start painting.</div>
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I do hope to keep you posted, share some new crochetprojects and some other inspiration, but it will take just a bit more time to get them to you. I hope you don't mind and enjoy the Autumn season as much as I do. It's one of my favorite seasons.</div>
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Ik ben de laatste weken te druk geweest om een eerder berichtje te posten... De reden: verhuizing! Naar mijn eerste appartementje. Heel spannend en leuk! Het is wel een klusprojectje. </div>
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Vorige maand kregen we de sleutel en sindsdien bestaat mijn off-line leven vooral uit werken en klussen. Plafondbedekking en vloeren eruit, schuren en nu bijna klaar om te gaan verven.</div>
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In de tussentijd hoop ik dat jullie net zo genieten van de herfst als dat ik doe. Het is in ieder geval één van mijn favoriete seizoenen.</div>
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It´s been a lovely relax weekend. It started off Friday with something that´s becoming an annual happening to me. Book shopping at a big whole-sale kind of bookmarket. I haven't found time to dig into any of the 6 books I bought (I paid just 25 Euro in total!). Saturday is my check those loose ends day. A round in the supermarket,cleaning the rabbits home and dreaming away at the sight of our growing little chick. </div>
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Today was a great day for a sunday walk. So, me and a friend went to <a href="https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebied/planken-wambuis" target="_blank">Planken Wambuis</a> a nature park in Gelderland as we wanted to catch the blooming heat land. We were in luck and caught the last bit of blooming for this year. Or at least that's what it looked like to me. I don't know that much about heat land. But it sure looks pretty. We even saw a herd of sheep. We didn't follow any particular route. Just stroling around enjoying the view.</div>
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Heerlijk relax weekend. Dat begon vrijdag met iets dat een jaarlijkse traditie begint te worden. Boeken shoppen bij het boekenfestijn, een soort groothandel verkoop aan particulieren. Ik heb nog geen tijd gemaakt om in één van de 6 boeken te duiken die ik gekocht heb (voor slechts 25 euro in totaal!). Zaterdag is mijn losse-eindjes-dag. Rondje supermarkt, konijnenhokken schoonmaken en even wegdromen bij ons opgroeiende kuiken.</div>
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Vandaag was een mooie wandeldag. Dus ben ik met een vriend naar <a href="https://www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebied/planken-wambuis" target="_blank">Planken wambuis</a> geweest in Gelderland. We hoopten nog even wat bloeiende hei te zien en we hadden geluk. Zoals het er in mijn ogen uitzag hebben we het laatste beetje bloei van dit jaar meegekregen bij onze wandeling. En zelfs nog een kudde schapen gespot. Wat een plaatje van een landschap om doorheen te lopen. Ook als je geen route volgt en gewoon wat rondzwerft. En één van de redenen dat ik hou van seizoenswisselingen.</div>
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Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-13583355051320303612015-09-16T17:26:00.003+02:002015-09-16T17:26:58.972+02:00Scarf from Simply Crochet - Sjaal van Simply Haken<i>Nederlands vind je iets verder naar beneden!</i><br />
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I keep making scarves... Last week I hooked this beautiful scarf following a written pattern by <a href="http://gipsybazar.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">Cécile Balladino</a> that was published in the Dutch edition of the magazine Simply Crochet. I already picked up an English issue when I was in London a few years back. I rembember I was hoping the magazine would come to The Netherlands (ordering over seas is not one of my favorites...). This month my eyes caught the Dutch version of the magazine in the bookstore. Happy me!<br />
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Most often I find crochet patterns and inspiration on the internet (and I collect them on <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/brightsidelife/" target="_blank">my pinterest boards</a>), but it's really nice to have an off-line pattern for a change.<br />
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I did use a different kind of yarn and a matching hook size though. But it turned out right to my liking and a big plus is that the pattern worked up pretty quickly.<br />
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Sjaals blijven favoriete haakprojecten. Vorige week heb ik deze mooie sjaal gehaakt volgens het patroon van <a href="http://gipsybazar.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">Cécile Balladino</a> dat in het blad Simply Haken stond. In Londen had ik als eens een Engelse versie opgepikt en toen gehoopt dat het naar Nederland zou komen. Deze maand zag ik 'm ineens liggen in de winkel, jippie! Je kunt nieuwste nummer en oude nummers ook bestellen via <a href="http://www.wolplein.nl/" target="_blank">wolplein</a>.<br />
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Meestal vind ik haakpatronen en inspiratie op internet (<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/brightsidelife/" target="_blank">en die verzamel ik dan op mijn pinterest account</a>), maar het is wel fijn om voor de afwisseling een off-line patroon te gebruiken.<br />
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Ik heb andere wol gebruikt dan aangegeven in het patroon en ook een bijpassende grotere haaknaald. Maar het is een mooie sjaal/stola geworden en hij haakte ook nog eens vlot weg.<br />
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Ik ben wel benieuwd wat jou favoriete plek is om nieuwe haakpatronen en inspiratie te vinden?<br />
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I made my world trip (I came back home in December), started learning Chinese, made my first trip to the mighty Alps, got a new job (twice!), started bouldering and by now I kind of settled back into normal life I guess.<br />
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I've been blogging on my travelblog for a while after I came back home, but I realised I missed this place. So, here I am. I feel like I'm home again and it feels good! I'm ready to share all of the travel adventures and tips and I already picked up my crochet hook again (The photo above shows my first finished project after I came home).<br />
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Also, as you do when you travel, you take on new habits and learn along the way. Along with my travel memories, I took home a new love for my home country The Netherlands. So, I felt like Share the bright side should go bilingual by adding Dutch posts. So, hello first bilingual post and let me know what you think about it in the comments below.<br />
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Ik heb de wereld rondgereisd, ben begonnen met het leren van Chinees, heb voor het eerst de machtige Alpen bezocht, heb (twee keer) een nieuwe baan gevonden, heb een nieuwe hobby in de vorm van boulderen en nu lijkt het erop dat ik weer een beetje geland ben. </div>
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Nadat ik terugkwam in december heb ik nog een tijdje op mijn reisblog geschreven, maar ik miste de vrijheid van onderwerpen die ik op deze blog had. Dus ben ik nu terug en het voelt een beetje als thuiskomen. Ik hoop mijn reiservaringen en tips hier te delen en ik ben inmiddels alweer lekker aan de haak geslagen (zie de bovenstaande foto voor mijn eerste projectje dat ik gemaakt heb nadat ik thuis kwam)</div>
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En dit is dus mijn eerste tweetalige blogpost (Engels en Nederlands). Want naast een berg aan reisherinneringen heb ik ook een nieuwe liefde voor Nederland gevonden. Dus vond ik het tijd om Share the bright side tweetalig te maken. Laat mij maar weten of het jullie bevalt zo.</div>
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Tot woensdag!Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-43888369529765167102014-02-23T19:50:00.001+01:002014-02-23T20:09:53.881+01:00Hello bright colours!<b>I think we're getting close on missing out on Winter this year... Missing out on skating on the real deal (frozen lakes and ponds). But other than that, I like having Spring in the air.</b><br />
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In between working office hours and planning for my world trip <a href="http://roosroundtheworld.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">and blogging about it on my other bog</a>, there's also crochet. I'm working on one more crochet scarf commission (probably the last one for this year). By now I'm switching to cute animals. Like the ones below. The cute elephant is on his/her way to a new owner.<br />
I hope to share the elephant pattern maybe later this week.<br />
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Like adding more colour in my crochet works, it's great to find spots of colour outside too. I went for a short stroll and had to share few of them with you today. Just in case you're longing for some warmer weather. Purple seems to be the colour trend for this Spring, according to mother nature.<br />
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<span id="goog_1281238234"></span><span id="goog_1281238235"></span><br />Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-55776031582680171302014-01-27T19:50:00.000+01:002014-01-27T19:50:54.110+01:002014 is the year of World Travel!<span lang="EN-US"><b>Hello 2014! I hope you had a good time
celebrating the holidays!</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><b>
Now, why has it been so quiet on my blog? Well, I'm busy
preparing for the trip of my life....</b></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><b><br /></b></span><span lang="EN-US">Since last year, inbetween the cooking, crochet and the short weekendtrips (like London, Paris and Stockholm), I've been saving my
money carefully. And now I can share with you that, I'll be
travelling the world in 2014! I'm in for some longterm travelling, s</span>tarting in May for at least for 5 months (although, I still have an
open-end-ticket).<br />
<span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.roosroundtheworld.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">I started a bilingual travelblog(Dutch and English)</a>, first of all for family and friends, but of course if
interested: you're more than welcome to follow along and share your own travel
stories and tips. I've already started
my weekly posts (count on weekend days). </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">Also, If you are on Twitter, you can<a href="https://twitter.com/roosroundtworld" target="_blank"> follow me @roosroundtworld. </a></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><br />Now, I need to find a new balance to manage both of my blogs... wish me luck!</span><br />
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<b>Christmas is only a week away. </b><b>Time to bring in the holiday spirit!</b><br />
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Since I don't have that much space for a real tree, I went with a tree haning on the wall. I collected sticks from the woods. Picked out the ones with different sizes. Then i let them dry overnight and brushed off as much dirt as possible. <br />
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And for the evening christmas boost, I added lights. I misread the description on the package. So, instead of <i>warm white</i> lights, I was surprised to look up at a rainbow lit tree when I switched the lights on.<br />Well, why not!</div>
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One of my new year's targets is to bringback the fun of sending postcards. Hand drawn postcards to be more precise. Christmas was the most perfect (early) kick off! Since I had to make a batch of them, I went with less is more. Writing christmascards turned out to be the most perfect excuse to ask my friends and family's addressess!</div>
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<li>1 can of cresent rolls (for my first try I used the small tin).</li>
<li>a good amount of softened butter (I used about 50 gramms)</li>
<li>3-4 table spoons of brown sugar</li>
<li>half a table spoon of cinnamon (or maybe a bit more)</li>
<li>two teaspoons of nutmeg</li>
<li>For topping powdered sugar</li>
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Grease a muffintin with buttter.<br />
In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon.<br />
Roll out the pastry. Cut in two if you're short on space (like me). Pinch together the seams, your not going to use them anyway.<br />
Spread a good layer of butter on the pastry. Cover with the mix of dry ingredients. Be generous.<br />
starting from the short side, Roll up the pastry. Make sure its nice and tight. Cut slices from yor roll. And place them ik the muffin tin. Make sure to dip the first and last slice of your roll in some left sugar mix. Or you can sprinkle over some later.<br />
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Put in the oven (175 C) for about 10 to 15 minutes. Check the directions on the pastry package.<br />
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Let cool for a moment and in the mean time, make yourself a cup of tea or coffee. Before serving to yourself (and others, for greater fun), cover with some powdered sugar. It looks even better:<br />
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Before a little snow fall...<br />
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Then, the best part of all: dig in and enjoy. <br />
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<br />Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-79988425168393730412013-11-24T17:12:00.002+01:002013-11-24T17:12:47.462+01:00Stockholm Stories - Part II A walking tour of Gamla Stan<b><a href="http://sharethebrightsideoflife.blogspot.nl/2013/11/stockholm-stories-part-i.html" target="_blank">After the big museum-round from the day before,</a> I had planned on walking Gamla Stan, the old town, a good lunch and shopping some Swedish design gifts. </b><br />
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I started my day with a walk on Skeppsholmen, the island were my hostel was located. And from there I walked over to Kastelholmen, an even smaller island where I got to enjoy views like this. Capturing the Vasamuseet and the Nordic Museum I went to the day before. After a nice picnic breakfast, the city was waiting for me. I had a great time exploring the alleys on Gamla Stan and visiting the Dansamuseet in the morning. Followed by a wonderful and delicious lunch at <a href="http://www.rosendalstradgard.se/section.php?id=0000000051" target="_blank">Rosendals Trädgård</a> and a walk on the island of Djurgården. It's great to feel like your at the country side, when you're actually just ten minutes or so from the city center.<br />
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<br />Shopping wasn't much of a succes when I got sick later in the afternoon, so I went back to the hostel early. That was a bit of a bummer, since I did have a little list of shops I wanted to visit to buy family gifts for the upcomming holidays. Well, let's say that there should always be a reason to come back to a place... Thankfully the next day I felt good again and I went on one last walk through the old town, before going back home.<br />
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I arrived home six hour later than planned, when the weather got all to foggy for our plane to land in Eindhoven. Alternativly we landed at airport Weeze in Germany before taking a bus that took a long detour back to The Netherlands.<br />
The two walks I did on Gamla Stan I combined for you in a short 2km walking tour.<br />
<br /><b>Walking tour of Gamla Stan</b><i>I created this tour based on my two morning walks through the streets and alleys of the old town.</i><br />
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Today Stockholm is spread over 14 islands, but it all started in the 13th century on this island (and the conjected islands of Riddarholmen and Helgeandsholmen.<br />
<br />Enter the island of Helgeandsholmen past the Riksdagshuset, via the <b>Riksbron bridge (1)</b>.<br />
Behind the huge facade of the Kungliga Slottet on your left, lie small and cobble stoned streets and covered allies lined with historic houses.<br />
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Now, you can walk straight on following the main road Västerlånggatan and take the first left, or you could take a little detour like I did, to catch the guards in front of the <b>Kungliga Slottet (2) </b>crossing the square and take a turn to the right.<br />
Right next to the palace stands <b>Storkyrkan from 1279 (3)</b>. The somewhat pale looking outside, hides a beautiful red brick and plastered interior in Gothic style.<br />The chruch offers a welcome place to be quiet for a moment while soaking up the ceiling decorations and catching the details on the wood sculpture of the legendary St. George and the Dragon.<br />
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<b>Address:</b> Trångsund 1<br />
<b>Transport:</b> Busses: 2, 43, 55, 76, (stop at Slottsbacken), Underground: Gamla Stan station on the Green and Red lines. <br />
<b>Opening hours: </b>Jan-May, Sep-Dec Monday-Sunday 9-16, June mon-fri 9-17, Jul-aug mon-fri 9-18 Jun-Aug weekend opening hours 9-16<b>.</b><br />
<b>Admission: 40 </b>SEK, Children and under 18, and attending a service free.<br />
<b>Up to date information on admission fees, opening hours and exhibitions on <a href="http://www.stockholmsdomkyrkoforsamling.se/page.php?p=481" target="_blank">the website</a>.</b><br />
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Walk further down Trångsund and you'll find yourself on <b>Stortorget (4)</b>. It is surrounded on three sides by brightly coloured homes from the 17th and 18th century and the Nobelmuseet (dedicated to the winners of the Nobel price) on the North side. There are 82 white stones on the facade of the red house in rememberance of the 82 man who were beheaded during the Stockholm Bloodbath in 1520.<br />
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Cross the square and walk on to Köpmangatan and turn right on to Själagårdstagt. Here you'll find yourself on the atmosperic <b>Brända Tomten (5)</b>.<br />
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Keep following Själagårdstagt and cross Svartmangatan were you continue on Tyska Stallplan. A few steps to your left, you'll find Stockholms narrowest alley, <b>Mårten Trotzigs gränd (6)</b>.Take the steps and you are back on Västerlånggatan. If you feel like you need to escape the tourist crowds, take right turn onto Kindstugatan and directly turn left on to the more quiet Prästgatan which lies paralel to the main street.<br />On storkyrkobrinken turn left and keep following this street to cross Riddarholmsbron.<br />
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The beautiful <b>Riddarhomskyrkan (7)</b> was closed when I caught it early on my third morning. This is the church were Sweden's kings and queens are burried.<br />
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Go up hill to Schering Rosenhanes Gränd when you come down the stairs have a <b>beautiful waterfront view on Stadshuset (8).</b><br />
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From here I crossed the water and walked back to T-Centralen to catch my bus to the airport.<br />
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Stockholm welcomed me when the sun had set a while, with rusing traffic and glistering lights on the waters. I stayed at the HI hostel AF Chapman on Skeppsholmen which gave me the best views of the city every morning and evening. It was a short twenty minute walk from the Central Station. although you can also take bus 65 or half the walking distance by taking the subway (T-bana) to Kungstragarden. It's hard to miss, the historic ship originally built in England in 1888. It's hard to miss, but I walked passed the ship and went into the building on the land. Which has some royal roots when it was built in 1785 to store fire wood of the Royal Palace, just across the water before it was rebuilt to become a home quatier of navy craftsman somewhere at the beginning of the 19th century. Now both the ship and this old lodging home welcome visitors from all over the world. The cheapest room is the 10 bed dorm in which I stayed, but I'm sure the rooms at the ship are more stunning since it has clear views on Gamla Stan (Old Town, my favorite part of the city) and hip, trendy and higher up Sodormalm.<br />
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My first full day was filled with museums and sight seeing with the 24-hour <a href="http://www.visitstockholm.com/en/stockholmcard/" target="_blank">Stockholm Card</a> for 495 SEK (about 55 Euro). I would say I used my card pretty well. I visited five museums (that would have costed me 550 SEK on entrance alone). My second day I uses wondering through the medieval city heart (and getting sick in the afternoon).<br />
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<b>1. Nordiska Museet <br />Address: </b>Djurgårdsvägen 6-16<br />
<b>Transport:</b> Busses: 44, 69 and 76, Underground: Karlaplan (red line to Ropsten), Tram 7: Nordiska Museet/Vasa museet (tram departs from Sergels Torg), Ferry service from Slussen (and from Nybroplan in Summer)<br />
<b>Opening hours: </b>Mon.-Sun. 10–17 From Sep. to May Wed. 10-20<br />
<b>Admission: </b>100 SEK, Children and under 19 free.<br />
<b>Up to date information on admission fees, opening hours and exhibitions on the w<a href="http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/en" target="_blank">ebsite</a>.</b><br />
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The Nordiska Museet Nordic Museum) was a fitting first museum to visit as an introduction to Swedish culture on my first trip to Sweden.<br />
Walking into the huge and high central hall of the museem feels like walking into a cathedral. Well, you could say a cathedral of Swedish culture from the 16th century on. From Swedish folk art and traditions to almost real life table settings, toys and the fascinating history, culture and future views of the Sami, the indigenous tribe. Small and larger exhibitions are spread over three floors around the central hall.<br />
I found that the audiotour I did really made the exhibitions come alive.<br />
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<b>2. Vasamuseet</b><br />
<b>Address: </b>Galärvarvsvägen 14, Djurgården<br />
<b>Transport:</b> Busses: 44 (Nordiska Museet/Vasamuseet) 69, 76 (Djurgårdsbron), Underground: Karlaplan (red line to Ropsten), Tram 7: Nordiska Museet/Vasa museet (tram departs from Sergels Torg), Ferry service from Slussen (and from Nybroplan in Summer)<br />
<b>Opening hours: </b>Sept-May<b> </b>Mon.-Sun. 10–17, Wed. 10-20, June-Aug 8.30-18<br />
<b>Admission: </b>130 SEK, Students 100 SEK Children and under 18 free.<br />
<b>Up to date information on admission fees, opening hours and exhibitions on the <a href="http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/" target="_blank">website</a></b><br />
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Barely 1300 meters on her first voyage this majestic ship sank (mainly due to a lack of stability). It never got to see the world, but tourists from all over the world come to visit her in her modern harbor, the museum built around the ship. I would say it is worth all the buzz and recommendations. You feel tiny in front of this ship reconstructed with 98% original material from the salvage in 1961. I started with the film screening about the Vasa, then made my way through the various exhibitions. Most interesting to me were the ones about the people who were on the ship on that unfaithful day. The 'Face to Face' exhibition (found on the 2nd level) in particular. The stories bones can tell us about people's life a few centuries ago, I think is fascinating. None of the found skelletons were ever identified, but they were given names according to the Swedish letter-naming system. This results in stories of just a few sentences that read like you get to know a real person. The few life like reconstructed faces look back at you with surprising warm looks on their faces.<br />
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<b>3. Millesgården</b><br />
<b>Address:</b> Herserudsvägen 32, Lidingö<br />
<b>Transport:</b> Underground: red line to Ropsten and then bus number 201, 202, 204, 205, 206 to Torsviks torg. Follow the signs from there on.<br />
<b>Opening hours: </b>May - Sep. Daily 11 - 17, Oct - Apr. Tues - Sun 11 - 17<br />
<b>Admission: </b>100 SEK, Students 80 SEK Children and under 19 free.<br />
<b>Up to date information on admission fees, opening hours and exhibitions on the <a href="http://www.millesgarden.se/?languageID=5" target="_blank">website</a></b><br />
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This museum is a bit off route, but so worth the little trip (it takes about 30 to 40 minutes from the city center). Usually I'm more of a 2D-art lover. But somehow when I saw a picture of a sculputure of Carl Milles on my screen while researching and planning on my trip, I had to go. Something in his works touches me. Even in a drizzy rain and without the fountains turned on, the sculpture garden was wonderful. The house, actually felt like a house. I could imagine people living their lives there, looking out of the window through the garden on to the waterfront view.<br />
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<b>4. Stockholm Stadsmuseet</b><br />
<b>Address:</b> Ryssgården, Slussen<br />
<b>Transport:</b> Underground: all Red and green metro lines stop at Slussen, buses 2, 3, 43, 53, 55, 76 stop at Slussen.<br />
<b>Opening hours: Tues–Sun 11–17, </b><b>Thursday 11.00–20.00, </b><b>Monday closed</b><br />
<b>Admission: </b>100 SEK, Children and under 19 free. The ticket is also valid for the <a href="http://www.medeltidsmuseet.stockholm.se/index.php?sprak=english" target="_blank">Museum of Medieval Stockholm.</a> So, you're given a two for one price here!<br />
<b>Up to date information on admission fees, opening hours and exhibitions on the <a href="http://www.stadsmuseet.stockholm.se/In-English/" target="_blank">website</a>.</b><br />
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This little museum, right next to the Underground station of Slussen, houses the history of Stockholm city from 1000 BC to our 21st century and even the future visions given by today's children's generation. Although it is quite a small museum, it's very informative and gives a good overview on how much this city has grown.<br />
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<b>5. Fotografiska </b><br />
<b>Address:</b> Stadsgårdshamnen 22, Södermalm<br />
<b>Transport:</b> Underground: all Red and green metro lines stop at Slussen exit at the bus terminal, buses 2, 3, 43, 53, 55, 76 stop at Slussen. Walk past the busterminal, cross the street, take a right and continue walking straight on (past the Birka Cruises terminal), the next building you run into is Fotografiska.<br />
<b>Opening hours: </b>Sun - Wed 9 - 21, Thur - Sat 9 - 22<br />
<b>Admission: </b>120 SEK, Students 90 SEK, Children under 12 free.<br />
<b>Up to date information on admission fees, opening hours and exhibitions on the <a href="http://en.fotografiska.eu/" target="_blank">website</a>.</b><br />
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This was one of the few museums with evening hours when I visited during low season. I couldn't have asked for a better ending of the day when I was at the café with a cuppa tea paired with a cinnamon roll, a view on Stockholm at night and great live music from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AlexSzeps" target="_blank">Szeps O'Hoj</a>.<br />
There were some interesting and brutally honest and confrontating exhibitions at my time of visit. Including works from Peter Hugo and the exhibition Farming out of Poverty.<br />
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<b>6. Dansa Museet</b><br />
<b>Address:</b> Drottninggatan 17, Norrmalm<br />
<b>Transport:</b> Underground: T-Centrale or blue line, Kungsträdgården. Busses: 3,52, 53, 56, 59, 62. 65 and 69. And tram 7 (stop at Kungsträdgården).<br />
<b>Opening hours: </b>Tues–Sun 11-17<br />
<b>Admission: </b>80 SEK, Students 60 SEK, up to 19 years old free.<br />
<b>Up to date information on admission fees, opening hours and exhibitions on <a href="http://www.dansmuseet.se/en/" target="_blank">the website</a></b><br />
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This museum I had planned on going on my fisrt day, but I didn't make it before five. So, I went the next day. Dance is a weak spot of mine, since I've danced for 8 years. I think this was the smallest museum I went to, but it had two exhibition spaces filled from ground to ceiling with history of dance. Not just in sights, but also in sounds by pulling drawers or putting on headphones. It felt like a world trip visiting costume depots and music archives.<br />
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It was around 1254 that Stockholm started to grow from the old town, gamla stan. Despite the traces of modern life that dot the streets, you can make up a vivid image of what the narrow cobble stoned streets looked like in the medieval times. Eye catcher of the Island Is Kungliga slottet. Built In 1754 in italian style, after an fire destroyed the king's palace in 1697. I had just missed out on the changing of guard though. Right next to the palace is Storkyrkan. This church from 1279 Is a quiet place in a bustling city. </div>
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<b>Gettining the most out of Stockholm practical and money saver tips:</b><br />
Now, I agree that 5 museums is a lot. But Dansa Museet and the Stadsmuseet for example were quite small.<br />
Museums (and shops and other sights as well) in Stockholm have opening times that differ in Summer/Winter seasons (or even months). Most museums open around 10AM or 11AM and close around 5PM or 6 PM. So, I used time as effectivly as possible.<br />
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The Stockholm card at first sight can look expensive and overpriced. The 24-hour card I used was 495SEK (around 55 euro). Usually I avoid tourist cards, because they can be overpriced. But Stockholm is an expensive city. So I did some research and some math. Before I went, I had three museums on my wishlist (Vasa Museet, Millesgården and Dansa Museet). That resulted in an estimated coast of 410 SEK for the day (including public transport). For just a bit more, this card gave me free public transport and the opportunity to visit an extra museum or two.<br />
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<i>Keep in mind that if you're a student or under 20 you could save quite a bit on entree fees (ranging from discounts to free entrance) and public transport!</i> So, try to do some math before buying the card.</div>
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Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-64451188064059875422013-10-23T17:00:00.001+02:002013-10-23T17:00:57.296+02:00Crochet projects - winter's on its way<p><b>Autumn is my favorite season.</b><b> Those colours! How beauti</b><b>ful, especially in a week like this with lots of sunshine and mild temperatures. We even hit a 20C yesterday. </b></p>
<p>But cold days are ahead and I'm getting ready for it. I just finished these fingerless gloves (so I can still get zippers to work and pick up my phone quickly when ringing).  </p>
<p>A while ago I finished the Japanese lace scarf too. It was the inspiration to my lace edging on my gloves. I will work up a nice pin for it to match with the gloves. </p>
<p>So, just a warm up for cozy patterns comming your way later. I hope before winter kicks in.</p>
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We started our second day off with a big laugh. You need to know we took quite some foodies with us for the long bus ride. Most of which we ate. But the cake we took to our hotel room and turned out to be breakfast at day two. My friend told me she'd bring a cake with her, I just didn't expect a whole cake including the baking tin. It did help to transport the baby in a whole, though. And it tasted great <i>(thanks goes to the friend of my travel friend who made the cake).</i></div>
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After that we went serious, heading for <i>Rue de Bretagne</i> to visit Marché des Enfants Rouges. At 10:30 I think we were a little too early for the real buzz. Most restaurant stalls were busy setting up tables and polishing table ware. But the food stalls were open and hell, did they look good. It was a pity not to be able to bring home the fresh sea food and vegetables available for nice prices at this small covered market. We were day dreaming about having an apartment just around the corner of this market and make amazing dishes with these fresh ingredients.</div>
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Thankfully, they also offered great food to bring along too. I settled on a small 100g jar of Moutarde de Dijon à la Provincale. I've paired it with with some different snacks by now. Chicken, crisps and a Dutch bitterbal. It tastes great. But being such a small jar results in getting at the bottom already...<br />
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But it's not just the market that rocks this streets. It's all of the small shops and cafes along this street too. Like Fromagerie Jouannault, right next to the market entrance. I didn't buy cheese here though and went with a small tastefull sliced nut bread (at 2,95 euro) for the bus ride home. But in case you do buy cheese, they pack vacuum, to make sure your cheese can blow your taste buds away at home.</div>
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<br />We also bought a few bottles of wine and rosé at Le Repaire de Bacchus. They had a great selection of wines and also champagnes. The rosé I bought turned out to be Italian, actually. Which is proof of me, not being such a good drinker. But it did make a great gift for my parents at home.</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.mairie3.paris.fr/mairie03/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?document_id=11632&portlet_id=969" target="_blank">Le Marché des Enfants Rouges</a>, 39 Rue de Bretagne, 75003 Paris</b></div>
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Metro: Arts et Métiers (line 3 and 11), Temple (line 3), Fillets du Calvaire (line8)</div>
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After a dissapointed look through the vintage (on the high-end price) shop Kiliwatch, we had lunch at Bistro Burger. The food wasn't anything special, but it's a family friendly place, judging on the number of families with (young) children having lunch there at that moment.</div>
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On our way home from La defense, we made a stop at Ladurée at the Le Printemps warehouse to buy our batch of macarons. But before I tell you all about it. I have to make a confession. I didn't know about Ladurée until I searched on Pinterest for 'Paris'. Laugh at me, but I'm a relative newbie to food-love. Which means that a few years ago, I wouldn't mind food so much. It has grown on me only in recent years. I guess the train trip from Amsterdam to Rome I mentioned yesterday opened my eyes on how great, truely great food can be. That was only two years ago. So, bear with me as I go crazy on icons that are established centuries ago. </div>
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<br />On day one we had a look at the small (and much more stylish) shop at Rue Bonaparte, but we wanted to bring these expensive babies home as fresh as possible. Which meant that we had to wait one more day with our buy. After an Asian tourist before us, commanded the staff to fill his 80-something box with more and more coffee taste macarons. As Dutchies with an asian look, felt like we had to make up on the rude impression the man before us, left the helpfull staff with. Ordering a humble six-piece box and try to make a choice out of their wonderfull tastes. </div>
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To be honest, I couldn't believe I spent 15,80 euro on just six of these sweet treats. But I have to admit after tasting them, I'd happily go and buy again. In order of heavenlyness (is that even a word?): Lemon, Pistachio, Salted caramel, Chocolat, Rose and vanilla. I now have a very good reason to come back to Paris some at some time. And then, I will buy, in a more fitting style at the small Rue Bonaparte location. </div>
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We hit a big tourist trap miss at our diner restaurant, but it was raining (again) and we were hungry. We concluded that we had to miss at some point during this food filled trip, anyway.<br />We closed the day, relaxing at our hotel room. Watching the only English chanel we had, BBC News, snacking supermaket snacks (cheese and chips).<br />
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<br />At Sunday morning there were no café's open near our hotel, so we took one more metro trip to République. Just before heading home we catched our first and last real sun rays at the terrace of<b> bistrot POP. </b>It was a wonderfull goodbye to Paris.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bistrot-Pop/186962301435231" target="_blank">Bistrot POP</a>, 3 Avenue de la Republique, 75011 Paris, France<br />
Metro: République (line 3, 5, 8, 9, 11)<br />
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<b>It's already a month ago that I went to Paris. The 7 to 8 hour bus ride (thanks to a mid-city stop at Brussels during rush hour) from Utrecht to Paris gave me a last fling of an evening, two full days and a morning to spend in the capital city of France. For that short amount of time, I'd say I spent most of my time and money on food (same goes for my friend). I could split my travel in Paris in two parts, the eating food part and the buying food part. Sharing with you our fist day of Paris in food.</b></div>
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We stopped at Toma Sushi, a short walk from the Ibis Budget hotel we stayed at. It didn't look so convincing and warm welcoming, but we went in anyway the menu looked promising.<br />
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<a href="http://sharethebrightsideoflife.blogspot.nl/2013/09/paris-off-beaten-path.html" target="_blank">The next day after the awesome Opèra visit</a>, we walked down Rue St. Anne. We were told that this is kind of like asian town of Paris. To be honest we were a little dissapointed. There were plenty of restaurants, but we expected a little more atmosphere maybe. Like our Amsterdam China town. But, we did find a great supermarket, K-mart Kafeteria. I think it's a great place to stock up on Korean and Japanese ingredients and snack at this big place. At the back they sell very fresh cut sashimi for 4 to 5 euro. That was a nice snack along the way. Also we took a stroll through the Passage de Choiseul. A nice and lively passage filled with all sorts of small restaurants, cafes and boutiques. We took a seat at Steam &Soup. A Dim Sum concept presented all in french. So we pointed at the menu and I guess we ordered a mix of Dim Sums. Vegetable, fish and meat. Taking three small Steaming bowls up the steep small stairs to enjoy our treats.<br />
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Metro Gallieni (line 3).<br />
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After the dim sum we banned the Asian theme and went French, as much a possible. Starting at one of my favorite neightbourhoods in Paris (even with the tourists), Montmartre. We stumbled up on a Kusmi Tea Shop just outside the Metro station Abbesses. Thanks to the shop attendant, we had a great time smelling and tasting teas. There were literally walls of flavours to chose from. Little overwelming, in a most beautiful way. Loved the 1kg tins, I'll have to bring a car next time, really. But don't worry they sell smaller sized tins and boxes too.<br />
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This lovely tin of 125gr black tea with apple scent went home with me. It smells and tastes great (telling you that, as I'm taking a sip of my cuppa!). In case you cannot make a choise, they sell combination packs with smaller tins in different flavours.<br />
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When I was travelling through Europe by train (Amsterdam to Rome), I fell in love with this tiny place, Chéri Bibi. I have never forgotten the Salmon plate I had here. It's pretty local, not in the most warm and buzzing street in Paris at all, but still pretty much next to the <i>butte Montmartre</i>. We watched couples out on diner or a (first) date and a group of friends gathering and people chill and chat at the bar and at the sofa area. It's tiny and all squeezed in though. Almost sitting at-your neightbours-table-tight. They work with three course choice menu for a set price (eighter 25 or 28 euro, excluding drinks). Although, we skipped on dessert (you do still pay for the three course menu, though). The salmon was as good as I remembered, just plated slightly differently this time. And the starter salmon salad was a good one too, quite filling. The best end of our fist day in Paris we could have wished for.<br />
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Metro: Anvers or Barbès Rochechouart (line 2), Château Rouge (line 4).<br />
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<b>I've been to the city of light three times before. And it holds a special place in my heart. My parents surprised me with a weekendtrip to this city to celebrate finishing elementary school.</b></div>
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<b>We did all the things you should do as a tourist then, Eiffel tower, montmartre, Notre Dame, Tour montparnasse, Champs Elysee...And I did many of these again on my following trips because I went with Paris-first-timers. So, they got to see the landmarks. Even though every experience was different, I was glad they were not a must-do on this trip. </b><br />
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This time I went with a friend who also had seen the high-lights already. So, we had fun stroling the streets (in the rain, regularly). Looking back at it now, it was quite a foodie-trip, I'll share some about that in a later post (due to photo sorting). But we did catch a few other known landmarks, I'd like to share some of them with you.<br />
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<b>1. Le Palais Garnier (Opera National de Paris)</b><br />
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I love ballet. I danced for about 8 years and it stays with you. It really does. So, I love to visit theaters for that reason. On my very first trip to Paris, we passed this theatre by bus, but I'd never took a trip inside. This time we did pay a visit to <a href="http://www.operadeparis.fr/en/L_Opera/Palais_Garnier/PalaisGarnier.php" target="_blank">the masterly Palais Garnier</a>. This jewel in Paris is huge, and overwelming in so many was. So much gold and rich red, mirrors, bling and marmer. The highlight of the visit is the auditorium, the place where everything after months or rehearsing, prepairing and practising comes together for an artist.<br />
We walked around, snapping pictures and imagine big crowds come here to have a wonderful theater night. We didn't even think about getting a ticket (prices were way over budget for us). I loved seeing costumes and miniature decors for different plays. There is so much artistry and time consuming hand work in these pieces.<br />
The shop at the end is a good place to pick up dvds of plays, operas and ballets and classical cds, but the giftshop was a little over-priced.<br />
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On a side note, I bet I had a guardian angel on my shoulder on this visit. My most thankful moment of the weekend (probably this year, even) was picking up my mobile phone from the ticketboot that I thought for a moment was lost or even robbed (thanks to an awkward moment at the giftshop).<br />
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Entree is at the corner of rue Scribe and rue Auber, Paris 9ème<br />
Métro: Opéra (lines 3, 7, 8)<br />
RER: line A, station Auber<br />
Bus : lines 20, 21, 22, 27, 29, 42, 52, 53, 66, 6 8, 81, 95<br />
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Opening times: September - mid-July : 10:00 am and 5:00 pm (last admissions 4:30 pm), mid-July - September 10:00 am and 6:00 pm (last admissions 5:30 pm).<br />
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It was fun stroling over this bridge, known for all the love-locks. People watching. With our visit, a promotion team of Georgio Armani had taken over the bridge, handing out samples of the new Armani fregance Sí. Just looking at all of those locks, I couldn't help but wonder at times. Like, are all those couples still together? And all those friendships still going strong? Where are all those people from? How did the met? I guess you could come here sit down and wonder or if you've got the guts go and ask and collect stories.</div>
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I did run through the famous Musee du Louvre on one of my earlier trips. Just before closing time, me and my family decided we had to have a glance at the most visited painting in the museum, the Mona Lisa. And just that, so I followed my parents and cought glimpses of the long halls filled with master paintings and sculptures. Mona Lisa was surrounded by a last moment crowd, at least half a meter off, behind a thick pice of glace and very tiny. But we saw it. Well, needless to say the Louvre is on my list for a proper visit, but not this trip. This time, I favored <a href="http://www.musee-orsay.fr/" target="_blank">Musée D'Orsay</a>. I had never visited before but heard it was a great museum on impressionism. And it's one of my favorite times in art history.<br />
The museum is a great, although a bit of a noisy place. Lots of space to sit and give your tired feet a rest while soaking in art from Master painters and sculptors. I was touched by two particular works. The Little dancer by Degas. I know about this sculpture a long time (it was degas who combined my two loves of dance and painting). Seeing the thing and being able to walk around was fun. But it was the face of the girl that struck me. To me she looked so unhappy and locked up (in this case in a glass showcase...).<br />
The other piece was by Monet. I know he is a master. But his painting Curch of Vernon in the fog touched me in a way I didn't know art could touch someone. The soft almost transluscent colours and the gentle brush strokes, it is tenderness on canvas.<br />
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I loved the little corned they had dedicaded to Le Palais Garnier, because we paid a visit there in the morning. At the museum they have an intersection of the building in which I could see what was behind that huge print of red curtain. And walk on top of a miniature part of Paris.<br />
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1, rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris.<br /><br />Metro: Solférino (line 12)<br />
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Bus: 24, 63, 68, 69, 73, 83, 84, 94<br />
Opening times: 9.30am to 6pm, 9.30am to 9.45pm on Thursdays<br />
Closed on mondays, galleries start closing 5:30pm<br />
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Tickets: normal price (museum + exhibition): €12<br />But there are reduction rates and free entries (every first, Sunday of the month, under 18, members of the EU from 18-25). <a href="http://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/visit/admission/admission-fees.html" target="_blank">Check on the website for actual prices and informatio</a>n.<br />
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We spent some time in the largest businessdistrict of Europe, La Défense. It's the part of Paris with all the huge towers you see from many viewpoints in Paris.We'd heard there's a bit of an open-air-museum and good shopping. But it was rainy, cloudy and quite crowded in the shopping center(s). So we stayed at the Grande Arch people watching and enjoying the view from the stairs of the Grande Arche over the Avenue des Champs Élysée.<br />
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We enjoyed a view over Paris from the Montmartre. It's one of those places where it's always lively. We enjoyed a showcase of streetartist <a href="http://www.iya.fr/en/iya_bio.php" target="_blank">Iya Traore</a>. Just keep your eyes on your bags and buying (fake) bags, sunglasses and other stuff from plaids on the ground, might not be such a good idea. </div>
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If you got any tips for a travel to Paris, please leave them in the comments below, so I can catch them on another trip.<br />
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See you later this week with a short report on foodie places to go in Paris!<br />
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Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-87587112055427712952013-08-25T22:47:00.003+02:002013-08-25T22:47:33.085+02:00(almost) a year of crochet!<b>You know how, when you think you get the hang of something, you lose it? Right. That's where I got with blogging. Consistancy, I'm working on it, really</b>. <div>
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In the mean time I kept on working some crochet projects. I decided to<a href="http://instagram.com/rosannewd" target="_blank"> use my instagram to share</a> some real time progress, so if interested, see you there! Although not everything I try actually turns out as pretty and beautiful as in my mind. Thanks to my not so advanced crochet skills (working on that too). Thankfully, other projects do. Like these yummy looking cupcakes.</div>
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They both need some improvement though, so I hope to come up with a pattern some time later. </div>
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It's crazy to think that I learned crochet less than a year ago! I finished my very first crochet project ever 19th of September to be precise!<br /><br />I thought it would be fun to share what I've finished along the way (as much as possible). </div>
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<br />It all started with, <a href="http://elletrainknits.blogspot.nl/2009/11/black-hole-cowl-pattern.html" target="_blank">the black hole cowl pattern of Elletrain knits</a>. Although I made it with chuncky brown and white yarn and left out the button hole (way too advanced at that point). </div>
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This was my own 'design' using the <a href="http://newstitchaday.com/how-to-crochet-the-easy-shell-stitch/" target="_blank">Easy shell stitch I had just learned then via New stitch a day</a> (great website for the very basics of knitting and crochet!). I added a picot stitch crochet trim pattern by <a href="http://mytwobutterflies.blogspot.nl/2011/11/30-days-for-30-dollars-day-5.html" target="_blank">My two butterflies. </a> (scroll halfway the page for the written pattern).</div>
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Although my thread was a little thinner and my blocking did not work so well ( I tried!), Still one of my favorites.</div>
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Next another big scarf. The idea was to work on this project on a 24+ hour bus trip to Rome. But I finished it just a few days before leaving. So, this baby kept me warm in Italy and celebrated new year with me! I'm working on another one right now (as a commission). It's the <a href="http://www.mooglyblog.com/chevron-lace-wrap/" target="_blank"> Chevron lave wrap pattern by Mooglyblog</a>. Although, I substracted by 20 stitches. It's a favorite, nice and warm for the cold Winters.</div>
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Next up, my very first Amigurumi project<a href="http://sharethebrightsideoflife.blogspot.nl/2013/06/a-new-love-and-old-passion.html" target="_blank"> I wrote about earlier</a>! The cutie was a birthday gift for my little niece (on the other side of the world, so this babe made a long trip). </div>
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She was in the very good company of five different amigurumi's. </div>
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Made a second one now, slightly different, for my aunt.</div>
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The little bunny <a href="http://sharethebrightsideoflife.blogspot.nl/2013/06/wolrd-of-manga.html" target="_blank">I also posted about.</a></div>
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And I made two cuties (another rabbit, and a <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MamaMellie/roly-poly-cats" target="_blank">cRoly Poly cat </a>by Nina Shimizu via Ravelry) for my little nieces who came for a sleep over. Of course it took too long to make according to the girls. But what a joy to see them running around with their new friends!</div>
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Leaving you with a link to song that's makes me smile everytime it shows up on shuffle playlist.</div>
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<a href="http://www.lahondamusic.com/freedownload" target="_blank">Seeing Stars a free download by La Honda</a>. A band with lead vocal by the great British artist<a href="http://www.rumer.co.uk/" target="_blank"> Rumer</a>. La Honda was the first band she was in Rumer writes on her facebook. Their CD will be released soon.</div>
Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-50714649949030905472013-08-01T22:08:00.000+02:002013-08-01T22:08:11.948+02:00How rain turned into a sunny day filled with yummy food<b>Summer stays strong. Last week we had some thunder and rain comming over. Which was very welcome. Although, it almost ruined my day with friends in Zeeland. The place where I spent many many years of family vacations aat the beach and the little towns. After a rainy start we were off for a sunny kind of food tour. And a pretty good one if I may say so myself.</b><div>
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Still raving about the ice cream we went walking though the city a bit. Then my friend took us on a car ride along the former island of Walcheren. It isn't an island anymore thanks to poldering and a dam connecting it to the main land. </div>
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Driving though the small towns, that look so lively in the Summer season and passing many mini-campings, B&Bs and small hotels and vacation homes. We took a little break at Veere. It's such a pretty old city (earning city rights from 1355!). It's quite a tourist draw especially for the small harbour and a lake (Veerse meer) near by. But we didn't mind everybody was in summer mood and we took a little tour to walk in the lake water. Swimming was not an option since we didn't bring our swim wear (it looked too cloudy to be true in the moring). </div>
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We enjoyed some fish snacks: kibbeling (fried crispy fish) and Zeeuwse Oysters. Both were nice fresh a little silty. The only down side was the sauce from a readymade pot. </div>
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After another little car ride we went to the beach of Dishoek for dinner. Dishoek, had the most beautiful beaches along the Dutch shore line. Or at least, that's me thinking. Childhood memories and sleeping in once of the beach cottages a few times give me a little sweet spot here. One of the best memories I have here, is walking along the shore line around midnight by full moon with my father. He pointed out the green glittering at the shore: salt lighting up in the moon light. It really is one of the most magical (but real) things I have ever seen.</div>
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I love all the green in our garden en the pops of pink, blue and purple. I think my parents are so much better at keeping their garden alive and kicking. I have to admit, that my fingers aren't so keen on keeping the green. Green plastics are my best friends. Now I can add a crochet cactus to my options. </div>
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There are more cactus patterns out there (any similarities are a coincidence), but I thought I'd design my own. Making it up as I went along. And I'd like to share it with you, so here's the pattern! I hope to design some new Cacti patterns in time. </div>
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<li>I used USA crochet terms:<br />CH = Chain<br />SC = Single Crochet<br />HDC = Half Double Crochet<br />DC = Double Crochet<br />SS = Slip stitch<br />ST = Stitch<br /><br />* = Repeat the part between the stars to the end of the round<br />() = Amount of stitches per round</li>
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<i>Starting with the Catctus (three parts in green yarn)</i></div>
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16. *1 sc in the next 3 st., sc 2st. together*. (24)</div>
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17. sc around (24)</div>
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Fasten off and leave a long thread for sewing.</div>
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Part two (small bun of the big cactus on which the flower is attatched).</div>
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2. 6sc in the second ch (6)</div>
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5-6. sc around (18)<br />
7. *1sc in the next st., sc 2st. together* (12)</div>
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Fasten off and leave a long thread for sewing.<br />
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Fill up with stuffing and sew the bun to the big cactus.</div>
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2. 6sc in the second ch (6)</div>
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11. *1sc in next 2 st, sc 2st together* (18)</div>
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12. sc around (18)</div>
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Now, you can cross stitch some X-s. I worked three rows, starting at the top, working down.</div>
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<i>For the dirt circle (brown yarn)</i>1. ch 2</div>
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4. *1sc in the next st, 2sc in next st* (18)</div>
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9. * 1 sc in the next 6st., 2sc in next st.* (48)</div>
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10. *1 sc in the next 7st. 2sc in next st.* (54)</div>
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Fasten off and sew in the end.</div>
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<i style="text-align: center;">Jar (white (or any colour you'd like (think about stripes!))</i></div>
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4. *1sc in the next st, 2sc in next st* (18)</div>
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5. *1sc in the next 2st., 2 sc in next st.* (24)</div>
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6. *1sc in the next 3st., 2 sc in next st.* (30)</div>
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7. *1 sc in the next 4st., 2sc in next st.* (36)</div>
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8. *1 sc in the next 5st., 2 sc in next st.* (42)</div>
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9. * 1 sc in the next 6st., 2sc in next st.* (48)</div>
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10. *1 sc in the next 7st. 2sc in next st.* (54)</div>
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11. Sc around in the backloops (54)</div>
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12 -15. sc around (54)</div>
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16. ch dc around (this is just a round for fun and a tiny bit of texture. You could replace this round by two rounds of sc). (54)</div>
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17-20. sc around (54)</div>
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21. Now, grab your dirt and join this round to the Jar. insert your hook into a stitch of the dirt circle PLUS a stitch from your jar, yarn over and pull through all loops on the hook.</div>
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Don't forget to fill your jar with stuffing and marbles along the way.</div>
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Fill up the two Cacti and sew on your filled jar. Make sure you fill up the low part a little extra so that the stand pride and tall.</div>
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I hope you like! Please send me a picture of your cactus if you make one. I would love to see your creativity!</div>
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Lots of sunshine and keep your cool!</div>
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Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-12639608104030728052013-07-15T20:50:00.006+02:002013-07-15T20:50:56.087+02:00Active and organized <b>Thanks to a day off today, it's been a beautiful long weekend. Using all that time to crochet, cook and picnic, writing and starting a big Pinterest clean up.</b><br /><br />
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It was a great Summer day today! And I made good use of it. Going out for a long walk/bicycle ride with a friend of mine.<br />
We walked along the Kromme Rijn between Odijk and Bunnik (although could have moved on further). Sat down to have a small but tasty picnic and went back cycling via Slot Zeist.<br />
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Besides all walking and cycling and enyoing the Summer, I've started a big declutter on a whole bunch of things trying to get organized (a little more).<br />At a recent phone photo clean-up I discovered that I close to 300 food pictures. Taken in a period of a year or so. Most of them involve one of the following elements: family, friends and or the making and baking proces. This <a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/05/creamy-caprese-pasta/" target="_blank">Creamy Caprese Pasta</a> by <a href="http://www.howsweeteats.com/" target="_blank">How sweet it is</a>, is one of the recipes I tried and photographed. The first time I tried this, I served it for me and three friends in cute seperate oven pans. As a side dish, I made the beautiful sweet and fresh <a href="http://www.babble.com/best-recipes/pear-salad-with-walnuts-and-feta/" target="_blank">Pear Feta Walnut Salad by Angie McGowan via babble.com</a>.<br />
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But yesterday I made a big pan for my family. Everyone loved it!<br />
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The only thing missing? A propper Italian dessert, like my home made tiramusu... Giving you that next time.<br />
<br />Then the other big(ger) project I put my hands on this weekend, the Pinterest Clean-up. Before my big blog-break I wrote about what I learned from being on Pinterest. There's been quite a built up of pins since then: over 2400 pins and 43 not so organized boards. Including descriptions that were not mine and not so charming (like google images, ouch!) or (even worse) dead links. Time for a clean up.<br />
That means I'm going through my boards one by one, pin for pin. Yes, that is time consuming. And that's why I'm not anywhere near halfway through. I've done three boards by now. And I'm happy with the results:<br />
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<li>working links (or at least a note that there is no link).</li>
<li>Proper credit (going back to the most original post I could find, instead of a home page or collection page (like tumblr or we heart it).</li>
<li>boards I love (I only kept the pretty stuff)</li>
<li>no doubles</li>
<li>no (accidently) wrong board pins</li>
<li>a bunch of new boards (splitting up the bigger ones).</li>
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I have no Idea when I'll be finished, but I'll give you a sign. <b>Wouldn't it be great to do this all together? I mean, propper credit that's what all those lovely bloggers, writers, photographers, artistst out there deserve, right? So, I'd say spread the word! </b><br />
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To keep myself in shape (for all the food I love to eat and away from my beloved laptop), I started running again. It's been six months since my last run, thanks to the bruised foot. So, it was a very, very modest run (1,5 - 2 - 4 - 2 - 1,5 - 0,5 mins with 1 minute walks before and in between). But it felt great after wanting and waiting to get my first after such a long time! Rewarding myself with an iced tea of my favorite flavor.<br />
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<br />Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-43899006299309689762013-07-07T21:54:00.001+02:002013-07-07T21:54:35.715+02:00A Summer weekend <b>I feel like I've been on on a week long vacation, at least, while it was just the weekend really. Thanks to last moment actions and going with the flow. Or maybe the Summer weather is the real drive, and good food. Pretty much all week, makes me a happy person too.</b><br />
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Like this lunch I had with a friend of mine at<a href="http://www.paradijsutrecht.nl/" target="_blank"> Het Paradijs</a> in Utrecht. A Chinese restaurant, serving some of the best Cantonese food to be found in the city, so far (just ignore the old school look, its about the food, remember?).<br />
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The weekend started Friday with a friend of mine asking me to join her to <a href="http://www.debeschaving.nl/" target="_blank">De Beschaving</a>. A one-day Festival at the terrain of Utrecht University. To more specific, one of the best places to think of for a festival: the <a href="http://www.uu.nl/NL/BotanischeTuinen/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">Botanical Gardens</a>!<br />
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I thought it was beautiful! We enjoyed the sunny weather and had good talks laying in the grass feeding ourselves with great (mainly) biological foodies. Some foodies became an experience, like the tea from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheefabriekUtrecht" target="_blank">Theefrabriek</a> (Tea Factory, in the polaroid photograph below) and my friend grinded her own cup of coffee at <a href="http://www.koffieleute.nl/" target="_blank">Koffieleute</a>.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">All over the terrain we could hear nice music from artists like </span><a href="http://www.goslink.nl/nl/blog" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Goslink</a> (who plays on instruments he has built with his own hands!)<span style="text-align: start;">, </span><a href="http://www.laurajansen.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Laura Jansen</a><span style="text-align: start;"> (love how she's named her second album after the beautiful Italian island Elba. I have some great memories on a family holiday there!) </span><span style="text-align: start;">,</span><a href="http://www.andyburrows.co.uk/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank"> Andy Burrows</a><span style="text-align: start;"> and </span><a href="http://www.sumeramusic.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank">Sumera </a><span style="text-align: start;">to name a few. Although, I have to say that the most impressive pieceof music was the classical The Armed Man by</span><a href="http://www.karljenkins.com/" style="text-align: start;" target="_blank"> Karl Jenkins</a><span style="text-align: start;">, performed by the Utrecht Students choir and orchestra. Combined with imagesa and footage of war of all ages (from the Middle ages to today's wars), it was not a happy watch, but it made clear why it's a privilige to live in peace, like we do. That did sound a little...well dramatic maybe, but I can't find another way to describe it.<br />The only thing we missed out on? The university talks. We were having such good conversations by ourselves on topics like 'when do you call somebody your friend?' and 'which places you want to travel to?' and family and friends talk.</span></div>
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Right, by now you might get into Summer mood too, I hope. I certainly did. But the summer feeling got in full swing when I went to the beach with my family today. It was Noordwijk, today (52.24°N 4.45°E). It was not even as busy as expected! Love swimming in the sea and reading a book (currently a book I picked up at the last Queensday market (since we went back having a king this year) on the history of Northern America).<br />
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Well, hope you had an awesome weekend too! I'm all loaded up for a fresh week at the office.<br />
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Like I wrote before, I used to draw a lot. I've had a what I call my manga-period somewhere between 2003 and 2009. I looked up an oldie from 2008. </div>
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For those of you who are not familiar with Manga and Anime (that's cool by the way, you're not the only one), to cut it short, its Japanese graphic story telling (manga) and animation (anime).<br />At some point I went back to more realistic, mainly portrait drawing. But the manga and anime have always kept a little place in my heart. Love watching the classic <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/" target="_blank">Spirited Away</a> for example.</div>
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The exhibit World of Manga opened just this week. Although, I'm familiar with the style, I've learned so much from the exhibition on the roots of this art style. Characters and stories leading back to Buddhist and Japanese tradition for example. But what struck me most and never noticed before, is how much emotion is put in every drawing. I didn't bring in my camera or my mobile phone, just my sketchbook. I feel like making pictures of artworks in a museum is not doing justice to the amount of work that the artists put in their pieces. But I took my notes. Three artists made quite an impression and I've included links to their official websites, so that you can check them out.</div>
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<a href="http://www17.plala.or.jp/shiffon/" target="_blank">Shiho Enta</a> with the illustrations she's done for the Pillow Book (an at least 1000 year old book by author and court lady <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sei_Sh%C5%8Dnagon" target="_blank">Sei Shonagon</a>). <a href="http://www.fuzichoco.com/" target="_blank">Fuzichoco</a> with her colourful, detailed work that are stories on their own and have beautiful fitting titles. There was one work of her titled 'Nostalgia looking for her mother' in which a girl is shown, in a second hand shop, because her mother has turned into a second hand object. She's hoping to find her mother this way. <a href="http://www.shinkichi-tajiri.com/" target="_blank">Shinkichi Tajiri </a>put his person experience into designing his machines.</div>
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After I long and slow stroll through the exhibit, I continued to the permanent exhibition of the museum. </div>
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Brought in a classic museum way in many glass cabinets I entered the world of Oceanian, Tibetan, Japanese and Chinese (religious) culture. Loved the wood carved masks in all different shapes and sizes.</div>
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As you can imagine with the museum visiting and a drawing bug at my hands, the crochet side is a little quiet. But I when a friend of mine asked me to make a little gift, I did. I worked up the <a href="http://stipenhaak.blogspot.nl/2012/11/konijntje-pluis.html" target="_blank">free amigurumi pattern Konijntje Pluis </a>by <a href="http://stipenhaak.blogspot.nl/" target="_blank">Stip&Haak</a>. Although I made two little adjustments, a pompom tail and stitched eyes (baby safe) and added a little bow.</div>
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Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-21239025299439536902013-06-23T23:03:00.000+02:002013-06-23T23:04:38.334+02:00Let's talk bags<b>Some women like shoes, some like clothes and if you know me, you'd now I like bags. A lot. Maybe a bit too much. Since I have so many, I decided I'd swop the bags I already have a little more often... Somehow I managed to get myself two new bags this week...Now, let me explain this to you.</b><br />
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I went out for my lunch break this week and I could not resist<a href="https://www.sacha.nl/shop/tassen-en-portemonnees/tassen/off-white-tas/3x0072" target="_blank"> this off white bag</a> from <a href="https://www.sacha.nl/" target="_blank">Sacha</a>.I have to admit, the price tag of over 50% discount helped with that. In my defense I also like to mention this was a complete impulse buy. I actually went in search of a pair of ballerina flats (I left a worn out pair in London) that I did not find.</div>
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Ok, that's the part I spent money. The second bag did not come with such ease. I worked for that one. I crochet one. After I completely unraveled this first bag I made (it was too small, bulky and not really what I expected) ...</div>
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I would give you the advice, if in doubt on a chrochet project, let it sit for a few days or so and if you're still not sure, unravel. You might get something better back for it. I'd say I did for sure. I love this bag already.</div>
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<li>red/cream striped zpagetti/textile yarn from <a href="http://hoooked./">Hoooked.</a> </li>
<li>grey Zpagetti/textile yarn I picked up at <a href="http://www.blokker.nl/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Homepage?storeId=10001&langId=-104&catalogId=10002" target="_blank">Blokke</a>r a while ago</li>
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<li>old scarf I never wear anyway</li>
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I did not follow a pattern really. I wrote just wrote along the first four rows. Which were not really rows, but rounds really. But at least I can give you the starting chain and help start off, because once you've got yourself a bottom, it's fairly simple.</div>
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2. Double Crochet (US term) in the 4th chain from the hook. Double Crochet in every chain, 4 DCs in the last chain. Proceed on the other side of the chain and three DCs in the last chain. Slip stitch in the top three chain.</div>
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4. repeat two rows with Single Crochet and don't forget to decrease in at the last four stiches.</div>
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I'm not exactly sure of this description though. But my mom asked me to make one for her too, so I hope to come up with a proper pattern in time...</div>
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Lining the bag was quite a challenge and all thanks go to my mom and her sewing machine. I'm new to machine sewing. As in, I had my first try on one side of sewing the lining for this bag. The scarf fabric was not the best material to start of with though...</div>
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Attaching the belts was fun. I tried different ways and ended up with this, more or less by accident.</div>
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Rosannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938500242567928643noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243294542374776141.post-18611624118607258162013-06-13T22:04:00.000+02:002013-06-13T22:04:20.408+02:00A new love and an old passion<div>
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Well, the foot kept me on a couch or sitting on my bed the past six weeks or so. Which has led to watching too much missed episodes of master chef and attempting amigurumi crochet. It's my new addiction.</div>
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For my very first attempt I caught the very needed <a href="http://jammadestudio.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/crochet_15.html" target="_blank">detailed and clear pattern of an elephant by Jam made</a> (on the right). </div>
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On the left is a little friend. It's an adjusted pattern (working on a written pattern for you!) of <a href="http://www.echtstudio.nl/haakpatroon-winston-de-olifant" target="_blank">Winston the Elephant pattern by Echtstudio</a>. The funny thing is, I'm Dutch but I had to translate the pattern since I learned how to crochet with English terms. I have to admit I feel a little awkard about that.</div>
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I've been busy trying different patterns and collecting and pinning. At the moment there are three crochetprojects on my hooks. First is a lace scarf via a Japanese pattern I found. Following that pattern goes well, although I had a few hicups, since I can't read any of the japanese writings that might include tips, tricks and some guidance. It's a fun pattern to follow and to figure out.</div>
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The second is my very first attempt on designing my own amigurumi pattern for a globe. It's starting to get somewhere. Hope I can share it with you in the near future!</div>
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When my hands ar not glued to a crochet hook, it won't take long before I grab a pencil. Drawing has been a great passion for a long time. But with all new things to learn on the handwork side, drawing has been a little quiet. Only my gallery on DeviantArt reminds me at times I used to draw a crazy lot just a few years ago.</div>
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I went to London last weekend and decided to bring a little sketchbook and watercolourkit with me. I had a great time on a six hour or so, bus ride from Utrecht to London and back. My best sketching moment was at <a href="http://www.bl.uk/" target="_blank">the British Library</a>. I made the pencil sketches of the sketch you see above. Of course there's no way I could watercolour right at the spot. So I noted the colours with pencil and added colour on the bus ride home. I would absolutely reccommend to visit, if only just to check the beautiful exhibition in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery (free enrtance). Mozart next to John Lennon, Jane Austen's writing desk, Bible's next to Korans and Japanese scrolls next to biological drawings in the book of Fishes by John Ray. It's a travel through time, culture and religion. </div>
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Talking about London and art. I would also recommend you to visit the lovely, light and inspirational <a href="http://artsandcraftscamden.com/" target="_blank">Slanchogled </a>shop at 66 Chalk Farm Road. Loved walking around picked up a travel friendly waterbrush you see on the picture above, a kneeded ereaser and a issue of <a href="http://www.simplycrochetmag.co.uk/" target="_blank">Simply Crochet</a> (awesome magazine too. Should find a place that sells it here in Holland). And if you wonder what that weird name is doing there, the shops businesscard explained it to me. It is the Bulgarian word for sunflower, literally meaning 'looking towards the sun.'</div>
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I leave you with another new friend: classical music. It has become a great soundtrack on my crochet evenings. At the moment I would recommend <a href="http://www.einaudiwebsite.com/" target="_blank">Ludovico Einau</a>di. His music is used on movie soundtracks such as the beautiful and touching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7g_OjLKeZ4" target="_blank">French movie Intouchables</a>).</div>
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