Bonn

This week (Tuesday and Wednesday to be precise) I went to Bonn, Germany for a night with my mother and brother. My dad works there three days a week, and we'd never seen his appartment or been to the city itself. On Tuesday evening we had dinner at Vapiano, and especially my desert was delicious! It was a so-called 'Mitarbeiter special' meaning it was the idea of a employee at Vapiano. It was a combination of cream with orange flavour, blueberries and cantuccini (those delicious Italian cookies!) arranged in a cup in layers. If you ever see it at Vapiano, give it a try! It's really yummy :]

On Wednesday my dad had to work. My mother, brother and I went to have breakfast at a bakery and then took the u-bahn to the center. My brother and I sleep on pillow sized 80x80 cm, which they don't sell in The Netherlands. So we bought those in the Galleria Kaufhof. I also got a new set of bedlinnen. I decided to have a look at the calendars, because they have so many in Germany, and then I saw a really big one of London! We bought it and I'm probably getting it for Sinterklaas, but I can't wait to have it hanging in my room! I also finally got the Arthur und die Minnimoys 2 DVD, with Bill's voice yes!

I really liked Bonn, eventhough I was there for such a short time, and so did my mom and brother. So we're defenitely planning to again some time. :]

Wall-E

 

Sandsculptures @ Noordwijk, NL - Photograph by me
Don't you also think Wall-E is amazing?

Do it yourself beauty evening!

Are you also sick of using beauty products full of chemicals or do you want to use something else than your normal products? In the summer, one of my best friends Eline gave me some great ideas for a nice do-it-yourself beauty evening! They are really simply, and you might already know them. All you need is some salt (normal sea salt will do, but don't use salt that is too fine because you won't be able to scrub), olive oil, yoghurt, honey and a shower or bath.

First, put some salt into a cup or small bowl. Estimate out an amount that is enough for the area you want to scrub (if you're only scrubbing your face you obviously won't need as much as when you are also doing your legs and arms). Carefully add a little olive oil to the salt and mix it with a spoon. Add more until the mixture has the texture of a scrub. Now your scrub is ready!
Now take another cup or small bowl. Pour a sufficient amount of yoghurt (again, take enough for the area you want to use it on) into the bowl. Now take some honey. Add about 2-4 teaspoons (according to the amount of yoghurt you are using), stir and add more if needed. Now your mask is ready!

You can use your scrub and mask on just your face, but I used it over my whole body. First, scrub the areas you want to, then take away the scrub and cover the areas in the yoghurt-honey mixture. The yoghurt and honey will make your whole skin feel like new. Don't forget to put cream on your face and put body lotion on your body afterwards so your skin stays soft.

Enjoy!

IB is killing me

I haven't posted in ages again, but I simply haven't been behind the computer very much. About 5 weeks ago I started DP1, the first year of the Diploma Programme of the IB. I really want to get good grades, so I have been spending quite a lot of time on school. And it will go on like this until May 2012, when I have my final exams.

Yes I will survive (I guess), but I just have to put some effort into it to get the grades I want and that means I do not have so much time left over for blogging and the computer in general.

I will try to blog something at least once a week from now on! :]

Postcrossing

Today I found out about postcrossing. Postcrossing is all about sending and receiving postcards to and from strangers living all over the world. After getting an account on www.postcrossing.com, you can request an address. You then get a random address from a postcrosser somewhere in the world. In my case it was a 30 year old woman from France. By looking at their profile you can see what type of card they'd like to get. Since the woman likes cooking I chose a card with a cupcake on the front. You then write something on the card (don't forget the postcard ID!) and send it. Once the receiver registered your card, a postcrosser somewhere in the world will get your address and you will get a card from them.

Isn't it amazing? I love getting cards, and it's even more amazing to get cards from all over the world :]

Start postcrossing too on: www.postcrossing.com

It's been a long time...

...since I last posted something on my blog!

I think you might have noticed. I didn't write a post for so long for several reasons: I spent a week with my best friends Eline and Annabell. And from the 31st of July until the 13th of August I was on holidays. I spent 2 weeks with my parents and brother on the island of Albarella in the delta of the Po, just south of Venice, Italy.

It was a nice holiday, but it didn't end in a very nice way. We actually booked until the 15th of August, but we had some bad luck on Friday the 13th. When we came back from a short trip to the town Rosolina, we wanted to turn into our street but discovered this was full of water. My dad, brother and I thought it was quite funny, but my mom didn't like it and stayed in the car while we walked to the house through the water. Luckily the water was only up to our terrace and our house was dry! Eventually my mom also came and we had lunch as normally while we watched the water went down. We were very relieved that it was nearly over. But then it started to rain really hard again. The water came higher and higher and when it came up to our terrace and it was still raining we decided to bring our stuff upstairs. Not much later the water started coming into our house. My dad called the information point and they said they would send a technician. We never saw any technician. After about an hour we saw a firefighter outside, but he just talked to our neighbours and disappeared again. We started our journey back home when the water had been in our house for at least 2 hours. As we left the island we saw the first firefighters coming with their equipment to take away the water. Very Italian...

I wasn't happy to leave 2 days early, but it was practically impossible to stay in the house. There was 5 - 10 cm of water on the bottom floor, we didn't have any electricity and couldn't flush the toilet. Even when the water is gone there will still be a smell in the house.

Goal met!

I haven't blogged for quite a long time again... it's just way to warm to sit behind the computer. With this weather I spend my time outside, sunbathing or reading.

In the meantime I have reached one of my goals from my 101 in 1001 list! It's goal number 28: Give my brother a Green Day related birthday present. My brothers birthday was on the 20th of June and I looked up a nice picture of Green Day and had it printed out as a poster. It turned out really nice and my brother was happy with it!

I have also made progress with some other goals. For example with goal 4. Read 50 books. I have finished 2 books. It's not much I know, but at least it's a start. Also, I am moving closer to completing goal 57. Finish part 1 (0 - 5 km) of Start to Run. I have 3 lessons left, so if all goes well I will be completing that goal in 1 1/2 weeks from now!