A Travel Blog
Recently my husband took a short term job with Vermeer in Goes, Netherlands. This is a big adventure for us mid-western Americans! I have amended an old blog page I used a few years ago to keep friends and family updated about our life here. I will update periodically. Take care everyone! We miss you!
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Food Highlight
5/12/26
Chocolate Croissant
This may seem like a simple yet special treat, but they are very common in Europe. I have seen them in most of the European towns I have visited. Common isn’t a bad thing though. These pastries are divine.
The pastry part is croissant in a burrito shape. The dough is about half an inch thick with a hollow center.
And in the center are strips of chocolate. Not chocolate cream, pudding or ganache, but long bars of chocolate that have been melted during the baking process. The chocolate is usually soft but not necessarily gooey.
I have never eaten a bad chocolate croissant. 🙂
Double Rainbow over our backyard. Goes.
A Dutch Discovery
5/12/26
White Window Decor
Notice the white linen hanging out of the second floor window? This is a common sight in the Netherlands. People often hang their white bed comforters out the window. The white comforter is the inside of a duvet. The white part is usually inside a decorative cover.
They can hang them out the window because European windows don’t have screens. Once you open the window, you and anything in your house is exposed to the elements. Bugs aren’t an issue here. A few bugs might wander in the house through the open window, but not many.
But why are they hanging the white bed comforter out the window you might ask? I wondered the same thing for months. I assumed that they had washed the comforter and were letting it dry in the sun and breeze. But when I asked my Dutch friend why I see these window hangings so often, she said it is simply to air them out. Dutch people love outdoor freshness and they don’t like stale indoor odors. Hanging the comforter out the window simply freshens it up and gives it that washed feeling without constantly washing it. I think I will try it!
A neighbor down the street has this tree that is currently blue. The blossoms are just amazing. I have no idea what kind of tree this is, but I admire it whenever I bike by, which is daily. I love it.
Recent Weather
5/12/26
Today was cold, about 50 degrees. But the past month has been beautiful! Around 60 degrees and sunny. A few days it even pushed 70.
There was a stretch in there, about 2 weeks, where we didn’t get rain. This is very unusual for the Netherlands for this time of year. And I’m sure the farmers were sweating it. But the rest of us were loving life outdoors. The rain showed up again and all is well, I think.