Author Archives: Nina

Zaanse Schans

Two weeks ago I went to the touristic Zaanse Schans. North of Amsterdam there are old Dutch houses, small museums (where they make cheese, wooden shoes, etc.), windmills and many touristic shops. It’s a nice place to visit, even if you’re Dutch.

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Jarre staying over

Yesterday I picked up my cat Jarre in the village and took him with me to the city. First by train and then by bus. He didn’t say a wordor meow during the travel – it’s a well-behaved cat.
Jarre is staying with me and Mauwerd for two weeks. I think it will [...]

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Found an apartment!

Last Sunday I started to look more serious for a new place to live. I live at my sister’s place now, but she will be back in a couple of months, so then I have to move somewhere…
I found a website of a realtor who offers rent houses and apartments. One apartment did look [...]

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Movie: Water for Elephants

Saturday evening I saw the movie Water for Elephants. It tells the story of the student Jacob who is doing great at school and almost graduated as a vet. Unfortunately, his parents got killed in a car accident and as it turns out the house they lived in is property of the bank, Jacob has [...]

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Marathon Utrecht

On Easter Monday I ran 10 kms at the Marathon Utrecht. The weather was great: the sun was shining and a high temperature. It was very nice to join this event and to run together with many others.

I didn’t run a personal record, because that was the first 10 kms I ran last September [...]

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