Greek Restaurant Nisos in Heerlen
After our second day of hiking the Dutch Mountain Trail we opted to go out for dinner in Heerlen. We picked Greek restaurant Nisos after a Google search. This turned out to be a good choice after a day of walking. We went for the Tapas platter and it was definitely huge. If you are…
Exploring the Dutch Mountain Trail: Eygelshoven to Bocholtz
On our second on the Dutch Mountain Trail we decided to tackle the first section from Eygelshoven to Bocholtz. The end point was based on a convenient public transport connection back to Heerlen. We took the car from our hotel TerWorm at the outskirts of Heerlen to the station where we took a bus to…
Exploring the Dutch Mountain Trail: Eijsden to Maastricht
Because we didn’t have enough to walk the whole Dutch Mountain Trail during our vacation, we decided to simply pick 3 sections that fitted our available time. On the first day, because we had to first travel from home by car to The Netherlands we picked the last 17,5k of the trail from Eijsden to…
Getting Started with PyCharm for Python Programming
To complete the programming projects of the beginner section of the Python 100 days of code bootcamp you are recommended to install PyCharm as the coding editor. Via PyCharm you can then get easy access to a folder structure with the projects of the first 15 days including each time a blank main.py file, some…
Exploring the Dutch Mountain Trail in Luxury
We recently walked part of the Dutch Mountain Trail in the South of The Netherlands. This is a 100k walk from Eygelshoven to Maastricht. Real hikers probably take a backpack and walk the trail in 4 or 5 days and then camp at various sites along the way. We opted for a luxury hike and…
Hollywood Boulevard. Een Eeuw Filmsterren, Steven de Foer (ISBN 9789463101516, Uitgeverij Polis)
This book came out in 2016 and I bought it after reading a review in the paper De Standaard. The author is a journalist that worked and wrote for De Standaard covering among other things American politics for quite a while. He is also a film enthusiast and he wrote numerous movie reviews for De…
Why I Chose Refurbished iPhone 16 Pro Over iPhone 17
Recently one of our kids was in need of a new phone so I was going to get myself a new iPhone and give my current iPhone to him. At first I was considering to buy the new iPhone 17 Pro or Pro max but I found the price ticket prohibitive. Actually, coming from an…
Visit Museum Voorlinden: Art, Gardens, and Unique Experiences
On our way home from Leiden we stopped to visit museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar. This is a famous museum of modern art although I have to confess I had never heard of it myself. After the visit I have to say that I was wrong not knowing about this museum. The grounds and garden are…
Exploring Leiden: The Rembrandt Days Experience
Our recent visit to Leiden happened to coincide with the Leidse Rembrandt Dagen to honour the famous painter Rembrandt van Rijn. During this event part of the city centre becomes the stage for actors evoking the 17th century. There are also many art exhibitions to visit. The actors, in 17th century costumes, perform activities typical…
Experience the Impressive Naturalis Museum in Leiden
Naturalis in Leiden is the Dutch national research institute for biodiversity. Their national history museum has a very large collection of more than 40 million objects. During our previous visit a few years ago most of the museum was closed for renovation and we could only see their T-Rex skeleton Trix. This was excavated in…
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