Food
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Miel Van Kest
We recently went for dinner at Miel Van Kest in Tremelo. It had been a while since we had last been here and wondered if the place had changed much. The interior was still the same and the owners also hadn’t changed. The type of food you get here and the quality was still very…
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A Pota Marina
After a day visiting Bastia we stopped for dinner on the way back to our apartment in Santa Lucia di Moriani. We ate at A Pota Marina right next to the sea. They describe the setting as idyllic but that is slightly exaggerated. I consider the neighbourhood too touristic and crowded. Plus, too many people…
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Bastia, Corsica
One of our days on Corsica we spent visiting Bastia. We had been there on our previous visit and judging purely on size and population Bastia is more a village than a city. But walking around there it gives you the feeling of being in a bigger city. It has nice bars, restaurants and shops…
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Dinner at Saporito in Livorno while staying in the Max Hotel
After having visited Pisa along the way we drove to Livorno to Max Hotel. This turned out to be situated at the outskirts of the city in a not too pedestrian friendly neighbourhood. Parking in front was limited but there was a large parking space next door catering to shoppers of some kind of supermarket.…
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Exploring Pisa: Lunch and Landmarks on the Way to Corsica
On our second day driving to Corsica we had a short leg of a little over 300km between Milan and Livorno. The reason for this was that we had an early ferry on Sunday morning so we wanted to avoid getting to Livorno very late and having to get up early in the morning to…
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Bollate
This year we went on a vacation to Corsica again. We decided to drive and cover a lot of kilometres on our first day. We drove to just before Milan and booked a hotel in Bollate. This was a bit under 950km and driving was quite smooth, not so many traffic jams, those we saw…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
