
I got married: Weekend Wedding in Friesland
Joran and I got married in September. I doubted for a while whether or not I should share our wedding pictures here (that’s (…) Read More

Bucket List: Skydive
Blasting wind was all I heard, while staring into the big, gaping hole in the plane, 5km above the earth. The people who (…) Read More

Bucket list: Go backpacking by myself
Me watching a sunset in Cambodia, picture by Laura. Going on a backpack trip by myself was an incredible experience. I’ve met great (…) Read More

Bucket list: swim in bioluminescent plankton
I was up to my middle in the dark seawater. A couple of restaurant lights in the distance far behind us made it (…) Read More

Bucket list: learn to surf (in Bali)
“Peddle, peddle, peddle! Stronger! Get up!” he yells at me while I get up on my feet on a moving board, water splashing (…) Read More

Bucket list: Visit China
Forbidden City, Beijing Checking big things off of your bucket list is the best feeling ever. It’s like that satisfaction you get from (…) Read More

Bucket list: fly a hot air balloon (Vang Vieng, Laos)
Under me lay a city of which its people had turned into tiny ants, slowly moving on their everyday routes or random morning (…) Read More

An epic corruption battle over 2 dollars which caused the bus to leave me behind in the middle of nowhere
We were walking on the road. It was starting to get dark. There were no streetlights, no cars. We hadn’t seen any sign (…) Read More

Bucket list: exhibit my artwork
Almost exactly one year ago, I set myself an extreme two-week painting challenge. I blocked out all my appointments, locked myself inside and (…) Read More

Bucket list: visit Madurodam (for my birthday!)
Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to visit Madurodam. I guess it all went wrong when I read the book (…) Read More

Bucket list: create a big 3D illusion painting on the ceiling
If he would have answered me, I would have booked a plane and moved to London. I’m not even kidding. But he never (…) Read More

Bucket list
Recently I have rewritten my bucket list. I have had this list in some form or another for a long time, either written (…) Read More