Thoughts from Benelux
I live in the Netherlands and I write about many topics such as travel, parenthood, experiences that shape us, music, and other things. Also, I make a lot of music references and Gilmore Girls references.
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A Different Kind of Adventure (opens the original)
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Ever since I became a parent, I noticed I stay home a bit more except to do things like run errands or walk the dog. I don’t really go out at night anymore, not while my kids are so little. I’m mostly OK with that because I spent many nights out when I was younger, although sometimes I get cabin fever. When I was younger, I never thought I’d be home so often. Once upon a time, I wasn’t a homebody. Quite the opposite. I was once on a study/travel trip with other students from my university where
Once Upon a Time in Spain (opens the original)
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In early summer 2006, she went to Spain. She went with a big group that included students from her high school and students from other high schools in Arizona. The plan for the trip was to stay a few days in Madrid before heading to Salamanca to attend intensive Spanish classes there for two weeks before traveling south and seeing other places before heading to Barcelona at the end and then home. Fresh out of high school, bound for college at the end of August, this experience was huge. She didn
Ten Lessons from the Hundred K Journey (opens the original)
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At the beginning of the month, I decided I would take on a Strava challenge and run 100 kilometers in one month. I am happy to report that I finished it, although the last twenty were accomplished by sheer willpower. I didn’t do the last twenty all at once. I’m not there yet. I didn’t run every day. Some days I ran 3-5. Other days I ran 7-9. We had quite a few warm days this month, so that made it hard to run long distances. As I reflect on this challenge and on my running experience, albeit sho
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