First party team!

- Bertine, Liz & Leonie on expensive home made cocktails -

The clock has passed twelve, it's officially the 07th of january 2007 & I just survived after a small birthday party my first day as a 22 year-old. As my apartment for the moment is really small & we are in the middle of the exam period we decided to celebrate my birthday at the end of the month. For some of my Dutch friends this was unacceptable & the party team took the car & drove to bxl.

My place is very easy to acces from the high way, but as simple as it was my friends got completly lost with the car & I had to go out on the bike to find them. You know that bxl is nothing without it's rain so after an hour searching & my being totally wet we finally found each other & the party could begin!

- My Belgian birthday cake! -

It was a last minute party which consisted out of improvisation. With no birthdaycake with 22 candles we used Belgian wafels with whiped cream and little candles to blow. My coffee mugs & take away coffee mugs that I bought 03 years ago in Manhattan were transfered into cocktail glasses. As a student in a small student apartment I'm very limited in my room and belongings. I have two knives, two spoons, two glasses, etc... It's not much but enough for me and an very effectic method which forces me to do the dishes at least every two days!

- No comment!... :-) -

Further celebration is to be continued @ the end of the month...

Kicking off 2007 @ the Hague

- Liz, Seraphina & the two gentlemen: my brother & little Taran! -



- Uncle Jan & Seraphina -

Since some years now we entered a new family tradition of gathering with uncle Jan, Dennis, Sanne & kids to celebrate the new year and enjoy the simple pleasure of being together. We moved the tradition this year from our family home in Hellevoetsluis to the Hague @ Dennis & Sanne. It was simple, great and heart warming to be together, talking, kids running around and eating the famous & delicious spinach/feta dish!


- Dennis our kitchen princess -

- The Theethbrushing Team -

Holidays at the Fusion

It's been a while but Liz has been travelling quit a lot these last months so no time to write much. It has been a hell of a crazy time and definitly in need of some holidays to calm down a bit and enjoy some quality time with family & friends. X-mas & New Year was to be spend in Leiden this time with my bro & his friends @ the Fusion. My first time to spend it in Leiden & and it was quit nice... we did nothing much but eat, play games & watch a lot of tv! Liz finally would have seen The lord of the rings part I till III but my bro invited another girl (there are only guys living there!) so... --> two girls & wine= chatty girls = never saw the movie!

- Josien in action during "Operation backing Oliebollen" -


When being Dutch you can't have the New Year celebration without oliebollen! Even though the best oliebollen in the Netherlands are to be bought in a little temporary shop on wheels in Rotterdam, my brother & I still preach that there aren't such good oliebollen like the fresh home mades. Josien was so nice to take over for me while I was having a phone call, but I forgot after hanging up and eventually she spend backing all!



- The Fusion -

We ended the old year with great French champagne & watching from the rooftop of my bro's apartment to the firework over entire Leiden... Pure magic! Afterwards more friends of my bro came and we drank, did singing star on tv, drank & sang some more again. Would like to tell more about it and I'll... someday... when I remember again! ;-)

- Josien again in action but this time oliebollen with raisins... :-) -