Monthly Archives: August 2020

Working, washing, working, cleaning, working, house hunting, working, packing, rest. Because tomorrow I’m on holiday!! Be kind. Stay safe

I have to make a difficult decision tonight: either I close the blackout curtains and sleep a bit later tomorrow morning, or leave it open so the fresh night air can come in, hopefully cool me down, and wake up a bit earlier. I guess I can always close them in the morning and haveContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 147”

The road trip continues…. We planned ahead with this whole AirBnb shindig and packed our coffee percolator, milk frother and coffee to bring along. What an absolute treat to enjoy the fresh morning air with a coffee, especially after a warm summers night. We also picked up some local baked goods for breakfast and itContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s Log: day 146”

Roadtrip!! After getting my Dutch drivers licence I’ve been itching to take a road trip and the opportunity finally arrived! We planned this trip a few weeks back and it worked out perfectly. I booked a spot on Airbnb (the only one available in our area of interest) and a car through a car sharingContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 145”

The weather of the last few said have been described as a heatwave. I am not one to argue, but it did remind me that it’s all relative, since the temperatures of 30°C that we experienced is similar to the spring temperatures I experienced in South Africa last October. As with all weather related things,Continue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 144”

I went to the office today. And it was great. Yes, of course there were only a fraction of my colleagues and stickers everywhere showing one way walkways and reminding is to keep our distance. But it was good to ask a question if a colleague and it wasn’t on a phone call. It wasContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 143”

From today on it is mandatory to wear a face mask in certain parts of Amsterdam this is popular with tourists. I wonder if this is the new normal that everyone has been talking about. Only a few months ago I would have considered this impossible to happen in a European country where people withContinue reading “Life in the times of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 143”

Another day flew by. There was work thing, a music lesson (yay) and a Netflix binge (The Umbrella Academy) Be kind. Stay safe.

On the first Monday of the month at noon, a bunch of sirens go off all over the country. For the first few months I kind of missed it, probably because I was working in a site office out of the city. So the first time I heard it was a bit of a surprise.Continue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 141”

Summer in the city. A friend of my boyfriend told me he is watching Trackers, a South African series, and I expressed a wish to see it too. This led to me gushing about how much I enjoyed the books from the author of the series, Deon Meyer. Consequently my boyfriend says he would likeContinue reading “Life in the time of Corona – Captain’s log: Day 140”