Pure C - 15 yrs, Bergen op Zoom & Brugge

We were married for 15 years on the 30th of August and celebrated in style in restaurant Pure C at Cadzand.

Friday, 29 August 2014:
Looong weekend to the far south of  Zeeuws Vlaanderen to celebrate our wedding anniversary.

Our first stop was Bergen op Zoom; we visited the 'Gevangenispoort'. Our guide was super enthousiastic and gave us lots of interesting info about the town, the 'Geuzen' and the place itself. He even showed us the cellar.

Afterwards we stumbled in the Markiezenhof over an exhibition of empty Marlboro packages and spoke to the artist. Interesting and FUN.

Gevangenispoort in Bergen op Zoom

Artist Loek Schönbeck wanted to stir emotions with his exhibition in the Koetshuis of the Markiezenhof in Bergen op Zoom. Schönbeck shows a large number of empty Marlboro-packages he found in the streets. 

(the factory of Marlboro is situated in Bergen op Zoom)

Walk along the beach at Cadzand

Cadzand Strandhotel, drinks in the bar

Saturday, 30 August 2014

Coz Cadzand is so close to Brugge (when you stumble 3 x you are in Belgium) we decided to visit this historic city. We enjoyed muchly

  

  

Yeah, at 20.00 hrs our DINNER at Pure C. started: gorgeous, impressive, an 'experience' not just a dinner! See photos :-)

Champagne and Amuse to start and celebrate

Now who wouldn't like these 'oysters'? 

look at the menu on top of this blog post and see if you can detect what is what 

Sunday 31 August 2014

Cadzand

the harbour of Goes, which we visited on our way home

It was a lovely weekend!
dikke kus
Carina

Tante Blanche revisited

Saturday, 28 June: Zutphen/Brummen/Tante Blanche revisited:

exploring & shopping in Zutphen

Hotel/B&B 'Het Oude Postkantoor' revisited 

Our second visit to restaurant 'Tante Blanche'; we had a really awesome 6 course dinner. All four of us loved it; great food, quality for money, kind service! We will return for sure!

guys having fun

Sunday 29 June; cultural Sunday

Coz rain was predicted we decided to visit the Kroller Muller museum, the sculpture garden and the special exhibition of Seurat.
We were lucky; no rain when walking the sculpture garden.

 

When we went inside the museum to have lunch it started to rain massively.
We saw the special Seurat exhibition and also explored the regular art works of Van Gogh and other impressionists, expressionists and more. Super!

Seurat at Kroller Muller museum

Van Gogh

I almost bought this awesome shawl, specially made for the Seurat exhibition.

It was a lovely weekend with our friends F&G. 
dikke kus
Carina

Pinksteren: Villa Copera revisited

1e Pinksterdag 8 juni 2014

Op het laatste moment besloten om toch de vrije Pinksterdagen niet thuis te vieren maar lekker te gaan fietsen. De keuze viel op het gebied rond Tolkamer; daar kan je niet alleen leuk fietsen, maar ook kennen wij daar een hotel en een prima restaurant: slapen bij Toine dus en 's avonds dineren in de Villa (Copera) beide gesitueerd aan de 'Rijnboulevard'. 

Zondag een door Peter zelf samengestelde route gefietst die voerde van Beek, Nieuwdijk, Kilder, Zeddam en via het Bergherbos terug naar Beek. Er was een wielerronde aan de gang dus af en toe moesten we onze route wat aanpassen. Mooie fietspaden, alles fris groen, prachtig weer. Helemaal goed. 

selfie

Na onze fietstocht een heerlijk zelfgemaakt ijsje uit de IJssalon van Toine met uitzicht op de Rijn.  

's Avonds een uitgebreid diner bij Villa Copera. Smullen.

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2e Pinksterdag 9 juni 2014

Uitzicht 's ochtends vroeg vanuit onze hotelkamer

Alweer gefietst; dit keer vanuit Tolkamer een rondje gemaakt langs Herwen, Aerdt en Pannerden. Terug in Tolkamer begon het giga te onweren en regenen. Foto rechtsonder heb ik vanuit de auto gemaakt 'lekker buitje'.

dikke kus

Carina

Berlin Underground - Day 4 (1 June)

Sunday, 1 June 2014

This morning after a lovely home made breakfast with healthy brown bread, fried eggs and fresh juice (from the stand in front of our appartment building) we cycled up north to do a 90 minutes tour (no 3) underground at 'Berliner Unterwelten'. We really loved it, very interesting and exciting. When you visit Berlin DO VISIT and descend underground and see the catacombs where a few thousand Berliner people should have gathered to maybe survive a nuclear attack during the cold war! 

It was not allowed to take pics, so see their website.

waiting for the tour in the Humboldthain Volkspark; 

soo many (great smelling) roses.

selfie ^^

yeah sunshine and ice cream after our underground experience

the enormous ice cream is Peters' of course

After the tour still in a sort of ambiguous mood we visited the Mauer Park, which was very impressive with tales and pictures, of people that fled from East to West Berlin. 

In fact we were standing eggszackily on the spot where the Wall used to be. Afterwards, still in the same mood we visited the lovely nearby churchyard.

Friedhof der Sophien Kirchen

 

Families near Kollwitzstrasse in the small park.

Cycling the area and of course a necessary pittstop

This evening we had a lovely Japanese meal with good Sake wine at Hashi, a lovely Japanese restaurant in the Rosenthaler street, which is near our appartment. Afterwards we went to the Italian winebar for a good glass of 

wine. 

It was a lovely day and a great evening. Tomorrow evening we will fly back home, BUT ... still have almost a day to spend in Berlin ^^

We loved it here in Berlin; a great apartment where we feel at home, our 'own bikes', kind people, a relaxed atmosphere, lots of things to do. 
We will revisit in the nearby future coz we truly like Berlin.

dikke kus

Carina