29 October 2012

Herfst Vakantie

I am super excited because this week I don't have class, fall vacation. So... I get to go the weekly market and take pictures. I have been wanting to do this for a while, but the market is always closing by the time I finish school. I probably went a little crazy with the pictures but it was soooooo much fun for me. The only thing that could make it better would be having Belle tag along. The perfect european image of a woman and her small dog browsing the market. Unfortunately due to her exaggerated fear of anyone else besides her family, she has to stay home. It is too difficult to walk her, carry my things from the market, and manage to interact with everyone else, when Belle is darting under my feet every five seconds.

So in the picture you see all the veggies: carrots, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, and bean sprouts. Guess how much they cost? ... €3!!! For everything!!! Then I picked up some fresh bread for Jan's lunch. A roasted chicken and potatoes for dinner tonight. You can even buy clothes, hence the black socks. Throw in some homemade borste worst (dried sausage) rillette, a kilo of minced meat, two succulent plants to add to my garden and my cart/buggy was at it's capacity. All in all it was a great morning. Happy Monday everyone :)

28 October 2012

Wall decals

Yesterday, we took the motorbike to Ikea. Which made me so happy to finally get some odds and ends that we had needed for a while. Somehow though I always seem to underestimate how cold it can be on the motorbike. I was about at my body's threshold for cold when we arrived. To get to the point, I found some cool wall decals to put on my fridge and a huge wooded cutting board that fits over my counter top. It made me feel good to have jan offer to go get things for the apartment. It makes living here seem more permanent.

I love Ikea so much. It is so inspiring to see what they do with very little space. I honestly couldn't sleep last night, so I just drew up a bunch of floor plans and sketches of what I would like to do with our apartment.

Xxx,
Erin