The power of lavender

Lavender is a very powerful plant with beautiful purple flowers that are very popular. The plant can be found in almost every garden or balcony. They are the flowers from which the lavender oil is extracted. But did you know that this lavender oil is also one of the most used essential oils? It has […]

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Summer pasta with zucchini, lemon and pine nuts

This summery pasta with zucchini, lemon and pine nuts is the best for summer and is at the top of my list of favorite pasta recipes. This lukewarm salad with delicious ingredients such as zucchini, lemon and pine nuts is simple to make and very quickly finished and looks very nice. A pasta salad always […]

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Motown playlist: my top 10 favorites

Do you recognize that: music that makes you so happy? I am always very happy when I listen to the old songs from the Motown label. Motown Records is the name of the famous American record label, founded in Detroit, in 1959 by Berry Gordy. You can say that Motown has transformed the entire music […]

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Avocado filled with vinaigrette

  This appetizer with avocado is deliciously fresh, healthy, and super easy to make. I ate avocado prepared this way for the first time in Rwanda last year and thought it was super tasty. I have already prepared it several times at home. So far everyone I have put it before has been very enthusiastic […]

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The Rome foodtour

  If you like Italian food like you and you go to Rome, then a food tour is highly recommended. If you google, you will find several. I did the Rome food experience and I really liked it. The website Rome eat food experience invites you to look further into this. An additional advantage is that […]

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A short trip to Paris

With a short trip to Paris you can always make me happy. Paris has so much to offer and you could spend weeks there. And within a few hours travel, you are in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe (you can also make a stop on the way see my article Musée Matisse […]

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Achieve your goal in 6 steps

Numerous books and articles have been written about how best to reach your goal. Many roads lead to Rome. What works for one person is absolutely inapplicable to the other. What I always find the most important is to determine what my goal really is. What is important to me and what do I want […]

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Opera Royal at Chateau de Versailles

If you go to Chateau de Versailles in Paris, you do not think so quickly to attend an opera performance there. Yet it is very nice to do that. In a historic building like Versailles, attending an opera is an unforgettable experience. I went to Mozart’s opera “Cosi Fan Tutte” in Versailles, and I really […]

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The best artichoke and peas houmous

There are a lot of variations on the original houmous (or also written as hummus, humus, hoummous or hoemus). This artichoke and peas houmous, or actually a kind of spread, is much lighter than the original, and is made on the basis of artichoke hearts and peas. The original is houmous made with chickpeas, tahini, […]

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Fondation Louis Vuitton: a beautiful museum

The Fondation Louis Vuitton is a beautiful museum at the Blois de Boulogne in Paris and was opened at the end of 2014. The building was designed by Frank Gehry. This architect has also designed the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao. Both very high-profile buildings that you can keep watching and can be seen as designed by […]

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A White Christmas cocktail

A White Christmas cocktail the ultimate cocktail for Christmas. But it is not only very delicious with Christmas, for example as a welcome drink: you can enjoy it all year round. Just because the cocktail is white, and decorated with pomegranate and a sprig of mint, that just gives the Christmas an extra nice accent […]

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Musée Matisse du Cateau-Cambrésis

The Musée Matisse du Cateau-Cambrésis is situated in the French village of Le Cateau-Cambrésis. This is the place where Henri Matisse was born in 1869. The museum (near Cambray) is certainly worth a visit. It was founded by Matisse himself in 1952 and reopened after a thorough renovation in 1982. After his death, his family […]

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The best vitamin smoothie

This delicious vitamin smoothie with turmeric and ginger is a true vitamin bomb. Certainly in winter if your energy is somewhat less because of the short days and the cold, you can use a boost. For this, this vitamin smoothie with turmeric and ginger is extremely suitable. It is full of vitamin and other boosts. […]

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Couscous salad for your lunchbox

This Couscous salad for your lunchbox is very suitable if you want to eat something different at noon and do not feel like a regular salad. Through the dressing with mandarin and lime, it tastes nice and fresh. The couscous salad is light and yet this salad fills up well so that you will spend […]

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9 tips against Winter Blues

Many people suffer from it during the winter: winter blues. The days are short and often you go to work in the dark and come home in the dark. In addition, there are weeks that you do not see the sun. I always have some problems with winter blues I have to confess. I always […]

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