The weekend is perfect to get some house chores done, and get some well-deserved rest after a busy workweek and prepare for the next one. And it is a good time to update our weblog!
We are really settled into our new home now, so it’s about time to show you around the apartment! I guess you can imagine why we are really pleased with this space.
Last night we moved into our new apartment and this first night in our new home, we already got to see a spectacular sunset from our balcony. The other day, we also happened to see a spectacular double rainbow. Enjoy some pictures of these weather phenomena below, amongst a few others of our first two weeks back in Yellowknife. We will put up some pictures of the inside of our apartment as soon as we are settled in. We are now busy unpacking all our stuff and making it our home for the next 10 months.
And here are a few more pictures that were still on our camera, which we like to show you.
There are some pictures of the barbecue we had with Harma on her roof and of Judith’s annual meeting with her four best high school friends. Also, two pictures of us at the airport, waiting to fly back to the Knife.
Yes, we’re back (see our blog post below)! So, next time we’ll be showing you Yellowknife updates and pictures again.
I thought I’d put up some pictures of our stay in the Netherlands and this is a first post with a small overview of the weekend of July 24-27, when Catherine (from Yellowknife!!) was visiting us. We had a great time showing her around in our home town and home province of Groningen.
It’s been just over a week since we got back in the Netherlands for our 6 week holiday. Fortunately, we didn’t have a bad jetlag this time and we have adjusted well back to our Dutch life. We already visited some friends and family and picked up our rabbits at our bunny-sitter’s place. Of course, we already took quite a few pictures here. However, there are still some pictures from the last weeks of our stay in Yellowknife that we want to show you as well. Therefore, enjoy the photos below:
A lot of things happening here
Were quite busy taking care of everything for next year. It is a lot of work. Luckily we have a lot of people helping us out. There is not much work for Bas anymore, since the exams are starting, but he already started prepping for next year. It is almost clear what kind of classes he will teach, but we’re still waiting for the definite schedule. Next to that he has to get all kind of letters and “proof” to get a good position on the grid. Is that important? Well, it means being paid a lot more, so, yes!
Judith is having some work for Talaria again, which is pretty nice as well! Hopefully that continues over the summer!
The last two weeks in Yellowknife
We’ll have more dinner parties, Graduation ceremonies, a Time Trial Bike Race, more prepping for Bas and visiting his new school and new collegues. July 5 we’re flying out to Edmonton. July 6 we’ll continue to Amsterdam with a short stop in Chicago. We still need to pack and bring some stuff to friends that will store it for us over the summer. Neat we have people willing to do that for us!
Not to be mean, but….
Don’t expect us to be rushing all over the country the entire summer to see all of our friends and family. Bas is flying out again on August 17, Judith may be on that flight as well, or, if she has a gig for Talaria that requires her to be in The Netherlands a bit longer, a few weeks later. But as it seems we both are busy prepping for next year, doing work for Talaria, etc etc etc. We love you, we welcome you to come and visit us in Yellowknife, but we’ll definitely have to disappoint people by not being able to visit them this summer.
Photos
Quite a few actually…. enjoy!
After the great news in our last blog post, we thought it was time for a photo update. We took a few pictures at different occasions over the last couple of weeks. Enjoy!
It’s June… already! Time flies by when you’re having fun. One more month and then we’re flying back to the Netherlands. Many people have asked us what our plans are for next school year. To be honest: we would like to stay longer in Yellowknife, because we really enjoy our life here… However, we don’t know yet what possibilities will come up. For now, we expect to be back in the Netherlands on July 7 and we will definitely have awesome memories and photos of our stay here. (To all Dutchies: “gelukkig hebben we de foto’s nog… :)”) We sure hope you enjoy watching these pictures as much as we enjoyed taking them!
Here are a few pictures of last weekend:
