RE: Little treasures! (My entry for #treasurefinds)
Oh, these are TOTAL treasures! For some reason I didn't realise that you lived in the Netherlands!! I love that tradition - and what a cute word for it. I wish we held them in higher esteem here!!! Where does the Aunt live?
It's so sweet that she found presents for people and is so thoughtful. Did your wife like the ceramic dish? I still have one that's green in the shape of a cabbage leaf that my boy bought me in England years ago!! I won't ever get rid of it as he bought it for me. Actually, it's quite nice so I can't really complain!!
You don't have to be ashamed about being a Star Wars geek, lol, I was a total Star Wars fan as a kid and still watch them every few years. I still remember being about 7 years old and going to the cinema to watch it with my parents and looking up and seeing these huge banners of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo - a real memory of childhish joy and wonder.
Thanks for your awesome entry, I loved hearing about kringloop and kringlopen!!
Her aunt (one of many...) lives in Australia which is where we are originally from... music brought us to Europe... interestingly enough, our kids consider themselves to be Dutch and no at all Australian... and are a bit disappointed to know that they have Australian citizenships!
My wife loves the dish... it's perhaps not exactly what she would have chosen herself, but it is the attachment to the thought and memory that makes it special!
We are planning a trip to the local kringloop soon... we are looking to replace some of our coffee cups (for cappuccinos and espressos...). Over the years, we've lost a few to the floor and to the dishwasher (not me, the mechanical one...).
Haha, cups have a way of being smashed! Check the #treasurefinds tag for a very Aussie cup find at an oppie!
See, i KNEW you were Australian. Do you get homesick? Sounds like you are ensconced there which is lovely. Maybe your kids will appreciate the passports when they get older... certainly many Europeans would be jealous of one! Sadly we never got around to getting my kid a British passport but we did get him citizenship when we lived there. He is 22 now.
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My wife got really homesick this last time... for me, I'm not so fussed one way or another! But my wife does have a large family which all gets on really well, so there is that... for myself, I only had a small nuclear family... we get on really decently, but it isn't the same a huge extended family!