Categorie: tourism

• Switzerland & Italy restaurant Top 5 – edition 2022

  My more successful blog posts are the ones on food. This Brussels Restaurants – Edition 2022 was picked up largely. I planned a similar one on my favourite European ones. But then my husband Filip planned the summer holidays in Switzerland and Italy, and I suddenly had the challenge of limiting a European Restaurants post […]

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  september 3, 2022

  creativity, food, restaurants, tourism, travel

  7132 Silver, aalto, andermath, chedi, corvar di badia, glam, grand hotel duché d'aosta, harry's piccolo, herman wines, hostaria da franz, la perla, mila, palazzo venare, Therme1732, trieste, vals, venice

• culinary Athens

  Not many people know I have a past with Greece. After studying Ancient Greek in college, I opted to study interpreting English and Modern Greek. Greece joined the European Union in 1981, so working for the European Parliament seemed like a good career path. It turned out differently, and media became my true passion. Having […]

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  april 19, 2022

  food, restaurants, tourism, travel

  aneton, athens, ctc, food, goulandris foundation, greece, spondi, the old taverna of psarras, varoulko

• Brussels restaurant Top 5 (edition 2022)

  My last review of my favourite restaurants in Brussels dates back from 2012. Time for an update. I promise to review this list on an annual basis from now on. We love traveling, my husband and I. Good hotels and great food are part of the journey. In Brussels, where we have a home, no […]

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  februari 6, 2022

  brussels, food, restaurants, tourism, travel

  amen, fico, la belle maraichere, vertige, villa lorraine

• nomads love no man’s land

  The last 18 months I haven’t been travelling a lot. At the heart of the pandemic I did only a handful of flights compared to the 100+ per year I used to have. Now I’m back on the road and it feels good. Although I feel particularly at home in Geneva and Brussels, I love […]

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  november 4, 2021

  me, me, myself and I, tourism, travel

• Brach, Paris

  It must have been at least ten years ago when a trendwatcher introduced me to Mama Shelter, Paris. It was the very first hotel of what is now a chain, designed by Philippe Starck. It not only offered good rooms, it was also a place for hipsters and other fancy people to mingle and mix. […]

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  februari 7, 2020

  art, food, inspiration, me, myself and I, restaurants, tourism, travel, trends

  brach, mama shelter, paris, philippe starck

• 2016 (new) city top 5

  This is the time of year when everybody is making lists of the past year, before planning new ones for the year to come.  I don’t. I have stored all lists in a cupboard whilst being on xMas holidays. (Instagram, mindfull traveling on the train to Cologne) I have read a multiple of 5 books […]

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  december 19, 2016

  inspiration, me, myself and I, tourism, travel, trends

• BENY – Be New York

  Reisgidsen zijn niet meer van deze tijd. Het hele jaar door scan ik artikels in, die ik keurig stapel in Evernote. Ik heb lijstjes met hotels waar ik verbleef of waar ik ooit nog naartoe wil. Wel al geweest : de Splendido in Portofino. Staat nog op het verlanglijstje en zal daar misschien wel eeuwig […]

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  oktober 12, 2014

  books, tourism, travel, waow

  geronimo productions, lannoo, new york, patrick van rosendaal, robert caplin

• ondernemen op z’n zuiders

  Telkens ik in een mediterraan land kom, sta ik versteld van het ondernemerschap. Het lijkt wel of iedereen een zelfstandig zaakje heeft. Kopen en verkopen zit hier echt in het bloed. Bij sommige klanten wordt er vast een bijzondere meer-waarde gecreëerd als je de originele prijs vergelijkt met de verkoopsprijs. Het valt me hier in […]

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  juli 16, 2014

  creativity, inspiration, management, tourism, travel

• design hotels, made by originals

  When guests leave, I want them to feel that they have just left a magical place full of stories. – Kasemtham Sornsong, The Library, Thailand Koh Samui Ik reis graag. Om nieuwe plaatsen te zien, om terug te komen naar vertrouwde plekken, … maar ook om hotels te ontdekken. Een bijzonder hotel in goed gezelschap […]

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  september 8, 2013

  art, books, creativity, inspiration, marketing, me, myself and I, tourism, trends

  design hotels, design hotels made by originals, leading hotels of the world, tablet hotels, travel

• un weekend à Paris

  Ik kom graag in Parijs. Niet meer dan een dik uurtje sporen van Brussel. En toch ga ik meestal met de wagen. Last minute heen en last minute terug. Net daardoor rij je de lichtstad binnen via Saint Ouen. De uitgebreide antiekmarkten daar in de buurt zijn een goed excuus voor een eerste stop. Sinds een paar maanden is […]

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  augustus 18, 2013

  inspiration, me, myself and I, my interests, tourism, travel, trends

  fondation cartier, la gazzetta, la place royale, ma cocotte, mama shelter, parijs, paris, philippe starck, reistips, ron mueck