Travel Photography
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Summer holidays
This summer, we celebrated our anniversary at Mooiplaas Guesthouse in Oudtshoorn, enjoying the pool while visiting ostriches. We then camped in Sedgefield, relishing a family-friendly site with a lovely lake. After a night in Knysna, we returned to SANParks Ebb & Flow, enjoying community vibes, river swimming, and Redberry Farm.
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Ypres, Kemmel, Leuven & Ghent
In October, Kim had to present the first stage of her doctoral research at the KU Leuven. We all joined on the trip so we could spend some time with my family. The highlight was definitely our family weekend away in Kemmel, the place where I grew up as a kindergartner. I also ran up
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Strasbourg
Last July, I visited Strasbourg for the first time in the context of a work trip. While the weather wasn’t great, Strasbourg was the perfect context for a meetup with my team: very walkable, great food options, and a hotel that had the coziness of a bnb with the advantages of a hotel. The city
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Washington, D.C.
Earlier this year, I went on a work trip to Washington, D.C. About a week after the inauguration, the city was really quiet and felt quite small and cozy somehow. It’s definitely one of the more walkable U.S. cities to get around, and upon arriving I went on a long touristy run to see all
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Plettenberg & Hermanus
During the South African winter, we took some time as a family to enjoy the beautiful coastal region known as the Garden Route. In July, the canola field are beautiful yellow, and the sun on the way made for a great road trip to Plettenberg. We went to the Wolf Sanctuary — the kids were
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Montagu & Plettenberg Bay
Right before the end of my parental leave in October, we went on a holiday. We stayed in Guano Caves in Montagu. The pool was very legit, and our kids loved the animals on the grounds. Then, we continued to Plett, and stayed at the holiday home of a colleague. We’ve been to Plett several
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Summer holidays
During last year’s summer holidays, we had a 1mo baby, so we didn’t travel much at all. In the most recent summer, we changed that. We celebrated our anniversary at Skilpadvlei in Stellenbosch. Then, we spent a few days in Oudtshoorn where we soaked in the dry heat, and had the most wonderful time in
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2024 Running goals
In my 2023 running recap, I hinted at doing my first marathon. Our son had just been born, and I had no clue what was going to be possible, so I didn’t want to commit to anything just yet. My first marathon At the beginning of this year, I decided to enter the Sanlam Cape
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Paris
On the way back from Italy, we needed to go via Paris for an admin issue. During the 2024 Olympics … 😱 We were prepared for the worst, but it was actually the calmest we’d ever seen the city. It seemed that everyone avoided the city unless they were planning to see the Olympics. After
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Ventimiglia & Monaco
Next to spending time with my family in Belgium and France, we also wanted to have some time as a small family unit. We drove to the first town in Italy: Ventimiglia. There, we mostly spent time at the beach. Mila and I also explored the old town together. Since neither of us had been
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Mâcon & Pierrelongue
A few months ago, we were in Europe for a bit. We spent about a month in Ypres, but my favourite part was a camping trip with my parents, and two of my siblings and their families. Because of the long drive and not knowing how Luca would handle it, we stopped in Mâcon, a
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Ypres
From about 6 years of age, I’ve lived in and around Ypres, a small city in Belgium that was important in the Middle Ages due to its cloth industry. This is evidenced in having a cathedral—a church that hosts a bishop—and its massive town square, the Cloth Halls, belfry, and city hall. During the First
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WordCamp Europe in Turin
Even though I’ve attended several WordCamps and have been part of the WordPress community for almost 20 years now—of which more than a decade professionally—I’d only attended one flagship WordCamp: Paris. Since our family was going to be in Europe in June, I signed up for WordCamp Europe in Turin. Here are some of the
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Frankfurt
In March, I went on my first business trip since Barcelona (almost a year before). Like the last time, I met with the senior leadership team of our support division. We met in Frankfurt, a city I had never been to before. While it was a dense time of working, I also found some time
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Barcelona
In March of this year, I went to Barcelona for a work trip. I had been twice before on a youth camp, once as participant and one as leader. It was nice to revisit the city with more freedom (and more money). We stayed in Eixample, just of Rambla de Catalunya. This meant that we
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Plettenberg & Grabouw
In September, we went for a week to Plettenberg Bay. We had a relaxed time, going to the beach several times. The food highlight was definitely Barrington’s, a local brewery with tasty meals. Our usual visit to Île de Païn in Knysna was also on the schedule. On the way back, we stopped in Grabouw
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Tulbagh & Riebeek-Kasteel
When we go away for a weekend in Winter, we almost always find ourselves in the Tulbagh region: beautiful valleys and mountains, nice places to eat, nice places to stroll through. At the beginning of July, we visited the Fraaigelegen farm, a place we had gone to nine years ago with my brother and his
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Keukenhof
Even though I’ve been to Amsterdam multiple times, I had never been to Keukenhof. A few weeks ago, we were in Amsterdam for a few days to attend a wedding, and we took the time to visit the flowers. Admittedly, I’m not the biggest flower fan, so I didn’t have very high expectations, but I
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Leuven and Brussels
We’ve just come back from several weeks in Europe. Mila’s godmother and her partner came down to Leuven for the weekend, and we spent some time in the city where Kim and I met. Next to that, we also sneaked in a quick trip to Brussels. Here are some pics of those trips. In Leuven,
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Summer holidays
Just like last year, we had a mix between camping and staying in cottages during the last December/January holidays. We started with camping in Greyton at Twin Rivers. This camp site is completely off the grid, but has amazingly large sites. We loved staying there as the river is toddler-friendly and just a short walk