Moved!

We moved in our new house! After a few months of renovation, we were finally ready to receive our container. We unpacked our container during the week, both worked on Friday (dispite the mess) and offcially moved in during the weekend. Moving in our new house has been the most challenging moves we have ever done: we have been extremely spoiled, living as expatriates in usually pretty big size houses. We not only had to downsize, we also miss having staff around us to assist us...

But we did it, and our new place is becoming more and more our new home.

 

World Ride 4 Hope

We did it! We traveled back from Bahrain to the Netherlands. It took us a month and we spend a total of 12 days in Iran. The total amount of kilometers: 9500.

Our journey was amazing, especially visiting Iran was an interesting experience. Mary kept a blog, so if you're curious and want to read more, take a look here.

While driving back to the Netherlands, we have decided to raise money for a good cause. We have decided for the Stichting STOPhersentumoren (foundation STOPbrain tumors).

 

Found a new house

After many months of house hunting (mainly on the internet), we have managed to find ourselves a lovely cosy Dutch house. We will settle in the city of Leiden a beautiful and historical place in the Netherlands. Returning to the Netherlands will be exciting but challenging. After having been abroad for ten years, it is said that returning back 'home' is not always easy. We approach our repatriation as if we're dealing with another new assignment. We'll probably go through all the stages of Culture Shock, but this time with a big difference: Dutch people around us will have no clue what the hell is wrong with us...