Author: rien@rienjanssen.com

Dear friends, it’s been a few weeks since my last post about Artis because I haven’t been quite myself lately. Being dragged from one business meeting to another by mummy – meetings in which my participation was not appreciated – my writing inspiration dropped to a really low point. If it wasn’t for my...

Quality Time in ARTIS, Amsterdam Royal Zoo I was so cross with my mummy this morning!  I wasn’t aware I could have that much of a temper! GRANDPARENT BONDING I spent an entire day planning a fantastic day out for my future mamie and myself as I would like to start “the grandparent bonding...

The last weeks have been full of history. You know, my parents are really culturally minded and they reckon it is important for me to get acquainted with art & culture from a very young age. As I want to impress them after my birth, I am reading as much as I can on...

Hello friends, I have been a little bit bored “down under” lately, so I have been preparing some e-mails to my future mummy as I reckon it is really important to have some pre-birth talks, so that she already has an idea of who will turn up pretty soon. I already apologised to her...

Yearly historic event taking you back to the 16th century I’m so excited!! My parents are taking me to the fantastic historic event in the lovely city of Alkmaar, situated 40 km north-west of Amsterdam – about 30 minutes by car - during the 1st weekend of June. As they noticed how much I...

As a tomato is actually a piece of fruit, more precisely belonging to the berry family, I reckon turning them into jam is really a nice idea. Before sharing mummy’s favourite tomato & apple jam recipe with you, I would like to tell you a bit more about the actual tomato itself as I...

Psst, don’t tell mummy I shared her 3 Amsterdam gourmet street-food favourites with you Everywhere you go in Amsterdam, you can grab something to eat. The choice is extensive. Not only can you choose from different cuisines - ranging from Dutch to something a bit more exotic - but you can also choose how...

Dear friends, Wouldn’t you like to go back 100 years in Dutch time for only a few hours? I found out recently that is it possible! I am so excited to tell you all about my latest discovery. Situated 65 kilometres north of Amsterdam by car – which takes you about 1 hour -...

Updated 1 January 2020 Hi guys, When you think of Holland, most of you will automatically picture Amsterdam.  Beyond doubt, Amsterdam is one of the most fantastic and enchanted  places to go to in the Netherlands, but there are so many other interesting cities worth a visit in the Netherlands, that I consider it ...