Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!!!

It's time for the spookiest day of the year, besides exam days and dentist appointments. Today is the day we are actually allowed to dress up, without getting weird looks, go trick or treating, have a ghostly rave party, or whatever people do on Halloween. As a Dutch person I'm only just getting the hang of Halloween. It's not a very big happening here yet, although it's going to be in the future, mark my words! Just look at the generation of my youngest sister for example, she's 14 now and for years she's been interesting in the concept of Halloween, together with her friends she even introduced trick or treat in our neighbourhood and they also throw this fun Halloween party every year. Besides my sisters interest in Halloween there's also the commercial interest in Halloween, for example by theme parks. Throughout Holland theme parks have special Halloween nights where they have longer opening hours, have spooks roaming their grounds creeping out whomever walks past.  

Last year I got the ultimate Halloween experience, at home I carved some pumpkins, but on the 31st of October, the real Halloween night, I was in Brighton. There Halloween is a much bigger thing than over here so it was an amazing experience, although I was slightly afraid of being outside with all the people with their fake blood and axes. And..... that day I also went to see The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire, also known as TATINOF, in Halloween style. I'll never forget Dan as Shrek and Phil as Thor, it truly was an unique TATINOF experience and I loved every bit about it , oh and I cried. Yes that also happened. 

TATINOF

This year however, there was no Brighton, nor a TATINOF show to attend (besides the one now available for purchase on Youtube) (totally not sponsored by the way, just fangirling). No, this year I had to stick to the pumpkin carving and attending a Halloween night at a local theme park. The pumpkin carving was the fun part, well the theme park was not a complete waist either but it was worse than the dressed up people in Brighton as the spooks in the theme park just loved going after me......

Let me explain this a bit more. My friend and I were already in the theme park in the afternoon to, you know, just enjoy the rides and the peacefulness of wandering around the park without constantly being chased by clowns, Romans or horror brides. But then.... dun dun dun, darkness fell upon the park and suddenly it was swarming with spooks. Now I thought I was being smart and prepared here. My strategy was to look the spooks straight in the eye to show them how confident I was and so they hopefully wouldn't start chasing me. But I was wrong, oh so wrong. It didn't work at all, my strategy just backfired right at me. All the spooks were chasing me, not even one of them wanted to chase my friend. Maybe it's a compliment?! Not too confident about that though. Anyway this resulted in a horror bride screaming in my ear, zombie Romans entering my personal space and pointing their spears at mY FLIPPING FACE, clowns beeping their horns in my face and just the general being chased by men with chainsaws. How lovely. I definitely prefer Rory the Roman, when it comes to the Romans that is. (Doctor who reference intended).

Now I did like that day but man the spooks were against me there and for next year I really have to up my confidence and anti spook strategy. So just so you know making eye-contact does NOT WORK.....

So yeah, basically that was my Halloween experience for this year. Yeah 2016 what a blast. For tonight I'm going to meet up with the friend I went to see TATINOF with last year and we're going to watch TATINOF the movie! A much better way of spending Halloween in my opinion, and yes I'm taking tissues!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYBODY!! Just five more hours until Christmas though......

ThatDutchGirl96

With the bae, my only friend that day. 

Seasonal drinks.

Hey people!

(Cheeky picture of my own neighbourhood,
taken with a canon EOS1000)

IT'S AUTUMN AGAIN!!!! Temperatures are dropping, nature is becoming a beautifully warm colour pallet, and sweaters are legal again. Slowly humanity is climbing out of their autumn depression and starts appreciating the seasonal changes. Even though I'm very much a summer child, I absolutely adore autumn. I love the colours, sweaters, long walks through a beautiful forest and of course the hot drinks.

It's been almost 6 months since these drinks left my everyday life. Well beside coffee, coffee is my every-season-hot-drink. It just never leaves my side, and I very much appreciate that. However it is time to break apart with coffee for a bit, not completely, hell no. With morning shifts that start at 7 I wouldn't survive without my trusted friend coffee. No, during the next months I will invite more hot-drink-friends over again. Tea is welcome again, not the iced tea, just the hot tea that caused a 
2nd grade burn on my chin last year, kind of tea. Hot chocolate is making an incredible entrance again, and yes I did purchase some mini marshmallows already. 

Because what better way to keep your body and soul warm when the temperature drops and your fingertips feel like little ice buckets after a bicycle ride, than with a lovely hot beverage. Autumn and winter bring it on! I am ready for you. 

Now I already mentioned how coffee is my hot drink best friend throughout the year.  And with coffee, I don't just mean the black gold that charges my mental energy bar every morning. NO I mean a lot of types of coffee like, (flavoured) latte macchiatos,and  cappuccinos (a new hot drink friend). Then there are all the different kinds of tea. Star-mint, green tea, chamomile, caramelised pear, apple cinnamon, autumn storm, winter glow, earl grey. Let's just say I'm not very picky when it comes to tea flavours, but don't you dare approach me with a fruity flavoured tea. I will destroy those. Worst teas ever! (In my opinion though, I don't want to offend and get chased by all you fruity tea lovers out there!) 

(Source: www.russianfoods.com,
this one looks so good!!!)

Then, last but not least, the hot chocolate. A hot drink my physical state, well more like my diabetes, doesn't really like. You know with the big amount of carbs in there and all. God forbid me putting any mini marshmallows in, thankfully I'm not religious because I love my mini marshmallows. Oh and don't forget the whipped creme. (I'm starting to drool all over my keyboard). Yes hot chocolate, together with just normal, not drinkable chocolate one of my favourite sweet things in the entire universe. Well, earth. But then again, diabetes, and struggles so I have to restrain myself to one cup of hot chocolate per time. I can't go all crazy, drinking 4 hot chocolates in a row, well actually I could but I don't want to spent that much insulin just on hot chocolates. So yeah, diabetes struggles. 

However that does leave me with my teas and coffees, so I'm still a happy person. Autumn bring it on! I am ready! Also I'm kind of convincing my mum to buy me and my sister some nice pumpkins to carve :). Perks of still living at home...... 
Oh almost forgot, I'm also going to the Halloween nights at a local amusement park for which I'm pretty excited! Lot's of amazing days out coming up the next months! Be ready for them!

Lots of love,
ThatDutchGirl96

It's October!

Hey guys!

It's freaking October!! This is crazy, it feels as if the year has only just started whilst it's actually coming to an end already. But the end can't come before we celebrated some of the most excited festivities of the year: Halloween and Christmas.

But it's October and not just any October it's the 2015th October! An October which is even more exciting as my youngest sister is now officially becoming a teen, I'm going on a trip to Brighton, a new internship will start, I'm going to see Fall Out Boy in concert, Halloween and I'm going go karting for the very first time! Yes a lot of awesome things are about to happen this month and I'm super excited already.

The start of October also means that it's officially autumn! Time to bring out all the sweaters, hot chocolates, teas, (mini) marshmallows, fairy lights and a decent pair shoes. A decent pair of shoes? Yes during autumn and winter too you will need some decent shoes to walk on or you (or your shoes) won't survive those beautiful autumnal walks through forests. (duhh) 

Lovers of nature, charge your phones and cameras, put on that cute outfit, don't forget your coats and leave the house. The leaves are changing colour and slowly letting go of that good old branch before hitting the ground. Fields of grass and grey asphalted roads turn in different colours as the fallen leaves form a new layer on top of the trusted green and grey. 

The days are getting shorter, the nights longer. Temperatures are slowly dropping and before we know it we have forgotten what sunshine looks like as grey clouds cover the once blue skies. 

Yes it is October, it will last for 31 days only so be quick and make the most of it. Before you know it the 2015th October has passed and we'll be stuck in November for 30 days. October is now and there is so much left to see and do so don't you dare stay inside all day. The sun is still out and the temperatures are still okay. Don't waist all the beautiful things October has to offer.

Lots of love,
ThatDutchGirl96

Autumn!

Hello,

So a couple of days ago we had to change back to wintertime again. Daylight becomes a rarer thing whilst darkness takes over more and more time a day. Most days I have to leave the house in the dark and come back home in the dark as well. This pretty much sucks because whenever daylight brightens up the world for the few hours it gets, I am just sitting inside listening to a teacher's (wise) words and the talking and whispering of my classmates and other people that roam the halls of the school I attend. So whenever I have a day off and it's not raining I like to get outside, go on a walk or just enjoy the presence of daylight. 

Back to autumn. There are various reasons why I love autumn so much:

• Candles.
• The right time and temperature for wearing a onesie.
• Fairy lights.
• Autumn/winter room make-over.
• Tea & Hot chocolate.
• Leaves changing colours and making the world seem like a very warm coloured, nice and cosy place.
•  Fires in fireplaces.
• Cosy socks.
• Sweater Weather.

There are many more reasons why I love autumn so much but those were lost inside the continuous information flow that runs through my brain.

During spring and summer my room has had a sea-ish theme. I've chosen for this theme because ever since I was a little kid I've had this weird obsession with the sea and everything that is related to it. Maybe this is the explanation for me spending so much time at the river that flows in front of my house. 
Just the calming sounds of waves crashing against the rocks or on the sand. The wind blowing through my hair.
However the summer has passed I let the sea theme remain in my room with a few autumn / wintery touches like candles, fairy lights and some warm autumny colours:

The pictures above are just a few of the autumn/ wintery touches I added to my room and more have to follow (like a little Christmas tree) but I will leave those until winter has arrived. 

Oh and be prepared.... As Halloween is approaching so are the spooky, halloweeny activities I have done this year :)))

Lots of love,

ThatDutchGirl96