Snowed in...

 Have I mentioned is winter in Romania? -22C in the night and heavy snowing... Pretty decent for skiing, not so efficient for waddling the streets :) Below, couple of pictures from Brasov:

Winter wonderland

It is snowing in our little village in Belgium. This is the first time in years to experience a fresh first snow. It is fascinating after living in the desert for 7 years..

This year it was not possible to have a ski break due to...you know... we are bloated... But next year we will be for sure on the slopes! Mr. Van at the apres-ski :)

Bali - part one

We just returned from our one week trip to Bali. It was absolutely fantastic.

We enjoyed the beach, the temples and the seafood dinners. Here are some pictures of our first days at the beach in Nusa Dua and visiting the Tanah Lot      Temple. Tanah Lot is the temple by the sea built by the 15th century priest Nirartha. The temple is one of the seven sea temples by the balinese coast. You can read more about it here.

Nusa Dua Beach

Ubud rice fields

Tanah Lot Temple

Small balinese temple next to Tanah Lot

Smaller sea temple at Tanah Lot

Around the property

We were almost going on vacation when I realized that you did you receive a proper tour of our Vietnamese estate. So here are some pictures... Enjoy!

Animals around the place

Neighboring houses 

Pond/lake, depending on how much it rains

Entrance to main road

Petrol sales are quite low in the area

Across the street neighbors

Entrance to our resort

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On the way to our house

Pond/lake #2

And you would think the resort would be famous for its seafood...

That truck still works!

Resort guests laundry drying facility

Towards the beach

The beach during winter is depressing

Paths

The other end of the beach

Do you see that balcony on the 1st floor? That's where we live..

MiniVan Stuff

Our child has just graduated to growing baby-fat, but we are going crazy around here…

We already have the room ready, a stroller and some clothes. Yeah… I love when people just think of bringing us stuff because they saw something tiny and cute…

So let us present you the MiniVan wardrobe at the respectable age of 23 in-belly weeks…

Here is what Santa brought for the MV… Somebody's gonna be Santa's Assistant next year….

Here is the furniture…

And here is Mrs Van still hoping that it will be a girl…

New Year Tour

This is how people around the world celebrated New Year's...

Times Square NY

Burj Khalifa Dubai

Greece Acropolis

Red Square Moscow

Sydney Opera House

Beijing China

Tokyo Japan

Singapore


This is us celebrating in Hoa Sim Vietnam.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!