One Week of Summer!

It is finally Summer! We have had constant sunshine and about 25ºC for the past 10 days! Totally unexpected but too awesome! Last weekend was really nice and sunny and warm but we really didn’t think the nice weather would last, it never seems to so far. This is only the second week of warm sunny weather we have had the whole year! Too sad! The other was over Easter. Unfortunately the good weather is coming to an end this week =( Tomorrow evening the clouds arrives followed by wind and rain from Tuesday and a huge drop in temperatures by Wednesday/Thursday. Autumn is upon us! At least now we have more warm fuzzy Summer feelings to get us through the winter =)

Justin flew to Israel on Friday night where he will be for meetings for a new project there until Wednesday. Sounds like it is much toastier there than here! But daylight saving time ended there last night/today, something we can look forward to at the end of October, joy. He had the day off yesterday but meetings started today. Weekend time in Israel is Friday Saturday for Shabbat. Although Justin had the day off yesterday he couldn’t do too much as there was no public transport & everything was closed, lol. But he did make it to the beach and enjoyed soaking up the sunshine =) Sounds like the first round of meetings went well today and that he is being fed well! Lol. Have a kewl time & travel safe Boib! I’m sure he will tell us more about his trip when he gets back =)

Yesterday Bron made the most of the weather and cycled to the beach with a new friend from work. I met her in Delft and then we cycled to Kijkduin, about 15-20km away. It was really nice hanging out with her and being outside in the sunshine! I was super keen for a swim but it was a bit late already by the time we got there so next time. And on the way back we stopped for ice creams =)

Bron also braved trying a new hairdresser this week, the first haircut in the Netherlands! Justin goes to the local kapper around the corner but it looks more like a gents hairdresser than a ladies one. I am always nervous when trying out a new hairdresser but I think it went ok! It looks similar to the pics of when we were in Dubai.

In other news our first Amazon package arrived this week! We were super excited! It is impossible to find certain things in the Netherlands so I have a feeling Amazon will be our new BFF! This parcel contained a few DK Eyewitness Travel books and the board game Dominion, all in English! Another thing I have been struggling to find is bath towels larger than 70x140cm. I finally found some today on sale, I was super excited =)

The next item on our travel itinerary is a night in Maastricht mid-October. Really looking forward! Hope the weather will be ok… And we are expecting friends from Cape Town; Kirsty and then Martin and his new wife Kirsten; to visit us soon as well. Really looking forward to having you guys stay with us! 

Last piece of news, my sister Michelle and her husband Graham leave for their epic 3.5 month holiday next Saturday! They are going to South America for ~2 months, Australia for a week and SA for 3 weeks. It will be their first Christmas in SA in 6 years! Enjoy guys! Hope you have a super fantastic time! Travel safe and don't forget the sun block!! Bon voyage!

Sorry no pictures this week! Hope you have had a good week!

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