Eline and Camiel didn't have school this week, it was autumn break! And it came just in time. They were both exhausted from all the new impressions over the last couple of weeks. Getting used to everything is sucking out all of their (and our) energy. The weather was great and gave us a chance to... Continue Reading →

We've had a very nice family weekend! Yesterday we visited Tokyo Sea Life Park in Edogawa. It's very nice and has a lot of aquariums! We saw shark, many colorful, large and small fish and a large school of Tuna! The kids had a lot of fun. We had lunch there and went home again. We had... Continue Reading →

We've had a trying week! Culture shock definitely showed its face this week. On Monday I was at home and there was a knock on the door. When I opened it Eline stood before me, where she SHOULD be in the kindergarten. I asked her how she got there and if the kindergarten knew she... Continue Reading →

Last night Sander got home from Belgium. It's good to have him home again! It was a busy week! Camiel got his school uniform and is doing well in school. He's getting extra English lessons and will soon start with homework for that. He's participating well in class, but of course a little quiet. He... Continue Reading →

Sander is now in Belgium for work. We had a productive Saturday before he left, getting most school supplies and iPads. I ordered the remaining supplies online, which were delivered yesterday. We don't have the school uniforms yet, but they should arrive this week. Today was the first day of school. We had to get... Continue Reading →

Finally everybody had a good night's sleep. And... during breakfast we had MILK! Somehow it tasted a bit different though. We tried to read the ingredients, but everything was in Japanese... We did see some percentages written down and figured out that the milk contained 8% of fat! Now that is whole milk! It tasted... Continue Reading →

So... following up on the 'proud to have found milk' story: during breakfast today we tried the 'milk'. I've never seen my daughter with a more grossed out face! Not quite understanding why, Sander tried it as well, concluding it was butter milk. Okay... next one: it turned out to be some kind of yogurt... Continue Reading →