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Ideas for Christmas Presents for Small Children (1-2 years)

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Life in The Netherlands – Weather

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Ideas for Christmas Presents for Babies (0-12 months)

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Gardaland Amusement Park, Italy

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We use our Babyzen Yoyo stroller in our travels because it is more convenient for us, especially when we don’t have checked in baggage (it fits in the overhead compartment in the airplane so we don’t have to wait for the stroller to be delivered on the luggage belts). We received many questions about this stroller and our answers are always the same: it is a great looking stroller, very fashionable (it has so many beautiful colors for the covers), very light, it packs and unpacks easily (even I can wear it on my shoulder, like a larger bag) and it has a good sleeping position. All in all, we are happy with it. Do we recommend it? It really depends. It is an expensive stroller and probably there are other travel strollers on the market that are way cheaper (although @babyzenstrollers told us that Yoyo wasn’t designed as a travel stroller, but as a day by day one). If the budget is not a problem then yes, we do recommend it! However, we had some problems with the wheels at the beginning, but it was finally sorted out with a new chassis sent by Babyzen. And it can be quite hard to use on cobbled stone streets (like the ones in Sevilla). But choosing a travel stroller means compromising a bit of comfort, unfortunately no stroller can have them all... #prinlumecom #prinlumeinandalucia #andalucia #sevilla
Palm trees are the definition of vacation ❤️ #prinlumecom #prinlumeinandalucia #andalucia #sevilla
We’ve taken so many pictures at Plaza de Espana that we could fill our feed for a month using only those pictures :))) But it’s just an amazing place, it totally deserves its fame! :) And I’ll finally go to sleep and stop posting at 2AM :D #prinlumecom #prinlumeinandalucia #andalucia #sevilla
We are madly in love with Sevilla! We didn’t know what to expect from this city, we had no expectations at all and honestly we didn’t research too much about it as we wanted to be surprised (actually we didn’t have time to properly plan it :D). But it was amazing and we definitely want to go back! Writing this post from the bus on our way to Eindhoven :) Our flight to Eindhoven was diverted to... Koln :))))))) Eindhoven airport was closed due to fog so yup, we landed in Koln and we’re on our way to our friends home now. We’ll upload our stories in the evening, it was quite an adventure :))) #prinlumecom #prinlumeinandalucia #andalucia #sevilla
We had a list of things to see in Sevilla but we didn’t open it once :)) We just wandered the streets and seen the city at a really slow pace. We had tapas (probably a bit too many of them hahaha), we’ve seen flamenco shows in the street (and they were sooo lovely!) and we enjoyed everything about this lively city. We can definitely say that this is our favourite city in Spain (even though we haven’t seen so many of them)! #prinlumecom #prinlumeinandalucia #andalucia #sevilla
City views from Metropol Parasol #prinlumecom #prinlumeinandalucia #andalucia #sevilla
We found the nicest elevator in the world! At least for Alexei, who was fascinated by the lights, more than the touristic attraction itself (Las Setas or Metropol Parasol in Sevilla). However, I really loved the view of the city seen from the highest platform from Las Setas :) Probably La Giralda tower is a better alternative to see the view from above but honestly, we couldn’t stay at the endless queue, it was just too much time for a toddler to bare :) #prinlumecom #prinlumeinandalucia #andalucia #sevilla
If I were to live in Sevilla, I would go to Plaza de Espana every day, find a place on the stairs, have my morning coffee there, just look around and enjoy the beauty of this square. I love every inch of this place and I already told Andrei that I want to see it again these days while we are in Sevilla (even if we’ll miss other attractions). The old town center is also great (never actually thought that Sevilla can be so amazingly beautiful!) but Plaza de Espana is by far my favourite place! PS: my belt is from @conceptoline , ordered it as I wanted something practical (and chic :D) for our travels, the dress is a wool dress that I found at Zara sales (in store) in Utrecht #prinlumecom #prinlumeinandalucia #andalucia #sevilla
Aaaaand we’re in Sevilla! It’s raining cats and dogs, we’re all soaked but it’s such a nice city! There are so many people outside, walking in the rain, taking pictures, having tapas at the heated terraces, everything is so alive here :) It’s so obvious why us, people from the southern Europe have such a hard time to adapt to a northern European country. It’s just about the vibe, the way we are used to live, the human interaction. We wouldn’t see ourselves living in Spain but we do understand why we like it so much. It’s just extremely similar to Romania :) #prinlumecom #prinlumeinandalucia #sevilla
Just posted a new article from our “Moving to NL” series. We’re taking about our (almost) first three months in NL, things are for sure way better now, a bit more comfortable and settled. We’re starting to have a daily routine, to enjoy our evenings at home, our full of activities weekends, our trips in or outside The Netherlands and step by step we’re starting to accept the social differences that shocked us so much in the first phase of our move #prinlumecom #prinlumemovingtonl #netherlands #nl #amersfoort
Tomorrow we’re going to Sevilla! It feels good to be back on track with our travels :) Last two months have been so chaotic that we simply couldn’t think about traveling or planning trips. We only visited the nearby towns in The Netherlands but that’s about it, our energy level was... way below sea level :) But now that we’re settled and everything seems to be better from all points of view, we’re starting to take advantage of our great location :) There are so many flights, so many new destinations, it’s just too tempting :) But for now, can’t wait to enjoy a bit of Spanish vibes in Sevilla :) #prinlumecom
In NL, kids are dirty and snotty. They play in the mud, they have their clothes spotted, they don’t wear hats or gloves and they go outside even if it’s raining. Dutch people have a really nice saying “you’re not made of sugar”, meaning that you won’t melt down if it rains on you :) So I’m trying to adapt to the Dutch relaxed way of living and go out with Alexei as much as possible. Even when it’s cold and rainy as it was in the past few days. I just dress him properly (the @ielm.ro overall is waterproof and really easy to wash), the Baby Bogs boots are waterproof as well, so he’s covered :) I, on the other hand, desperately need waterproof boots as my sneakers are definitely not good for the Dutch weather (and my boots are in general... oh well, too fashion for muddy alleys :D) #prinlumecom #netherlands #utrecht #ielmprinlume @ielm.ro
Forgot how cool Den Haag can be :) #prinlumecom #netherlands #denhaag #hague
These days we’ve been busy with all sort of administrative tasks: obtaining a GP (general practitioner) appointment (which went pretty well, let’s see if we’ll get a visit to a specialist), searching for day care (but we finally decided that we won’t take Alexei to daycare due to our hectic travelling schedule in the upcoming months), applying to jobs and trying to decide what’s our plan for the next four months (when our rental contract will come to an end). Things are way better than they used to be :) We still have many things to solve but they’re just... part of our lives now. We stopped judging, being dissapointed and frustrated and it feels good. Not sure how our lives will look like after these four months, if we will decide to stay in NL or not but... we’ve decided to make the most of this time and be more positive :) #prinlumecom #prinlumemovingtonl #nl #netherlands #houten
Sooo in two months from now we’ll go to Canada! Hope Alexei will see a bit of snow in Montreal as in NL I don’t think there’s any chance of snowing this season :) However, two years ago in March we had the chance to see frozen canals in Amsterdam and it was quite something :) This picture was taken last year at Capilano Suspension Bridge (close to Vancouver) and I was literally almost crying hahaha, that’s how scared I was to cross that bridge with Alexei in my arms :) #prinlumecom #prinlumeinvancouver #vancouver

Recent Posts

  • Life in The Netherlands – 3 months status January 17, 2020
  • Relocation Impact on an 18 months old child January 12, 2020
  • Houten, The Netherlands January 6, 2020
  • Ideas for Christmas Presents for Small Children (1-2 years) December 20, 2019
  • Life in The Netherlands – Weather December 18, 2019
  • Ideas for Christmas Presents for Babies (0-12 months) December 14, 2019
  • Gardaland Amusement Park, Italy November 19, 2019
  • Life in The Netherlands – First Weeks November 12, 2019
  • We’re moving to The Netherlands! – part 3 November 6, 2019
  • Mukibooks Quiet Books November 3, 2019

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