Beanie Mail!

 

We received a letter from one of the mail delivery companies last week!

It said they had a package for us, but we needed to answer some questions before they wanted to send it to us.

So we logged in to their website to see what they wanted to know about the two of us, before sending us this mysterious package.

On their site it said it was from Beanie!

They wanted to know if we bought what was in the package or if it was a present.

Well, we didn't know Beanie sent a package, so it had to be a present.

Then they asked us: What's in the package?

Ehm... We don't know? It's a present!

Next question: How many items are in it?

Eh...?

We had to give a number, so put in 2.

Yet another impossible question: What's its value?

again we just fudged a number, because: How would we know?!

After these questions we could leave another comment, so we once again told them we didn't know what or how much was in the surprise package we didn't know about until they told us!

After filling out this list of questions they sent us an email telling us they'd deliver the package on Saturday. And we'd have to be home to receive it.

...

So of course they just pushed the package through the mailslot.

Sometimes the mail delivery companies are weird!

But just look at all the cool Bus Bingo Prizes we won!

Thank you, Beanie! We love them!

Gilbert - Birthday Awesomeness

 

It was our birthday, yesterday!

We received a cool wooden birthday card with a standard so it can be easily displayed!

Thanks, G&J!

Our owner received roses.

We got to open our birthday presents from Miki, and I just have to show the awesome Wrex statue she sent us. There was a really cool dragon and notebooks as well! 

Thanks, Miki!!

We went into town for birthday shopping. 

After buying lots of silly and yummy stuff at the discount store it was time for a birthday drink.

And a Vlammenkouk.

YUM!

Next we went book shopping.

I took a photo of the church across from the bookstore.

Our birthday book haul.

In the evening we relaxed and read at home with yummy snacks and drinks. 

Thanks, E. for the wonderful day.

Quick Catch Up 2025

 

So I decided to do a catch up post of stuff I did in 2025 that I didn't blog about.

From here on out I'm going to try to update you on new adventures as soon as possible.

Highlights in May:

The Chocolate Factory

And French Fries.

Lunch with friends in Winschoten

July:

The Hortus in Haren

November:

Day trip to Leiden

Next in November:

Spellenspektakel!

December:

spotted a dinosaur in Zwolle

Christmas:

We got lots of awesome presents from Miki

Check Sullivan's review blog post for other awesome mail we got

Snow in Groningen

 

All the best wishes for 2026!

I will try to catch up and post more regularly, piggy swear!

For today just some pictures of snow in Groningen.

Gilbert - A Fun Trip part 4: Deventer (3)

 

At the end of Scary/Narrow Street there was another church.

If I remember correctly it was the Broederenkerk.

Let's have a closer look.

Inside there was a gate so we couldn't tour the whole church. 

We could only visit the portal.

We did peek through the gate of course. 

There were altars and statues for a couple of saints.

I forgot who this guy is.

A Maria altar.

Another peek the gate.

The other saints had lighted candles, but Joseph didn't, so we lighted two candles.

We then walked back to the town square.

After a last look around we decided to go back to the car.

On our way back I spotted this painting.

Oh, a Charles Dickens museum.

It was closed though.

But wait...

I spotted someone climbing down a rope made of blankets.

It turned out to be part of the museum.

It seems she's called Johanna.

Not sure why she was climbing down the building.

Random cool art in a window.

Cool art on a garage door.

Pretty house.

And then it was time to drive back to Diana's house.

My souvenir from Deventer:

A McPig sized suitcase filled with Deventer Kruidkoek

(a sort of cake with ginger in it)

Next:

Well.... I'm going on another trip, so we will see what I post next.