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Okay, this weeks blog’s title might not be totally accurate: Hielke is converting a van and I am doing the cooking and trying to unburden him as much as possible so he can make progress on the van. Hielke and I had been fantasizing about converting a van ourselves for quite some time, but it was when we became pregnant that we decided to make this dream a reality. We are really looking forward to all the trips we are going to make with our little baby in this van, but first we have to finish it. This is the first blog in a series about converting our van. This series will be a little bit different than you are used from me, as it will not have as many “pretty pictures”, as we are currently still in the process of renovating the van, which means a lot of dirty clothes and wood filling pictures and more text heavy blogs. Later in the year we hope to make the first trips with our van, we probably will start with a domestic trip to the flower fields and we hope to explore Europe as soon as the borders open up again!

He decided to take his time, but on 6-2-2021 Hugo Xabi was born. His official due date was 29-1-2021, but at that time he was too busy chilling in the womb. We are super happy with the birth of little Huug, overwhelmed with love and joy and also super tired. This blog will feature some pictures of Hugo, a little birth story and I will finish off with my book recommendations as I had lots of time to read during my pregnancy leave.

The travel year 2020 went by a lot different than expected, we had planned many exotic trips to new countries, but by the time we were able to take our summer vacation Italy seemed to be one of the only easy options. We therefore decided to visit an old-time favorite on our way to Tuscany: the Bellagio at the iconic Lake Como. We previously visited this town in 2016 and luckily it hadn’t changed much and was still as lovely as we experienced before. We did learn from our mistake in 2016 and booked a better accommodation. In this blogpost you will find our recommendations for a trip to Lake Como.