tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31521547370182219132024-03-14T15:46:55.994+01:00HEI MARLOUMarlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-26683597513089951922017-04-01T14:35:00.000+02:002017-04-01T14:35:25.929+02:00instamaart<img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/2016/instamaart_zpsrfn5yzso.jpg"><br />
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1 - When March came, spring came!<br />
2 - I met up with an Oslo-friend in Belgium, where we found more spring.<br />
3 - We spent most of the weekend in my Belgium-favorite: Ghent. ❤ <a href="http://dekrook.be/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>De Krook</u></a> offers a new, pretty view.<br />
4 - But the best thing about March: i got a new job! And spent one of the last afternoons at home with <a href="https://shop.flammeforlag.no/products/senteret" target="_blank"><u>a new book</u></a>.<br />
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& <a href="http://instagram.com/heimarlou" target="_blank"><u>more</u></a>!Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-81735646076364535582017-03-03T20:37:00.000+01:002017-03-03T20:37:06.930+01:00instafebruari<img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/2016/instafebruari_zpsbfayzlqp.jpg"><br />
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1 - I always say i've seen most of my country, and i have, but it was a shame i had never been to Leiden yet. Now i have!<br />
2 - Grasnapolsky festival was magical, with this location and most definitely with the snow. Ohhhhh the snow.<br />
3 - I also finally saw Unge Lovende season 2 (and quite some movies, check my <a href="https://letterboxd.com/heimarlou/" target="_blank"><u>Letterboxd</u></a> if you'd like to know which ones).<br />
4 - And i visited another Dutch city for the first time: Hoorn. This is <a href="http://www.zwarteolifant.nl/" target="_blank"><u>De Zwarte Olifant</u></a>, a super cute café.<br />
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& <a href="http://instagram.com/heimarlou" target="_blank"><u>more</u></a>!Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-21023621589326442572017-02-03T09:36:00.000+01:002017-02-03T09:36:10.225+01:00instajanuari<img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/2016/instajanuari17_zpsjgthc1ki.jpg"><br />
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1 - I started the year with 3 weeks of almost daily job coaching/training. Every day in another (cute) café, like this one.<br />
2 - There was snow! Just a little bit, but there was snow!<br />
3 - There was quite a bit of anxiety, too. On the worst day this cutie was waiting when i came home (and made things less hard).<br />
4 - I've been working 24h on a fun project, which is fun. There's no office i have to go to, so i go to <a href="https://www.hethuisutrecht.nl/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>Het Huis</u></a> instead.<br />
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& <a href="http://instagram.com/heimarlou" target="_blank"><u>more</u></a>!Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-82106064242897789752017-01-08T18:04:00.000+01:002017-01-08T18:04:26.973+01:00A winter night in the forest<img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/2016/veluwe1_zps2wl9ekyd.jpg"> <img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/2016/veluwe3_zps95zjvujb.jpg"> <img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/2016/veluwe4_zpswdg7mlct.jpg"><br />
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Velp. Last weekend, I took my parents out winter camping in my favorite national park! We got to stay in a pod at <a href="http://buitenplaatsbeekhuizen.nl/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>this lovely camping spot</u></a>, and seriously felt as if we ended up in a fairy tale. The weather was amazing, the sky blue, the air crisp, and the Veluwe more lovely than ever. I'm pretty sure there couldn't have been a better place to wake up on the last day of 2016.<br />
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This also is a little preview of this new year that's here now: I got selected to test 7+ cabins across the country (and maybe even outside, too) and write a bit about each visit! I can't wait to pack my bags and wake up in nature again.Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-2984115644327969752017-01-05T21:06:00.000+01:002017-01-05T21:06:54.531+01:00instadecember<img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/2016/instadecember_zps3phtir01.jpg"><br />
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1/2 - I basically spent all December looking for a job. Often in cities I don't visit that much, followed by a coffee and a walk.<br />
3 - One weekend was spent in my very favorite city: Oslo! Pust is a new favorite coffee bar.<br />
4 - On the second-last day of the year I packed my bag to go <i>glamping</i> in a cute little cabin in the forest. More about that soon!<br />
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Happy new year, lovelies!<br />
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& <a href="http://instagram.com/heimarlou" target="_blank"><u>more</u></a>!Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-7684862742691622322016-12-31T09:13:00.000+01:002017-01-01T20:23:15.365+01:002016 - október november december<i>Again, it hasn't been the easiest year but damn have I tried. Some of my biggest work-related dreams came true, I've seen lovely places, had amazing people around me, felt loved and supported and sometimes lonely but who does not? I took all chances, have been a crazy lot outside of my comfort zone, found a new home and mostly: I have not given up. There's been panic attacks and anxiety, but I'm still standing and still smiling. I am proud - and so so ready for a new year.</i><br />
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So, here's to the good things, the last 3 months of twenty sixteen:<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">October</span>, I saw Moddi play / had the best housemate holding my hand while hunting mice with me / had a little fun (late) birthday party! / saw the documentary i interpret and subtitled on national tv! / went for the best mushroom lunch / did some interviewing / had lots of job interviews and basically crossed the country because of that / met up with foreign friends in the Netherlands! / had another fun party / built my own little plant-furniture / enjoyed more food & coffee dates with friends / took a plane to Iceland! and Akureyri! / saw snow! / ate lots of liquorice chocolate / went dumpster diving (and found lots of chips).<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">November</span>, I was back in Reykjavík and went on a roadtrip along the south coast! / enjoyed Seljavallalaug (lots)! / enjoyed Airwaves too, especially Árstidir and Of Monsters and Men / was happy to go back to daily life again, too / read books my friends wrote! / got (even more) crazy into Skam / finished uutflükt / spent a weekend in Groningen! / visited the nijntje museum / took photos of one of my writer-heroes / had a little plant exchange with a friend (which made me super happy).<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">December</span>, I started off with a day full of job interviews (and no luck) / enjoyed NRKs Christmas calendar Snøfall lots! / got to hold uutflükt! and launch it! and sell it! / was even interviewed because of uutflükt / enjoyed the cold weather a lot / enjoyed Skam a lot, too / went to Oslo to spend time with my friends, walk around and drink lots of coffee! / sold uutflükt at a Christmas market / had more job interviews... / sang in the middle of the city with my choir / had a first little writing assignment! / spent a lovely long week in the south! / spent a day at the Veluwe and slept in a pod! (because of a writing assignment!) / GOT A JOB!<br />
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<i>Let's stay honest: some mice started to live in our house which made me nervous 24/7 and i spent so much time writing job application letters and going to interviews and not getting a new job (until the last day of the year!)... And almost no money left. There's been panic attacks (at parties), the big cold i got in Iceland went into sinusitis which got me for some more weeks (...) and i felt lonely, bored and sad. But luckily things changed a bit and i got (way) more positive towards the end of the year.</i><br />
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Ps:<br />
<a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2015/12/2015-oktober-november-december.html" target="_blank"><u>2015</u></a> - oktober november december.<br />
<a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2014/12/2014-oktober-november-desember.html" target="_blank"><u>2014</u></a> - oktober november desember.<br />
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Happy 2017, lovely readers! Let's hope at least a couple of your dreams will come true in the upcoming 365 days.<br />
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My only wish is to not lose a job again, get a proper daily life again and earn enough to be able and live the life i'd like to (or maybe first just to be able and pay rent and food) again. I have a winter festival planned in the most pretty surroundings, have big plans to explore my own country a lot, be offline a lot, smile a lot, hopefully spent a week or two in Oslo in May and attend my friend's (summer) wedding in Sweden. Aaaand there's this dream of visiting New York in autumn - we'll see how things go. :)<br />
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❤Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-56597706410471455932016-12-29T09:11:00.000+01:002016-12-29T09:11:02.396+01:002016 - juli augustus september<i>Again, it hasn't been the easiest year but damn have I tried. Some of my biggest work-related dreams came true, I've seen lovely places, had amazing people around me, felt loved and supported and sometimes lonely but who does not? I took all chances, have been a crazy lot outside of my comfort zone, found a new home and mostly: I have not given up. There's been panic attacks and anxiety, but I'm still standing and still smiling. I am proud - and so so ready for a new year.</i><br />
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So, here's to the good things, those 3 months when the weather was best and things changed most:<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">July</span>, I enjoyed some more dinner (and coffee) dates with friends / volunteered as a reporter when the neighborhood park turned into a camping / had friends visiting / spent a complete evening writing postcards / went for lots of walks, with (and without) my parents / got my long-expected summer holiday! / went to Oslo! / (randomly) met one of my political heroes, Jens Stoltenberg / discovered new Oslo-favorites, like Vettakollen and Oslovelo / visited my old-hometown Trondheim for the first time in 3 years and mostly enjoyed Superheroburger (and the cute houses).<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">August</span>, I finished my second big(ger) reportage for a magazine / celebrated my contract not being extended with cake and a friend / got visitors from both Oslo and Belgium! / visited Radio Kootwijk! / loved the heather / started this project called uutflükt and for the first time in months i was excited about something work-related again! / immediately had some fun job interviews! / enjoyed some last after-work events at work / had some awesome colleagues to get me through the shitty last weeks / had my last day at work! / played games, drank wine and ate chocolate with two lovely friends on the evening i became jobless.<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">September</span>, I took a little "holiday" to destress from all the work-stress / started writing on uutflükt / went on the best hike of the year: Connecterra! / celebrated my 27th birthday in Amersfoort and with amazing food / was sent to Liverpool by srprs.me! / went on my first ever high tea! / bought all my favorite British things for normal British prices! / joined a choir! / had fun work meetings and job interviews / spontaneously went to Den Bosch and had a Bossche bol for dinner / was surprised by getting Tony's limited edition chocolate in the mail / explored The Hague / had fun "work meetings" with friends in cafés, too.<br />
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<i>Let's stay honest: although my work didn't make me happy, it wasn't easy to lose it without a proper reason and be at home without finding something new. I also was ill when in Oslo and basically super tired all the time because looking for a new job apparently is (more than) a full time job - and it's not exactly easy when you get rejected time after time after time...</i><br />
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Ps:<br />
<a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2015/12/2015-juli-augustus-september.html" target="_blank"><u>2015</u></a> - juli augustus september.<br />
<a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2014/12/2014-juli-august-september.html" target="_blank"><u>2014</u></a> - juli august september.Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-62684369224702943612016-12-27T09:10:00.000+01:002016-12-27T09:10:02.569+01:002016 - april mei juni<i>Again, it hasn't been the easiest year but damn have I tried. Some of my biggest work-related dreams came true, I've seen lovely places, had amazing people around me, felt loved and supported and sometimes lonely but who does not? I took all chances, have been a crazy lot outside of my comfort zone, found a new home and mostly: I have not given up. There's been panic attacks and anxiety, but I'm still standing and still smiling. I am proud - and so so ready for a new year.</i><br />
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So, here's to the good things, the second part of the first half of the year:<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">April</span>, I saw my own words in print in a real magazine for the first time! / enjoyed spring coming closer / went to a pretty Postcards from Mars-concert / moved! / explored my new neighborhood and loved it so much (already) / made my new little home be more like <i>my</i> new home / enjoyed nice little (after work) parties at work / tried this new hotdog place that soon turned into one of my new Utrecht favorites / liked my new home so much / celebrated reaching our work target with gin & tonics.<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">May</span>, spring arrived for real / I ate the first ice cream of the year / felt even more at home in my new home, especially when I bought my first dining table ever! / loved all the wistaria blooming / played a little kubb competition and won! / started teaching Norwegian again / had more fun events at work / bought lots of pretty flowers / saw the year's best concert: Highasakite!<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">June</span>, I got the loveliest visit from Oslo and spent some days biking in the national park / finally visited the botanical gardens in Amsterdam / had lovely dinner dates / drank more gin & tonics / had lots of lovely coffee and lunch dates, too / discovered Gü-desserts! / finally felt good enough to do some traveling again! / spent a long weekend in Belgium, cheering for the Belgian soccer team and seeing lots of friends / was a guest in a podcast! / saw the documentary i subtitled in the cinema!<br />
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<i>Let's stay honest: I enjoyed spring a lot and had many fun things to do outside work (and sometimes after work), but damn how exhausting are colleagues who don't do (or give) a shit?! I very often felt sad, slow and simply scared, was afraid to get a burn-out sometime soon and had more panic attacks in those 3 months than an average person in their complete life - i guess.</i><br />
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Ps:<br />
<a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2015/12/2015-april-mai-juni.html" target="_blank"><u>2015</u></a> - april mai juni.<br />
<a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2014/12/2014-4-mei-juni.html" target="_blank"><u>2014</u></a> - 4월 mei juni.Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-90697982634274392312016-12-25T09:03:00.000+01:002016-12-25T09:03:49.772+01:002016 - januar februari maart<i>Again, it hasn't been the easiest year but damn have I tried. Some of my biggest work-related dreams came true, I've seen lovely places, had amazing people around me, felt loved and supported and sometimes lonely but who does not? I took all chances, have been a crazy lot outside of my comfort zone, found a new home and mostly: I have not given up. There's been panic attacks and anxiety, but I'm still standing and still smiling. I am proud - and so so ready for a new year.</i><br />
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So, here's to the good things, the first three months of the year:<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">January</span>, I got to see the Munch + Van Gogh exhibition in the end / officially quit my mail sorting job! / spent a weekend in Copenhagen with both snow and Yayoi Kusama's awesome exhibition! / made new friends / played offline Pac-Man / make my first big reportage for Utrecht-magazine <a href="http://www.dedakhaas.nl/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>De Dakhaas</u></a>, on the city's best views / saw even Utrecht in snow! / was flown into Northern Norway to interpret and subtitle a documentary movie! / saw northern lights ánd nacreous clouds! / celebrated the return of the sun with hot chocolate / discovered (and got addicted to) <a href="http://skam.p3.no/" target="_blank"><u>Skam</u></a> / unexpectedly spent some days in Oslo.<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">February</span>, I had the best "extra" days in Oslo / was happy to go back home as well! / started a new job, my first "real" one! / enjoyed my morning walks to the office / saw some first little signs of spring / enjoyed my 1 day off a week mostly with homemade soup and magazines / enjoyed the weekends a lot too, often with cake and friends.<br />
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In <span style="background-color: #f3f3cc;">March</span>, I got a little more used to working 32 hours a week / found the swing along the Utrecht canals / found out about the perks of working in Amsterdam: foreign friends are here sometimes, and I can catch up with them during my lunch break! / enjoyed early spring in the botanical garden / went for a graffiti walk in the neighborhood / found <a href="http://daportarevia.nl/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>a pizza place</u></a> I actually like! / spent a lovely day in Maastricht / had the best little house party with my housemates when our electricity broke down / saw Kakkmaddafakka / discovered Amsterdams game hall: <a href="http://www.westergasfabriek.nl/whats-on/altijd-te-doen/tonton-club" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>TonTonClub</u></a> / found a new place to live!<br />
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<i>Let's stay honest: besides lots of fun stuff, lots of crappy stuff happened as well. It was super hard getting used to having a proper job (and the daily traveling), my health wasn't as its best (dentist horror, first aura migraine, first panic attack(s)) and scary things happened (a friend in a car accident on the other side of the world, the attack in Brussels and my former street looking like a war zone, water hit the electricity and my home became "unsafe"). So well, jep, not the easiest months.</i><br />
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Ps:<br />
<a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2015/12/2015-januar-februar-mars.html" target="_blank"><u>2015</u></a> - januar februar mars.<br />
<a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2014/12/2014-januari-februari-maart.html" target="_blank"><u>2014</u></a> - januari februari maart.Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-67420769661887501792016-12-17T11:07:00.000+01:002016-12-17T11:07:26.638+01:00ísland, iiReykjavík. I flew back for a short week in the capital, incl. Iceland Airwaves festival and a little roadtrip along the south coast. And again: it was magical. Also listening to all the pretty music (<a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/marlouvwxyz/playlist/1x8v9BG9OSGxf8K5HZi4PF" target="_blank"><u>here</u></a>'s a little playlist with my discoveries), seeing Of Monsters and Men in their home country again after 5 years and the coffees, the pastries, the people. The liquorice chocolate!<br />
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My best Reykjavík tips:<br />
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- rent a car and explore. Seljavallalaug, the swimming pool in "the middle of nowhere", definitely was my highlight;<br />
- coffee at Reykjavík Roasters;<br />
- cinnamon buns at Braud & Co;<br />
- food and cakes at Babalú;<br />
- buy wool! I'm no big knitter (yet), but the quality is amazing and the price so low;<br />
- go swimming! If not in Seljavallalaug, try Laugardalslaug (in the city) or some other place;<br />
- <a href="http://handpickediceland.is/app/" target="_blank"><u>this app</u></a>, the best I could've downloaded.<br />
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1 - November started in Reykjavík, with Of Monsters and Men (and more) at Iceland Airwaves.<br />
2 - Back home, 16 pages in the new <a href="http://www.dedakhaas.nl/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>Dakhaas</u></a> were filled with my words, a long long piece about sleeping rooms.<br />
3 - I finally finally went back to <a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/search/label/groningen" target="_blank"><u>Groningen</u></a>, which was my hometown between 2008-2012.<br />
4 - And autumn was still here, pretty as always <3 <br><br />
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1 - Autumn arrived in the Netherland and looked super good, as usual.<br />
2 - I joined a choir a little while ago and I enjoy practicing the songs so much - sheet music makes me so happy.<br />
3 - It has been a busy month, with lots of writing deadlines. The minutes I spent in this corner with a book were extra lovely.<br />
4 - In the end of the month I took a plane to Iceland! I arrived to Akureyri together with the first snow.<br />
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Honningsvåg. Let's turn back time to January, when i was in the far far north of Norway helping a film crew (!) to interpret (!) seriously everything. The people we talked to were either refugees who didn't speak English or old, so i needed to translate all the Norwegian into Dutch and the other way around. It was extremely exhausting, but also so - much - fun.<br />
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And tonight, that documentary movie will be aired on Dutch national tv, with my subtitles.<br />
It's crazy and i'm crazy proud - crazy nervous too, although i know it's all good as i've luckily seen it myself already. But still.<br />
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23:45, NPO3.<br />
And from tomorrow viewable all over the world, <a href="http://www.npo.nl/3lab-het-nachtelijk-halfrond/09-10-2016/VPWON_1266499" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>here</u></a>. Mostly Norwegian sound, Dutch text.<br />
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1 - I didn't have work to go to anymore, but i started a super fun project (on hotspots in Utrecht). <a href="https://www.instagram.com/uutflukt/" target="_blank"><u>Follow here</u></a> if you'd like!<br />
2 - One day, my parents and I went to one of my favorite places: Connecterra offers the closest proper view to home-home.<br />
3 - Like <a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2015/09/books-sore-feet-super-cuddly-pug-and.html" target="_blank"><u>last year</u></a>, i volunteered at Snor festival.<br />
4 - And my brand new business cards arrived! I'm so happy with the way they turned out.<br />
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& <a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/search/label/liverpool" target="_blank"><u>i went to Liverpool</u></a>,<br />
and did even <a href="http://instagram.com/heimarlou" target="_blank"><u>more</u></a>! Despite the unemployment, September was a good one. Happy October!Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-18529981256877988102016-09-19T20:21:00.000+02:002016-09-19T20:21:24.219+02:00Tea, scones & a meeting between old meets new<img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/Liverpool1_zpsneqg0zei.jpg" /> <img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/Liverpool3_zpsdsqauqlg.jpg" /> <img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/Liverpool2_zpslegq2bnf.jpg" /> <img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/Liverpool4_zpsl5fuwp39.jpg" /><br />
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Liverpool. What a surprise! If you ever end up in this city (Englands 3rd biggest?!!) please make sure to:<br />
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- use lots of money at <a href="http://www.utilitydesign.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>Utility</u></a>;<br />
- use lots of money on things that are cheaper in England, like tea and Curlywurly-chocolate and British magazines;<br />
- join the <a href="http://www.neweuropetours.eu/liverpool/en/home" target="_blank"><u>Free Walking Tour</u></a> and learn about the city, the club and the band (obviously called The Beatles);<br />
- spend time in Bold Street and the area around LIPA University, so cozy and nice (and perfect for lunch, dinner, drinks);<br />
- enjoy the combination of traditional and modern architecture around Albert Dock;<br />
- enjoy the (mostly) free museums, like Tate Liverpool (and its amazingly pretty and interesting museum shop);<br />
- drink tea infused gin & tonics (!) at <a href="https://twitter.com/gg_roofgarden" target="_blank"><u>Goodness Gracious'</u></a> rooftop garden;<br />
- whenever you get a bit tired of all the awesome/cheap tea: drink coffee at <a href="https://www.92degreescoffee.com/" target="_blank"><u>92 Degrees Coffee</u></a>;<br />
- go for Afternoon Tea at <a href="https://ohmeohmyliverpool.co.uk/" target="_blank"><u>Oh Me Oh My</u></a>.Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-32481054056968354152016-09-16T21:54:00.000+02:002016-09-16T21:54:48.963+02:00Liverpool streets<img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/Liverpool_zpsejfywao3.jpg"> <img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/Foto%2012-09-16%2010%2029%2016%201_zpsspqgzxr9.jpg" width="670px"><br />
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Liverpool. After tough months with a job i didn't really like, panic attacks, being afraid for lots of things there's no reason to be afraid of (and more i don't really feel like writing about), things are ok again. I'm 27 now, unemployed and (mostly) happy, motivated, inspired, full of ideas and plans and for the first time in months - excited to see new places and meet new faces.<br />
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Last weekend i went to the airport without knowing where my friend and i would be going - we ended up in Liverpool. A lovely pocket-sized city, perfect to explore in one weekend and filled with lovely people, pretty houses and super cheap tea.<br />
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I can collect some addresses and write a tiny city guide, if you'd like?Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-68085296636864291602016-09-01T08:36:00.002+02:002016-09-01T08:36:58.629+02:00instaugustus<img src="https://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/instaugust_zps0eeu6azw.jpg" /><br />
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1 - I got the news of my first real job contract not being extended, so i celebrated (?) with a good friend and cake.<br />
2 - <a href="http://studiomeez.blogspot.nl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>Karolien</u></a> and her boyfriend visited me in Utrecht. Our walk in the city turned into a hunt for nijntje(s)/miffy.<br />
3 - Finally made it to Radio Kootwijk! Extra luck the heather was blooming.<br />
4 - And i finally put up this magazine page that i've been liking for the last months. Home becomes more home every week.<br />
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1 - The best thing about this rainy summer we're having is how pretty pretty green the whole world is.<br />
2 - And the best thing about this time of the year: all the animals enjoying the outside(s), too.<br />
3 - July's last days were spent in Norway! I finally visited Trondheim again, the city where i did my exchange in 2010.<br />
4 - I enjoyed Oslo again, too. Mostly old favorites and good friends, but <a href="http://www.oslovelo.no/" target="_blank"><u>Oslovelo</u></a> is a new favorite place.<br />
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& <a href="http://instagram.com/heimarlou" target="_blank"><u>more</u></a>!Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-26681209638968747652016-08-01T18:55:00.000+02:002016-08-01T18:56:50.926+02:00instajuneoops, i forgot to post here last month<br />
- so first out: june!<br />
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1 - A friend from Oslo visited, so i showed her the botanical gardens in Amsterdam - amongst lots of others!<br />
2 - It's been tough months, but somewhere halfway june i felt like i might be able to face the world a little better again. Finally.<br />
3 - I spent a weekend in Belgium and came home with plant & paper presents.<br />
4 - And this was the Amsterdam-view i woke up to, the day after the documentary i subtitled (!!) had its premiere.<br />
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1 - With May, ice cream season started!<br />
2 - I got my first own proper big dining table and it makes me feel even more at home in my little home.<br />
3 - #wisteriahysteria, the streets are so green and the flowers and the streets so pretty these days.<br />
4 - My 2015-photo book is finally printed! It's crazy how happy it makes me to see my pixels printed, for the first time in years.<br />
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& <a href="http://instagram.com/heimarlou" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>more</u></a>.<br />
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Ps.<br />
Dutchies: in mei ben ik ook eindelijk begonnen met mijn briefje, dat om de week op maandagochtend in jouw mailbox kan vallen. <a href="http://tinyletter.com/heimarlou" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>Klik hier</u></a> als je nieuwsgierig bent geworden, meer wil weten en/of je in wil schrijven!<br />
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Ps2.<br />
One of my June-goals is to write more proper blog posts... so hopefully see you soon!Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-32632635847276503322016-05-01T10:19:00.000+02:002016-05-01T10:19:05.464+02:00instapril<img src="http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/instapril_zpsfgci0isf.jpg"><br />
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1 - Work gave us all some cute flowers, and for the first time in years some of my words were printed! In <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DeDakhaas/?fref=ts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>De Dakhaas</u></a>.<br />
2 - I moved and for the first time in years, all my favorite things are in one place.<br />
3 - I feel at home already.<br />
4 - And Utrecht feels like home now, too. Also: walks around the city make me happy, no matter how sad I actually am. :)<br />
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& <a href="http://instagram.com/heimarlou" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>more</u></a>.Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-65833908294624286912016-04-03T09:36:00.000+02:002016-04-03T09:36:47.172+02:00instamarch<img src="http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/instamarch_zpsbrh4cuzw.jpg" /><br />
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1 - I still walk from Amsterdam Central Station to work almost daily, and I still enjoy it a lot.<br />
2 - On my day off, I sat in a train for 4 hours only to drink tea and have the best afternoon with two friends in Maastricht.<br />
3 - Saturday is for flower shopping! Giving away most of it actually was the best about it - my friends were so so happy.<br />
4 - I celebrated Easter with a small brunch by myself (and had the best Sunday).<br />
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& <a href="https://www.instagram.com/heimarlou/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>more</u></a>.Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-49773172968393358912016-03-20T21:33:00.001+01:002016-03-20T21:33:31.944+01:00Oslove.Oslo. My weeks in the north (<a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2016/02/the-north.html" target="_blank"><u>i</u></a>, <a href="http://heimarlou.blogspot.nl/2016/02/the-north-ii.html" target="_blank"><u>ii</u></a>) ended unexpectedly with some days in Oslo and I couldn't have been more happy about it. First I was afraid 4 days would be exactly long enough to make me feel so extremely at home again that I didn't want to fly back to the Netherlands, but it couldn't have turned out better! I got to see everyone and do everything I wanted and started to realize it mostly is amazing to have a second place that feels so so so much like home.<br />
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I still hope it really will be home again one day, though.<br />
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<img src="http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/Oslo1_zpsomhhhup7.jpg"> <img src="http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/Oslo3_zpsxyzf6q6l.jpg">Marlouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740013223102165802noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152154737018221913.post-74162314949252707512016-03-05T22:36:00.000+01:002016-03-05T22:36:21.988+01:00instafebruary<img src="http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q9/doyoulovemetoo/instafeb_zpsga5n2uuk.jpg" /><br />
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1 - I started the month in Oslo and obviously made sure to go on my favorite walk, along Akerselva. ❤<br />
2 - But back home, things felt like they should feel, too. I really feel like living in the Netherlands is what fits me best (for now ;)).<br />
3 - I started my new job! I'm an editor for the Norwegian <a href="http://travelbird.no/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><u>TravelBird</u></a>-site now and walk to/from the office almost every day.<br />
4 - And every day off I tried to be with friends (and mostly cake) although I mostly was tired and being social was hard...<br />
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