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Exclusive interview with The Great Family Leap

Posted on Oct 1, 2015

Exclusive interview with The Great Family Leap

The Great Family Leap has been back in the Netherlands and we had the pleasure of interviewing Taco and Petra from The Great Family Leap about their adventure. How is it to be back in the Netherlands? “We are settling in quite well. It is great to have our own home and possessions back. We love the fact that we have a good extra long bed and the kids are thrilled with all their toys that they re-discovered. What surprises us most is the sheer amount of things that we have: so many books, so much kitchenware, so much of everything. And we miss the sun already, it is so grey and wet here in...

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Australia and New Zealand pictures

Posted on Feb 7, 2015

Australia and New Zealand pictures

We have been quiet on this blog for a while, as good internet connection is limited here in New Zealand. I am sitting now on a grass field outside the local library, as this is the key spot to get free wifi here in Hanmer Springs. Anyhow, I managed to upload the pictures from Australia and the first batch from New Zealand. You can find them here.

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Jet lagged in Sydney

Posted on Feb 1, 2015

Jet lagged in Sydney

Picture this. It’s 3am in the morning. We are all tired, but still wide awake. Lucas is running around in the apartment and Emily can only cry – very loud. Then the doorbell rings; it’s the downstairs neighbor, who is very annoyed that we woke her-up. Oops sorry. But after watching some movies on the ipad, things calm down and one hour later we are all asleep, albeit Emily can only sleep if we put her in her car seat. At noon we all wake-up because we have too, and very slowly. Welcome jet lag! From Africa we had planned to travel to New Zealand. Our next country on the...

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