Lifestyle – LEAFING THROUGH TIME

simonevanheijst August 11, 2019

El Yunque Rainforest

During my vacation in Puerto Rico, my family and I took a small tour of El Yunque Rainforest, which is Puerto Rico’s national forest. The company we did the tour with, El Yunque Tours, is completely independent from the forest administration, but our guides knew a lot about the forest and its history. I found the tour and the information they gave along the way so interesting, that I decided that El Yunque deserves its own blog post! The rainforest is not far at all from where we were staying, but still we had to get up pretty early! It…

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simonevanheijst July 25, 2019

TBT: Vacationing in Crete

With a little less than one week to go before I hop on a plane to Puerto Rico, I’ve found myself going through old vacation albums. My family normally strives to go on vacation once per year, but last year we couldn’t go because we were busy moving house. I think the perfect vacation for me is a well balanced mix of cultural activities, relaxing, and adventure! Our vacation in Crete was exactly like this. We took this trip way back in 2014, and I thought I would share with you all what it was like and what we did…

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simonevanheijst July 10, 2019

My list of travel essentials

At the end of this month I am going on vacation to Puerto Rico and I couldn’t be more excited! Pretty much ever since we booked our trip, I’ve been thinking about things I need to buy before we leave, and what I will pack in my suitcase. Surprisingly, I am never stressed when I need to pack for a vacation. I always think that if I have the most important things on me, I can survive. Everything else is likely for sale. Either way, nothing sucks more than sitting three hours into your flight and suddenly realizing you forgot…

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simonevanheijst May 8, 2019

Decluttering 101

I’ll admit it.. I am a horribly messy person. Especially when I am busy, my entire room just seems to become such a cluttered mess. Up to a few years ago, I was always horribly sentimental about everything I owned, whether these things were clothes, small items, or other types of junk. My mom always joked that I was a hoarder! Having to move across the ocean and thus having limited space in the moving container really forced me to finally get rid of all that junk. I spent a good two weeks trying to sort out what I wanted…

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simonevanheijst April 29, 2019

My current favorite recipe: riced cauliflower with spinach and mushrooms

So I’m pretty sure you have all heard of the various ways you can use a cauliflower. Pinterest is chock-full of ideas on how to creatively prepare cauliflower while still keeping it healthy. The cauliflower pizza bottom for example is very popular. I have yet to try that out, but what I have been eating a lot lately is riced cauliflower. This started a few months back when I suddenly decided I wanted to eat more healthily. Cauliflower is my all time favorite food EVER and I knew I wanted to try out riced cauliflower, so I can have it…

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