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Last weekend I had some amazing days in Friesland. I met Willemien from Retreat Yourself because she ordered Lennebelle for her online shop. When I found out she organised days, weekends and even whole holidays for yoga, mindfulness and healthy cooking like ayurveda cooking I immediately thought I should book a weekend yoga & mindfulness. Already interested in both yoga and mindfulness and feeling I could use a (re) treat like this I booked a weekend in Friesland at ‘it Flinkeboskje’.

After a 4 and a half hour travel by public transport cross country (which is really pretty) I arrived at this beautiful spot. A big farm turned into a guesthouse and holiday home. The surroundings and the whole interior and attention to detail were just perfect! I loved my cute little room. Across ‘it Flinkeboskje’ is another farm called ‘Flinkefarm’ here you can enjoy a monthly farmersmarket and other fun events like fairs, vintage and antique sales and more. Here you can find out about all the events. But you can also have your own event here like a wedding. I imagined how mine would be here! long tables in the field, dancing by candlelight in the farm, everybody can stay because they are planning a farmerscamping too.

The whole weekend was a beautiful experience. The other participants were really nice, the yoga lessons were relaxing and fun, held in the sunny conservatory, the food was delicious and super healthy and the mindfulness workshops were inspirational and something I should definitely continue.

For more retreats by Retreat Yourself check out the website and Facebook page with a special post about our weekend!

For information about booking ‘it Flinkeboskje’ or events at ‘Flinkefarm’ take a look at their website and Facebook page.

For the first time in a two years we spend a romantic weekend together, just the two of us. We enjoyed a well deserved weekend in Paris celebrating our sixth year anniversary. We stayed at Mamma Shelter and just have ‘flâner‘ (strolled – wandered in French) around in Paris, mainly in st Germain and Le Marais.

There were three spots that we both liked a lot. L’Ilot, a cosy oister-bar. A small venue with long tables out side on a small nice square in Le Marais, serving seafood and delicous wines with really friendly staff. The second one was having a picnic in Jardin du Luxembourg, a beautiful parc with a nice pond where children can play with little sailboats. And third was a speakeasy called La Candelaria, hidden behind a taqueria you will find this little gem, a cocktailbar for the Parisian hipster. I loved my ginger, lemon, gin cocktail. I tried to make it at home but failed big time!

It was so nice to spend time together, no distractions, just us two in a pretty city like Paris!

All photo’s by my personal photographer! Find out more at Cloudcuckoo.