Tag: Royal Palace

One weekend, two exhibitions
About me, Blog & Me

One weekend, two exhibitions

For the second weekend in a row I was travelling. And as I didn’t have a lot of time during the week, the result was: no posts on the blog. Not that there is nothing to write. I just don’t have time. So, what did I do this weekend, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 December […]

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A chocolate shop in a Royal Palace
Castles, Travel

A chocolate shop in a Royal Palace

When King Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan came to Belgium for a state visit in 2016, Queen Mathilde took choc-a-holic Rania to “The Chocolate Line” shop in Bruges, on request of the Jordan queen herself. Both queens were received in chocolate heaven by chocolate maker Dominique Persoone, who told afterwards that Rania had […]

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The New Tableware of the Dutch Royal House
Exhibitions, Travel

The New Tableware of the Dutch Royal House

Since I heard that the new tableware of the Dutch Royal Family was on display this summer, I wanted to have a look. I didn’t want to go to The Hague twice and as I wanted to see the stables, I decided to skip the Noordeinde Palace. However someone told me some pieces of the […]

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Birthday Exhibition of King Willem-Alexander
Exhibitions, Travel

Birthday Exhibition of King Willem-Alexander

More than enough attention for the 50th birthday of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands in his own country. Of course we would all have loved to see more of the birthday guests for the private party on Saturday 29 April 2017, but we got the King’s Day on 27 April in Tilburg, a dinner with […]

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King Willem-Alexander’s Royal Birthday Dinner
Exhibitions, Travel

King Willem-Alexander’s Royal Birthday Dinner

On the occasion of his 50th birthday on 27 April 2017 King Willem-Alexander invited 150 Dutch people for a special dinner at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam. 50 Guests, like him, were born on 27 April 1967, 100 other guests celebrated a special birthday on the same day and were aged 20 to 100. The […]

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