My book review of ‘The Cheese Factory’ written by Simone van der Vlugt In my view This historical fiction is set at the end of the 19th century and in the second part at the beginning of the 20th century and the first World War. It begins in 1892 when the main character Lydia loses… Read More The Cheese Factory – Simone van der Vlugt
My book review of ‘Black Water’ written by Corine Hartman. A young violist with a huge talent but a troubled youth and later on the loss of her child, tries to live her life normally but then an acquaintance is found… Super smart thriller and what a plot! … Read More Black Water – Corine Hartman
Life of an IT student | March and April 2018 – Rijksmuseum High Society and the Dutch Data Driven Challenge… Read More Life of an IT student | March and April 2018
The summer holiday The summerholiday has finally started for me. Since a few days I am finished with all the work for study and I have finished some preparations for the start of my internship in september. A couple of weeks ago I decided to go on holiday this summer and travel to Edinburgh. The… Read More Edinburgh Travel
Time flies when you are… … busy … having fun … living life … studying hard … working on your career … improving and expanding knowledge … being active and sporting … and take some rest now and then of course — ‘April 4th, 2017, written by Sophie van den Akker’ Life of an IT… Read More April 2017 | Life of an IT student
The Dutch Parliamentary Elections of 2017 The Dutch Parliamentary Elections of 2017 | 28 Political Parties | 1114 Candidates | Rotterdam and Amsterdam. I voted! Greetings by Sophie The results of the Dutch Parliamentary Elections of 2017 This is what I wrote ~kind of ~ on Facebook about the results of the Dutch Parliamentary Elections:… Read More Dutch Parliamentary Elections 2017
Today I have visited a small exhibition in the National Library of The Netherlands. Wonderful books are exhibited there, accompanied with information. Nice little lessons about books in The Netherlands. The ‘Atlas Maior’ is the largest atlas ever made. In Dutch more than 9 volumes, Latin 11 volumes, French 12 volumes, German 10 volumes and Spanish… Read More Atlas Maior – Belgica Foederata
My book review of “Solace” written by Elsbeth Witt In my view… The trilogy is based on three young women who are baristas at a coffee bar named Barista!. In the first book was the main character Laura. That review can be found here –> Barista! | Café au Lait . In the second and previous volume the… Read More Barista! | Solace – Elsbeth Witt
In september most studies start with the new study year. In september most people are back to work again after being on holiday. And september is also the month with lots of festivals. It is not the end of the festival season yet. On tuesday I already started with my year of study but besides… Read More September | The Study and Festival Season
The cutest advertorial I have seen is the one with the beagle Sherlock from KLM! It happens to everybody once…someday you lose something. And maybe you’ll find it back! This dog helps finding it when you lose it on Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
