57. Go For A Walk In The Rain And Not Care That My Hair Will Frizz

I forgot to write about this one when it happened, better late than never I guess.

Ian and I went to an ice scultping exhibition in the south of Holland and it was a really stormy day.  After we went for a walk and there was absolutely no point in even attempting to use an umbrella as it was so windy.  Plus I only had my lovely Lulu Guiness umbrella that I got for Christmas with me and I wasn't risking it being destroyed on it's first outing.  So we walked in the rain and wind and I ended up with 'interesting' hair.  Luckily as it's so long I can easily tie it up so it doesn't scare small children.

We decided to have some lunch while we were there and we could see people struggling with umbrellas and little kids nearly getting blown over.  Then the chairs from outside one of the other restaurants started flying along the street too.

Oh, and the ice sculptures were good too ;-)

101. Grow A Vegetable

After the success of last years chilli growing, I decided that I would try to grow red onions, beetroot and strawberries. 

I planted all of the seeds and was really impressed that the beetroot sprouted within a couple of days.  They looked very pretty with their bright purple stalks but unfortunately they all proceed to die on me :-( The red onions are looking better and some of the strawberries have appeared now but they are teeny tiny things.

Watch this space for a progress report...

82. Try 5 New Restaurants

A couple of weeks ago it was 'Restaurant Week' in the Netherlands which is when a lot of restaurants over special prices menus to try and encourage people to try new places. 

Ian and I decided that we should try out a few places and the first one we went to was Lulu which is an Asian restaurant.  The food is a mixture of Japanese, Indian, Thai, Malaysian and probably a few others too.  The starters were pretty nice but the main course was very strange - it was 8 little taster dishes which were all lovely but it seemed wrong to be eating a Japanes seaweed dish along side a Thai curry. 

The next place we tried was Bistro Do which says it's a French restaurant on it's website.  When we arrived they couldn't find our reservation which was a bad start but they more than made up for it with the service and food.  We had to wait a little while for a table but they gave us free drinks and snacks at the bar until it was ready.  The food was really nice but a bit confusing as it seemed more Italian based than French but I think that we will probably go back there at some point.

48. Use Up All Of The Toiletries That I Have Before I Buy Any More

I'm declaring this one finished!  I've finally got through the stash of lotions & potions that I had when I started this blog.  I actually had to go and buy shower gel this week, can't remember the last time that I did that. 

Now I can spend money on nice smellies again :-)