My 27th birthday celebration!

Dear readers,

Yep, that's right: I celebrated my birthday twice! Why not, right?! :P
This time it was for my friends. I celebrated it in a restaurant in Amsterdam. The food was SO good! Afterwards I went to a a techno party organized by Amsterdam Dance Event. The main dj there was Chris Liebing. It was so awesome! Unfortunately though, it was so so hot in there (it was as if I was dancing in a sauna, so I'm sure I dropped some weight in there :P) that every picture I took resulted in a foggy shot. Bummer!

Hope you like the photos!

Oh, I forgot to tell you what I got as birthday gifts...hmm, you know what: I'll make a photo of all of them and contribute a post to it! So much easier I think!

Love, Melissa

Michelin star workshop!

Dear readers,

My boyfriend celebrated his 32nd birthday on July 6. As a present I gave him a cooking workshop under supervision of a Michelin rated chef, since my boyfriend LOVES to cook and his dream is opening his own restaurant some day. I couldn't think of a better gift :) Anyway, we had such a lovely day! We learned so much from this experience and we really enjoyed having a sneak peek in the kitchen of a Michelin star restaurant, learning their tricks and skills.
We prepared a three-course dinner and everything was SO delicious!

To have an impression of our workshop, below some photos. Enjoy!

And of course, the results:

Starter: Steak tartar

Main course: Red mullet

Dessert: Tomato and strawberry and strawberry and tomato

Has any of you ever done a workshop like this? If so, did you like it?

Love, Melissa

Enjoying myself!

Dear readers,

Until now I did not have any time to post anything, sorry for that! At this moment I´m in Honduras and enjoying myself a lot! Before arriving in Honduras, I went to Miami, where I had a blast as well! I don´t know if you read my first post ¨Welcome¨ but in there I write about working at my father´s company. He has an import/export company in tropical plants and in a few years I will take over the company as my father will retire in a couple of years. So right now, I´m still learning! However, I already know I want to continue this path, because I´m already kind of in love with the whole scene! :) To be so sure about something feels so liberating and it also gives me strength to not just be good, but to be the best in what I´m doing! Do you recognize this feeling?
So tonight we went to dinner to ¨Club Arabe¨ with my fathers associates here in Honduras and I wanted to share some pictures of the amazing place, but I can´t find any online...what the ***, right?! Well, trust me on this, it´s an amazing place, so if you´re planning to visit San Pedro Sula, Honduras, try to go there, it is well worth it!

In 2 days I´m headed to El Salvador and after that to Costa Rica. Too bad this trip will be over in 8 days, but hopefully I will go again soon!

For now, I´ll share some pictures of the beach where you can find me tomorrow :) Hey, it´s business, but with 43 degrees Celsius don´t blame me for wanting to take a dive in the ocean ;)





Sorry, I really did not want to make you jealous haha!

Love, Melissa