Me and my wife both were born, raised and educated in The Netherlands and we left our home country in 1982 in search for some adventure. Back then we intended to return within a few years, but indeed never did! We immigrated to South Africa where our first daughter was born in Kempton Park. In 1986 I joined an American Multinational Petrochemical company and started a 28 year International career. We were posted in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, USA, Kuwait and lately in Saudi Arabia. The youngest daughter was born in The Netherlands to move to Germany when she was only 2 months old. In my first book ‘International Roaming' I have captured this peripatetic family life.
While living and working in the Middle East, we bought a penthouse in Tala, Paphos in 2005 and have visited Cyprus for vacations each year ever since.
I did retire from work in March 2015 and we moved into our home in Tala. We intend to travel and are planning to explore Asia as we are about to embark on a container ship, which will take us to Kuala Lumpur.