Most people will know her as the incredibly cheerful and eloquent table guest on De Wereld Draait Door: Roos Schlikker. She is a journalist, columnist, author of books (her new novel is being prepared as we speak) and plays, oh and, very nice person, as it turned out when I spoke to her on the phone this morning to discuss the week and the weekend. Roos and I ‘know each other’ from Twitter, and after she told me there how much she liked Amayzine, I didn't hesitate for a second and invited her for this column. “But I'm not extremely hip and glam and stuff!” she exclaimed at first, but those are her words. Roos, we are very curious about your ups and downs, so the stage is yours.

First of all, how was your week?

“Yes, this was quite a strange week of course, with the commemoration. I also wrote a column about it that people respond to, I was at Radio 1 in the Mediaforum discussing it, all in all, I got through the week with a heavy heart. By the way, I found the memorial service really beautiful, also how it was presented on screen.”

On Thursday, I watched you on De Slimste Mens. How nice that you participated!

“Yes, I actually enjoyed it too! The recordings were a few weeks ago and I had known for much longer that I would participate, but you can't say anything about it. I can certainly keep secrets, but I don't necessarily find it fun to do, you know. But well, that broadcast, I didn't watch it myself. I never watch myself back, by the way, not even on DWDD. I've been a journalist for a long time but was always an anonymous figure. For the past year and a half, I've been writing a column (for the Parool, ed.) and then it's already very strange that there has to be a photo with it. Suddenly I have a face with the text! My husband watches everything I’m in, but he can do that alone with headphones on. God, I sound very frustrated now, don't I? But believe me, I have no issues or anything. It's still relatively new for me, this whole non-anonymity. I like to forget that a million people are watching DWDD.‘

What are you going to do today to kick off the weekend?

“Tonight my best friend is coming over for dinner. I must say that I'm quite hungover today. Yesterday I did NOT sit in front of the TV and went with a friend to restaurant Odessa. That one glass of wine turned into more glasses of wine and then I also had Baileys when I left. Yeah, I know, the ’80s called and they want their drink back, I already said I wasn't hip! So tonight will be a bit quieter, I have a nice balcony, we’ll drink some wine and play some music. And yes, that can also get out of hand, haha, I don't rule anything out.”

That one glass of wine turned into more glasses of wine and then I also had Baileys when I left. Yeah, I know, the ’80s called and they want their drink back, I already said I wasn't hip!

On Sunday you are going on vacation. Are you now in that huge pre-vacation stress?

“It's hysteeeerical! I have that column, so I have to write ahead, otherwise I have to do it there. It's beneath my dignity not to show up, I'm so incredibly happy with that spot in the newspaper. So today a lot of loose ends to tie up and other things that still need to be done. And packing yes, also for the kids, I have two, one is 4 and the other is 2. It's totally ridiculous that such small beings need so much stuff. Really, I have nightmares about packing for vacations.”

So where is the trip going?

“We're going to Morocco, to a very luxurious all-inclusive Club Med resort. Nothing wild and crazy in the desert. Yeah, sad right, hi this is my life. I always intended to travel a lot with the kids but they are now at the age where they don't want much more than to play with a shovel in the sand, and I like to sit there next to them with a glass of wine.”

And without packing stress, what does the weekend look like in Huize Schlikker?

“I always exercise on the weekend and take the kids with me, because there is a childcare there. By the way, my oldest now also wants to train with a personal trainer. He can already plank. He is four and can already plank! I am very proud. It's always a whole ritual, because afterwards we go for ice cream at the IJscuypje, have lunch somewhere, we look for a playground and that's how we leisurely go through the day. I live in the Jordaan so I often visit the Noordermarkt, and further we do a lot of what the kids want. Swimming, burying themselves in the sandpit, all sorts of things.”

And any special summer weekend hobbies?

“Well, we have a little boat, and we love to sail a lot with it. We have a summer friends WhatsApp group that we send a message to in the morning when the weather is nice and the first 15 who respond can come along, because that's how many fit on it. That really makes me very happy, drifting on a boat with my friends over the canals with wine and food. I generally get very happy from good food, I can't really remember the last time I went out dancing, but I love to go out for dinner and spend quite a bit of money on it. Bring on a five-course dinner with the matching wine arrangement please.’

Ideal weekend tip?

“For the best sandwiches and salads in Amsterdam, go to Small World in the Binnen Oranjestraat in the Jordaan. A tiny little place run by an Australian who is not in it for the profit, but to make the best sandwiches in the city. That's my tip. Buy a sandwich, rent a boat, and sail away.”

If practical matters don't matter, what does your ideal weekend look like?

Away. To abroad. Just put me alone on Kilimanjaro. I once hiked it in six days and apart from it being very tough and difficult, it was also so special. I am quite a luxury lover, love expensive hotels but at such a moment just looking around, being so high above the world, alone with your thoughts, that is also very nice. My work all comes from my own head, that head of mine is my entire working life so if I don't empty it out every now and then, it gets stuck.