There are places where your inner vacation mode immediately starts to spin, and I have that with the Wadden. Put me on the ferry to Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland, or Schiermonnikoog (yes, I did a TV bag here) and I am free.

With the easing of the travel advice, I could have taken the plane to further away places during my vacation, but I went to Texel. Sitting out of the wind in the sun on a terrace, taking beach walks, cycling, drinking good wine, a bit of that work. And as crazy as I am about the Wadden, I still went there too little. The goal now is to check off an island every year. Last year it was Ameland, this week it's Texel, and I won't rule out Vlieland in the winter either. Stay tuned, because next week I will share the best addresses on the island.