I Love the Seaside - the surf and travel guide

The 250-page surf and travel guide to southwest Europe, from French Brittany to Andalusia in Spain and everything in between.

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<a> </a>Aloha! Last year, with your help, we successfully published our first surf & travel guide. We’re happy to announce the following: I Love the Seaside (that’s us) bring you another surf and travel guide: this time to Northwest Europe (English language). From don’t-forget-to-breathe-beautiful Lofoten, in the north of Norway, we surf our way down the west coast then explore the shores of Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Holland and Belgium, all the way to Normandy, in the north of France. The I Love the Seaside Surf & Travel Guides are created by ocean-loving people for ocean-loving people, so you get our honest-to-goodness genuine bonafide recommendations only. You’ll get a clear view of the backdrop, places you’ll love to hang out, eat and sleep, fine shop, things to do and see, local food facts and stories of inspiring seaside people. <a>We love to be independent, free to choose and share the lifestyle of acting purely and with the heart. </a>We’ve chosen to do everything by ourselves; from collecting and connecting, to printing and publishing. That’s why we started another crowdfund campaign! Please check: https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/i-love-the-seaside-the-surf-travel-guide-to-northwest-europe Pre-order your guide now (and take advantage of our awesome packages) so we can cover the expenses of printing and publishing, and you can be sure to fill that lonely space on your dashboard/coffee table with a beautiful printed edition of our northwest Europe seaside discoveries. With your support, the guides will be printed and available from June 2018. Let us be the inspiration for your next adventure! Thank you for sharing this message to your friends, followers, readers, fans and that one person who’s life will surely better once they’ve this guide! We’re here to inspire, so you can go and explore.Cheers,Dim, Alexandra & Geert-Jan

After all these months, in a big hurry to invite you, we forgot to mention our reply mail in our latest news, so please let us know if you like to attend the guide's release party at: info@ilovetheseaside.com And some fine tunes to be enjoyed at the party will be from SOLOF, who wrote a song especially for I Love the Seaside! check him out on w. solof.nl <img alt="Ilts-book_launch-1466086062" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/330818/ILTS-Book_Launch-1466086062.jpg" />

Dear supporter, Finally, after months and months of work - adding, skipping, writing and re-writing, designing and re-designing, contacting, arranging, putting the pieces together to create something beautiful and heartfelt - we put the guide to print! To celebrate and thank you for your trust and support, we'd love to meet you at our guide's release party! You're invited to be the first to come and get it, hot off the press. There'll be music, a welcome drink, the guides, us, and the option to have a delicious Café de Bayonne paëlla (for just 7,50) When: Sunday June 26, welcome from 18:00 h, presentation at 19:00 h.  Where: Café de Bayonne, Keizerstraat 124, Scheveningen Hope to see you,  drop us a line if you'll be there, Dim, Geert-Jan & Alexandra <img alt="Ilts-book_launch-1466086062" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/330818/ILTS-Book_Launch-1466086062.jpg" />

Aloha,    Thanks everybody for your patience, I know we were supposed to be ready with the guide by now.    What we can promise you, for sure; it's going to be beautiful. Yes, much later than expected, but then again, it was so much more work than we calculated. We're on late night and early morning shifts, creating and checking and re-checking all day, with our best friend: strong coffee!   Depending a bit on the time for the printing process, we're figuring the guide's going to be there at the end of June.   Any questions, or say hello, don't hesitate to mail us: info@ilovetheseaside.com   Thanks, dank, danke, obrigada, obrigado, merci, gracias,    Love from us, (at the office right now),    the Seaside team   <img alt="Our_best_friend-1462391313" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/312234/our_best_friend-1462391313.JPG" />

Aloha,  here's a little update which we recently published on the website:   ‘Creating a surf & travel guide… whose idea was that!’ All of us, at some point, have exclaimed this, in more ways than one; usually accompanied by frown and hand on head, not necessarily directed at anyone in particular.   The idea was easy, made sense even, after our numerous travels and encounters. Getting the team members on board wasn’t too hard either; we’re all surfing wanderers, or wandering surfers with talents on the side. Throughout the process of creating this guide, everyone’s been playing a key role that we couldn’t do without; we’re learning a lot more than we’re trained for, crossing some bridges when needed, and occasionally getting in each other’s hair, which seems to be part and parcel of it.   The fun part was the travelling; discovering the places, the people, the wonderful things to see and do and eat and the best beds to sleep in. The hard work and serious effort began when, in order to breathe this baby to life, we started organising the crowdfund campaign, which, thanks to all you trusting and enthusiastic backers, worked out swell!   Then began the logistics: choosing between forms, figures and hundreds of photos, writing and rewriting, working out what fits where, cutting a bit here and adding a bit there.   And now we have all these wonderful co-operations and beloved partners, which involves talking and debating and interviewing and emailing back and forth, generating and agreeing additional ideas.   Meanwhile, we’re still discovering even more new places, getting lots of crazy wonderful tips, and inevitably, delaying meeting friends or going out (Sorry, friends and family! We’ll make it up to you!).   But in the end, what really keeps us going, is our team’s dedication and passion and positive feedback from our participating partners. We all know it’s going to be a wonderful piece of work, and together, we’re working hard at putting in the final pieces of the puzzle. So, from our hidden locations, tip-tapping away behind our laptops, as we wipe our faces clean from sweat and tears (no blood, yet…), we’d like to thank you, again, for your support, your trust and patience, and for looking forward to seeing the finished result as much as we are.   <img alt="Work_and_results-1459585260" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/298722/work_and_results-1459585260.jpg" />   Stay tuned! Thanks for your patience, all the best from the Seaside team.

Aloha,  Long time since you heard from us, that's actually good news: we're working non-stop on creating a beautiful guide! Thanks for your patience, we will keep you posted. If there's anything you like to know in the meantime, or share with us, feel free to drop us a line: info@ilovetheseaside.com. Salut! Alexandra, Gail, Dim & Geert-Jan. <img alt="Getting_there-1456151654" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/280766/getting_there-1456151654.jpg" />

<img alt="Ilts5-1452545376" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/266693/ILTS5-1452545376.jpg" />   We're over the moon! What a dream come true: thanks to your support, we made it! What? Better yet, we've reached 160% in our crowdfund campaign.    We love it that you love it, and after a short celebration back to work on the guide, so we can inspire you on your next adventure.    We'll keep you posted on the latest developments every now and then. If you like to know more, or just drop a note,  feel free to stay in touch and email info@ilovetheseaside.com.    A big cheers from us! Alexandra, Geert-jan, Dim, Alrik, Marinus, Frank, Melchior, Gail.

<img alt="Happyny-1451732471" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/264086/happyNY-1451732471.jpg" />   Wishing you a happy, healthy and inspiring 2016,    I Love the Seaside team

Dear lover of the seaside,   here's a huge thanks and CHEERS to you!  We've reached our goal, and still a few weeks to go.. After finishing our glasses we continue to create a beautiful and inspiring guide,  with love, Alexandra, Melchior, Marinus, Frank, Alrik, Dim, Geert-Jan and Gail <img alt="100percent_celebration-1450447987" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/261645/100percent_celebration-1450447987.jpg" />

We've reached over 100%, and we still have one more month to go. We're so grateful, proud and happy. One thing is for sure: there will be a surf and travel guide available for you to inspire you on your future trips :-) <img alt="Ilts_100-1-1449778646" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/259340/ILTS_100-1-1449778646.jpg" /> All the best,  Dim, Geert-Jan & Alexandra

Dear supporters of I Love the Seaside,   We're almost there! 85% and one month to go. Thanks you so much for believing in this project, it's because of you we're this far.   We continue to create a beautiful guide for you, with lots of inspiration to go and explore!   Alexandra, Geert-Jan and Dim                    <img alt="Ilts_80-1449570382" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/258378/ILTS_80-1449570382.jpg" />

Aloha,    Have you noticed how our logo is rising? Thanks to you we're less then 40% away from our goal.  Help us reach the end of the road by sharing and don't be shy to tell your friends about it :-)   Much love from all of us, and have a great weekend!   Alexandra, Geert-Jan & Dim   <img alt="Ilts_60-1-1448641229" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/255509/ILTS_60-1-1448641229.jpg" />

We want to share this with all of you and again, thank you so much for your support.  Just a few days into our crowd fund and already reached 35... Ah, no 36%!!   Merci, dank je wel, danke, thanks, obrigada, gracias!   I love the Seaside team   <img alt="Ilts_35-1-1447881093" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/252934/ILTS_35-1-1447881093.jpg" />

Wow, thanks so much to all you lovely backers, we've already reached our first milestone, 20%! Your immediate support is deeply appreciated!   <img alt="20p-1447681082" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/252083/20p-1447681082.jpg" />

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