- Student
- 09/02/2016
What kind of house is this?
It's not a house at all, actually. It's a former monastery that was built in 1950 for the nuns of Poor Clare. A monastery closed to the public at that, as the nuns, who lived there until 2015, weren't allowed to be in touch with people from the outside. It's walled and surrounded by an actual moat.
Today, the monastery's residents are Joren Wintjes (third-year Industrial Engineering) and Pjotr Boers (a student of Psychology at Tilburg University). They were invited by the auxiliary bishop of the diocese of ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Joren is our tour guide and urges us to wear a coat: “It's a big place and apart from the areas we live in, it's downright cold.”
It's enormous for two students. Forty small guest rooms, a kitchen the size of a lecture theater, and a chapel. The former dining area now features a foosball table. Joren and Pjotr are allowed to live in the monastery because they know the bishop who manages the building from a sailing camp. By inhabiting the place, they prevent squatters from entering.
Holy wafers and smooth salad
For two peope, fill four pitas with pesto and cheese and put them in the oven for ten minutes.
Brown 300 grams of diced chicken breast. Add a diced red pepper.
Make a salad: mix 250 grams of fresh spinach leaves with a diced mango, the chicken (cooled), and pepper. Whip up a salad dressing of cream of balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Sprinkle with soft goat's cheese.
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