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Chapter Fifty

  • Hilmar Mulder
    Fifty+, Portraits

    Life & Style after Fifty portrait: Hilmar Mulder

    Blond, beauty and brains: Hilmar Mulder (August, 1968) shares her life and style with us in our Portraits series.…

  • Naitonal Tile Museum Lisbon
    Art, City, Culture, Portugal, Travel

    Lisbon tip: National Tile Museum aka Tile Heaven.

    If you say Lisbon, you say old streets lined with tile-fronted houses. A charming street view I just can’t…

  • Art, Culture, Fashion, Style

    Thierry Mugler: Couturissime at Kunsthal

    [by Marjolein] A spectacular and extravagant retrospective: French couturier, perfumer, photographer, filmmaker and director Thierry Mugler has landed with…

  • Royal Portrush links Dunluce course
    Golf, Northern Ireland, Travel

    Links golf in Northern Ireland, 5 coastal gems

    Northern Ireland has been on our (links golf) travel list for quite some time. First and foremost because of…

  • Golf, Hotels, Northern Ireland, Travel, Wellness

    Stay ‘n play along the Irish Sea, Slieve Donard Hotel & Spa

    The 4* Slieve Donard Hotel, located along the Irish Sea coast where the Mourne hills roll straight into the…

  • Grace Spiegel
    Fifty+, Portraits, Style

    Life & Style after fifty portrait: Grace Spiegel

    In Portraits series no. 32. our ten questions about life after (and before!) fifty are for Grace Spiegel. Born…

  • Culture, Holland, Interior, Travel

    Bon Voyage! Greetings from the Golden Age of Travel

    [by Marjolein] Travel in style is our middle name. So, when Alexandra Baroness van Zuylen van Nijevelt invited us…

  • Bananatime event
    Fashion, Holland, Hotels, Travel

    Bananatime Ladies lunch at Brasserie De l’ Europe

    Three is a lovely crowd when it all adds up. We love to organise exclusive events where our main…

  • Barnbougle Golf Tasmania
    Australia, Golf, iPhoneography, Travel

    Links golf Tasmania style, stay ‘n play at Barnbougle

    Barnbougle, with its golf courses Lost Farm & Dunes, was our much-anticipated final destination of a Tasmanian road trip.…

  • Tefaf ten kate flowers
    Art, Culture, Holland, Interior

    Top 5 favourite pieces of art at TEFAF 2019

    [by Marjolein] Time flies when you’re having art fun. It feels like it is only a few months ago…

  • Carlijn Meijst
    Fifty+, Interior, Portraits

    Life & Style after fifty portrait: Carlijn Meijst

    Bohemian Carlijn Meijst features in our Portraits series, no. 31. Born in the Summer of 1968 in Amstelveen, the…

  • Kasbah Bab Ourika
    Hotels, Morocco, Travel

    Kasbah Bab Ourika, a Moroccan luxury hideaway

    [by Tanja] We welcomed 2019 in a very special place in Morocco. Much to our surprise the atmosphere and…

  • Arkaba Outback
    Australia, Hotels, iPhoneography, Travel

    Photo journal: Outback Arkaba, wildbush luxury love

    You never get a second chance to make a first impression. Well, Australia you did just that to the…

  • The Pier cathay pacific yoga
    Hong Kong, Interior, Travel

    Fly zen, Cathay Pacific adds yoga lounge to The Pier

    Namasté! Now this is good news. Cathay Pacific just opened a new addition to their already spiff business class…

  • brafa art fair brussels bowman sculpure
    Art, Belgium, Culture, Travel

    Our best ten at BRAFA art fair in Brussels

    [by Marjolein] Clear the walls, we’ve curated 10 stunning pieces of art shown at the BRAFA Art Fair in…

  • 5 star hotel de l europ amsterdam
    City, Holland, Hotels, Travel, Wellness

    CITY SHORT BREAK: 24H IN COLOURFUL AMSTERDAM

    [by Marjolein] As much as we love far away destinations, we do appreciate what’s right under our noses. This…

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Chapter Fifty plus luxury travel

Welcome to Chapter Fifty where we, women over fifty, share our [Travel] Life & Style.

Or should we say lust for life?

About Me

Karin Barnhoorn Chapter Fifty

Karin Barnhoorn (’63) is (freelance) travel writer and avid iPhoneographer.

The sustainable approach on Luxury Travel ticks all her boxes (guilty feeling when flying included). As does golf, wellness and healthy food.  Home is the  Portuguese countryside Algarve.

Karin is proud ambassador of

  °   Conservatorium Hotel

  °   Talisman Travel Design

  °   Bananatime  travel wear

Contributing Editors

Contributing Editors

Tanja Minnée (’66) is a visual junkie by heart, illustrator and 50+ model.

Tanja shares her travel stories, beauty tricks and fashion fixes.

marjolein van rooij roeloffzen

Marjolein van Rooij-Roeloffzen (’65) is a gemologist and international high-end personal (jewelry) shopper who loves art and anything couture.

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