{"id":60,"date":"2025-11-06T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T14:21:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mattsandmirrors.nl\/?page_id=60","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"60\" class=\"elementor elementor-60\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ef46eb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6ef46eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;waves&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M421.9,6.5c22.6-2.5,51.5,0.4,75.5,5.3c23.6,4.9,70.9,23.5,100.5,35.7c75.8,32.2,133.7,44.5,192.6,49.7\n\tc23.6,2.1,48.7,3.5,103.4-2.5c54.7-6,106.2-25.6,106.2-25.6V0H0v30.3c0,0,72,32.6,158.4,30.5c39.2-0.7,92.8-6.7,134-22.4\n\tc21.2-8.1,52.2-18.2,79.7-24.2C399.3,7.9,411.6,7.5,421.9,6.5z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71d07dc elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"71d07dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5a7694 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a5a7694\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a231bd9 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a231bd9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_direction&quot;:&quot;in-out&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_range&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:72,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;motion_fx_opacity_level&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709327b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"709327b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who We Are<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49cbf7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"49cbf7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hi! We\u2019re Carol and Freddy and as you might have guessed, we LOVE to travel. So much so, that we have been on the road now for over 4 years and visited over 100 countries.<\/p><p>Carol (me) is 26 and Freddy is 28. We both love to create content and write about our travels. If we have it our way, we will never stop this lifestyle!<\/p><p>I guess that makes us pretty hardcore travellers, but it\u2019s our passion at the end of the day. 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Once we have the traffic visiting us, we then add display ads to websites which we get paid for whenever a customer clicks one. We also plug in affiliate links which are related to the content in our blog posts, and this also makes us a lot of money.<\/p><p>More traffic to our websites generally equals more money in our pockets and nicer restaurants for our next meals.<\/p><p>Interested? Thought you would be. Keep reading to find out more!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us Who We Are Hi! We\u2019re Carol and Freddy and as you might have guessed, we LOVE to travel. So much so, that we have been on the road now for over 4 years and visited over 100 countries. Carol (me) is 26 and Freddy is 28. 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