In addition to taking classes, the couple has rented a home in Xinhua Township, Tainan, that has a courtyard in front and a mountainside out back. Goedhart originally intended to spend his retirement strolling the countryside and looking for as-yet undiscovered Dutch artifacts, but also recently accepted an invitation from the Tourism Bureau to act as Taiwan's "ambassador of tourism" to Europe and put his love of Taiwan to good use.
中文之外，他們也在台南縣新化鎮租下一棟前有庭院、後有山坡的房子；原本退休只想好好遊山玩水，順便考察尚未出土的荷蘭遺跡的胡浩德，近日又接受觀光局的邀請，請他退休後兼差擔任台灣在歐洲的觀光大使，更可以名正言順地「愛台灣」了。