Sunday, July 18, 2010

Barbie with a view


Saturday started stormy, cold, rainy – not the ideal weather if you Gantt-charted a barbie and a double 10 k cycling tour… We set out with backpacks stuffed with raincoats and dry clothes, prepared to get totally soaked. And ended up cycling happily along the famous Dutch waterways – even struggling against the wind isn’t half bad if you expected a rain storm.


Finally we see Christa & Michel’s new spot; that house with a huge garden next to the Noordzeekanaal is fabulous! And yes, Dutch people know having a braai means the men will have a go at cooking, but the guys were busy playing soccer.


Pre-dinner activities: soccer. Note, those big guys are NOT old & bald, they just like to have their heads shaved.


Pre-dinner activities: watching boats go by.


Pre-dinner activities: trampoline.


A real lady always takes care to be properly dressed.


Lima's first day of really walking; finally she can run away from the boring wining & dining adults!


Shrimps, veggies, pork, lamb - delicious!


How can I put this together again??


The lilies in the ‘Dutch house’ garden survive being neglected marvelously.

Friday, July 09, 2010

Sunny Europe


We had a fabulous time with Peter & Annette in Lyngby, Kopenhagen, Denmark. Perfect hosts, sun, good food, lot of sight seeing; all in one a real vacation.


Downtown Kopenhagen, the new & the old library.


Country side seeing; Peter’s brother Tom still lives on the old family farm.


Daytrip to downtown Malmo – the local Kalverstraat.


Bram really really wanted to go to Fristaden Christiania, Denmark’s hippie enclave.
  • about Christiania



  • Sorry Bram, nobody felt like swapping a titty show for a freebie.


    Back home it’s cocktail time…


    And fabulous food time…


    Our Viking wine steward.


    Back home we had another good food & succer occasion: Bram’s dad’s birthday, and Spain versus wass ist ihr Name.


    Our sugared milk steward Linde.


    Nephew Jelle finally decided upon a career: gangsta.


    Ivan, Tineke, Brammetje, Henk-I, Pien

    Fillumpie!


    July 6 2010, Oranje-Uruguay on the Big Screen at Schiphol.
    We just arrived from Kopenhagen, got some beers, and joined the crazy crowd.