Oh oh Nica
maart 7, 2011Not bad to start my week here in Nicaragua during the weekend. Namely an excellent opportunity to get myself a Nicaragua crash course. That is how it feels. Yesterday I ‘ did’ Managua on foot and by taxi. I started my tour climbing to the Loma de Tiscapa, a hill overseeing the unique crater lake…
Happy new year
januari 1, 2011A brand new year has started. Bye bye 2010. Best wishes to everyone. I had a good prosecco yesterday, was as good as real champaign I noticed. Even the sekt without alcohol was not so bad. And how it started. The spectacularly varied tones of the new years concert in the Concertgebouw were amazing. New…
great expectations
november 28, 2010December is coming: Christmas, light, warmth, family, peace. For many others these days: food, presents, consumption, shopping, stress. Well, sure I get together with friends and family and have a good meal and presents. Some attraction there yeah, but let’s not forget what it is all about. Why going on with the real life rollercoaster…
Discoveries
oktober 6, 2010Wow, some time. I must have been busy. What happened last month? Well, one thing is I bought a car, a so called Boerenmestwagen abbreviated as BMW. A total lifechanging event. Well, ok not that much. It is just nice and handy. And I made two discoveries. That when you feel a little ill, slightly…
Butterfly effect
augustus 20, 2010What a hassle today…my train had a breakdown, and we were advised to find other means of transport. I got out, took for the subway…and saw the train run away like nothing was the matter. Wrong choice. Then it turned out my chip card was not checked in right, so when trying to go back,…
Vibrant heights
juli 26, 2010La douce france was really sweet. And hot. After two days with my brother and his family in steamy Toulouse, we went up the mountains near Laruns to see the tour de france in the pyrenees. I cycled up to col du soulor to wait for my heroes, and witnessed a brilliant vibrant atmosphere. I…
Clockwork orange
juni 30, 2010It is so hot the birds are falling off the roof. Imagine that. First we had this cold winter, now the hot summer…well still some months to go, so we will see. The new ice cream joint around the corner is doing great. I am tempted to stop by, but so far I resisted. In…
Bolivia
juni 8, 2010About one week now in Bolivia and I can’t express my amazement. What a rough and beautiful country it is. Imagine: from our Dutch flatlands you land at 4000m altitude in La Paz, the capital (or better: El Alto a neighbouring city where the airport is situated). Indeed literally breath taking. Then you descend by…
Beautiful day
mei 24, 2010In the train. Behind me I hear a guy talking to himself, about his disgust with those crooked politicians. Later he sets in the famous dutch song Oerend hard, which sounds funny with the drunken intonation… however I put in my earphones to listen to something more interesting now. Inter is playing Bayern Munich, in…
Pink
mei 9, 2010Though May was never so cold, we still had a great entrance of the sunny giro d’italia in Amsterdam. Nice people, the italians, they know to organize so well a cycling tour. If only that would also count for their economy and budget deficit…. Anyway, it was good for their economy: Their sale of pink…