"I never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?"
Put the answer in the comments or send me a mail, I'll post the answer to the question later this week!
First day of the week and I see a busy week coming up, YEAH! Loads of things to pick-up at work after my holiday and having Robbert en Suzanne's wedding coming up this Saturday, there're a lot of things to arrange…guess it will bring me back to earth after the relaxing holiday in bella Italia!
We arrived home safe this morning after driving a sweet 1500kms through the night…got some sleep by now and are unpacking the car. Amazing how much stuff we managed to take back with us!
A very short update for those who stayed home in rainy and cold Netherlands;
En Italia tutto e bella! Had a great time in Campomarino and we're enjoying the beauty of the province of Marche at the moment. Weather could have been a little bit better…it has been rainy the last days, but hey…it's holiday, so we keep relaxing!!!
We're outta here…Italy, here we come!!! 'Just' an 1800km, 2 days, drive to Campomarino…uhh, where?? Find it on Google Maps! 🙂
It's my last week at work before a well deserved holiday (in my own judgement :))…traditionally a busy week. For one reason or another all things come together at once and need direct attention. 🙁
Spare time is filled with preparations for the holiday since we'll go camping, sssoooo looking forward to doin' nothing on a sunny Italian beach!
Despite the crazy days at work I took a day off tomorrow to 'do' the frontyard…weather is promising; showers with thunderstorms and a small chance for hail…AAAHHHHHH!! Temperatures will be good though, 17-19 degrees (yeah, the heathwave finally came to an end!!)
No, no, no…last Friday wasn’t my last day at work before holiday!!
I only needed to make a certain guy believe I wouldn’t be in the country and because of that there wouldn’t be a bachelor party last weekend!!
He he he, I love it when a plan comes together!!! Robbert, you said I was good, but you were better…we both know now that I am the best! You never saw this one coming, great to see the surprise and disbelief on your face! LoL
Lucky guy to get two bachelor parties, one on Friday (evening/night) and one on Saturday (afternoon/evening/night). The Friday party was extra since one group of friends all couldn’t make it on Saturday. Both days were a great success, everyone had heaps of fun, pictures this time *not* to follow, he he he…
Friday we went to Scheveningen for some food, drinks and entertainment 🙂
Saturday was filled with activities, food and some more activities!
The two nights completely wrecked the groom 🙂 Despite everything has had the time of his life…as said, I love it when a plan comes together!! 🙂
The only bummer on all this is the fact I still have to work for a week…:( 🙁
Today’s the last day at work before I’m gonna enjoy a well deserved holiday…finally!!
We’ll go to Italy baby YEAHHHH! Visitting an Italian colleague for some days near Termoli (east coast) and after that enjoy the beauty of the province of Marche, planned to do exactly NOTHING but to sit in the sand!! 🙂
It’ll be quite a long drive (1800 km!), so we’ll spread it over two days. Gonna leave Sunday, right after the family weekend we’re having with Kristel’s family from tomorrow afternoon, also heaps of fun! Sjeez, isn’t life’s great??
Weather forecast predicts that the extreme temperatures will come to an end from tomorrow….he he he, that's about time! Pity actually, I adore this weather, even though I don't enjoy it fully, being stuck at work every day. Yesterday I forgot to bring my fan from home and reach an all time high of 30.5 degrees at my desk…oofffff!!
The Netherlands are not really prepared for this weather to stay for this long time:
A news report showed that fans are sold out almost everywhere and new deliveries will arrive end September…that's too late if you ask me! 🙂
Trucks are pooring water on bridges to make sure they can still be opened as well as on tram-lines to prevent them to bend and break…wtf?!?
We've been to the National Parc 'De Hoge Veluwe' with Claire and Scott yesterday. A beautiful day (again)…fun to ride those white bikes through wonderful nature! They really felt home at some point (Oz that is)…wow, never realized that The Netherlands could be so much like Australia…we missed out on kangeroos and koalas though! 🙂
Pictures to be posted lateron when I emptied my camera.
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The Netherlands is 'suffering' from a heatwave, again! Quite unusual weather for NL these days…the heatwave became 'official' last Wednesday (we can call it like that when we have 5 days above 25 degrees of which three days above 30 degrees). The temperature hasn't dropped since, wow!
No complaints here, except from the fact that I have to work 🙁 🙁 and the temperature *inside* the office is around 30 degrees!!!! Aaarrrggghhhh, it should be forbidden to work in those temperatures, eh?
I brought a fan from home to give me some airflow, faking a cooler temperature than it really is…:)
Anyway, weekend is coming up!
We have to prepare a room tomorrow in which our Canadian friends Claire and Scott will stay (actually, they're Austalian and living in the UK at the moment), but for sure we'll hit the beach the coming days!! Actually, will go there tonight…he he he!
I have put the pictures online!! Still need to do some editing though (descriptions etc.).
Check 'm out on my .Mac iWeb-homepage!
What a trip!!! Really enjoyed every moment of it…no surprise, eh?
We (me and Robbert) left last Thursday early morning and got stuck in terrible traffic in Germany…the final destination 'Pohoda' was reached late evening, instead of the early evening that we aimed for. The festival terrain was hard to find again, so the tent had to be set up in total darkness, same shit as last year. 🙂 But, it didn't matter anyway since the festival starts only early Friday afternoon…enough time to relax! Which in the end is what pohoda is all about, expecially since the slovak word 'pohoda' means 'chill out'…everyone is supposed to have a nice time and relax.
So, Friday/Saturday festival…enjoyed nice weather, relaxing atmosphere, met some great people, had just a few beers 🙂 and saw interesting bands…Stereo MC's, The Pixies, Apache Indian and Reggae Revolution, Gentleman, Babylon Circus, Zero 7…just to name a few 🙂
On Sunday we went to a lake near Senec to bath 🙂 and spend the night in Bratislava for some *serious* sleeping since Monday was traveling day again! 🙂
Luckily the drive back went much smoother than the way to SK…always good to come back home, even though still a part of me feels 'pohoda' in Slovakia 🙂
Photos to come later!
Two days to go to Pohoda 2006…w00t!!
Just three days before departure…am *really* looking forward to Pohoda 2006, the Slovak rock/dance festival!!
Yessss….the unleash has reached the next step, over the weekend I was able to log in! There are still some bits and pieces to set straight, I know the dudes and dudettes at Podshow are working their asses off…all-in-all I'd say it's a pretty impressive start!
Let your experience begin…check yourself in at Podshow.com!!
Just checked the site again and got thru to the main page!!!
I logged in and got the message: 'Congratulations! You're almost in.'…got all excited now! Followed the process of getting an activation key, received the verification mail, clicked on the link to activate my account and…got a message 'Sorry, that code was invalid.'…guess we still have to wait just a little bit…anyone else more luck??
Things are moving!
Today the last clip was put on the site, you see Ron Bloom searching for the button to unleash the Podshow+ Public Beta, after Adam apparently told him to go ahead and hit it.
A nice touch is that the flash animation filename is '420.swf'…he he he, 420 for the guys at Podshow!! 🙂
The direct link to the clip:
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