Time for a break from all the running around. I spent the day with Inge, walking around town a bit, having a coffee on a terrace, playing some backgammon and we cooked a nice meal together. Nice to spend some quality time with my best friend and it’s great that we live a lot closer [...]
Archive for: September, 2008
move to Valencia – Sept 13
With the train I went to Rotterdam to attend the wedding of Lianne and Geert-Jan. Ten years ago Lianne wheelbarrowed me into the job as tour-leader so basically she is the one to “blame” for my prolonged stay in China The ceremony was in the park of the Euromast, Het Heerenhuys, which used to be [...]
move to Valencia – Sept 12
Inge asked me to come to the hospital to spend some time and play a bit of backgammon. Unfortunately that morning the morphine drip had just been taken out and the last bit of it was just wearing off. So instead we just talked a bit and I left early. In the evening Rene and [...]
move to Valencia – Sept 11
Nice to have a good ol’ Dutch breakfast again. Real brown bread with old cheese and all kinds of meats, yummie! Bought a new phone (Nokia 6300) and a Dutch number so finally I was mobile again. I booked my flight to Valencia, walked the dog and cooked Rene’s favourite dish from China: coca-cola chicken.
move to Valencia – Sept 10
From Mark and Pam I already had heard that their party on the 20th was not taking place, so I decided to stay shorter than planned in The Netherlands. I called Rene how Inge was doing as the day before she had undergone surgery for her 4th collapsed lung. Rene assured me that I was [...]
move to Valencia – Sept 9
Saying goodbye to Mia was not easy, a moment we dreaded for the last couple of weeks. Mei you ban fa. In the plane I sat next to Jerry Vroon of ATP, what a coincidence, before the Olympics we were in touch about a possible cooperation for homestays for the families of Dutch athletes. For [...]
2 days and a bit left
Only 2 days and a bit are left now before I leave China after my 10 year stay here. On Friday the movers came to pack our stuff. They were 45 minutes early and out within 2 hours. In the afternoon we had lunch at Mosto, the brand new restaurant in the new Nali Mall [...]
London Olympics: FUN
In the last couple of days I have had a couple of discussions with friends about the 8 minute performance for the London 2012 Olympic Games during the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on August 24. Basically none of my friends share my opinion and found it (the performance) a total disaster. In my [...]
