Aug
30
One of the acrobats her dad made pictures of the festival.
Here’s an impression:
Aug
25
Coming weekend I’m going to be an acrobat in The Brothers of Limburg festival (Dutch) in Nijmegen. Nijmegen tries to be as authentic as possible during these two days. We are talking about the era around 1300-1400 AC.
We are going to play a part in the story of Mariken van Nieumeghen. We are in a short play in which we tease her for being in the big city.
This is my costume.
Aug
14
My parents seem to like it when I introduce my friends to them. So I took some of them to the beautiful south. As my parents have a nice big house with a nice big (read huge to Dutch understanding) garden my friends were thoroughly impressed. In the absence of a barbecue we dug a pit, put four poles around and stuck some chicken wire on it. Et voila, a good way to char the meat.
The next morning we went site seeing in a graveyard in Roermond and we took a walk in the forest near my parents house.
Aug
03
Finally, a new motorbike. A black Honda CB 750. Friday it will be mine. I forgot to take pictures so I’ll post one from the web.
Aug
02
A week in a place called La farge, a small place (33 acres of land) outside of Jumilhac Le Grand. Merijn is going to cook for a group of people, but before they are coming we had a relaxing week there. We by the way are; Merijn, Nynke (my housemate) and I.
After a road trip of 900 something kilometers we arrived at a very idyllic spot somewhere in the south-east of France called La Farge. A huge residence with an enormous amount of land surrounding it. The area has problems with it’s population… everybody is leaving. Lot’s of foreigners buying real estate and living there for a short period every year.
A summary of what we did in our week:
- The first evening we walked through it’s forest and found a small river running beside it. The nice thing about the forest was that the owners made a tree hut, set up walking bridges between trees and had big safety nets underneath it all.
- Road cycling. The longest trip being a 140 km route to and from Perigueux. I did not think it possible for me to actually cycle for such a long distance with a lot of steep hills in the terrain. But I did and it felt awesome.
- We drank wine, ate cheese and some foie gras at a typical restaurant.
- Night live. We found out that Limoges has a nice history, but it’s hard to find a nice pub after 1.00am.
- Merijn can make poetry from song. Dutch band called Frank Boeijen groep with Kronenburgerpark.
Jul
24
I’m going to cycle with two friends from my living community in the Dordogne. One week of reading books, road cycling and relaxation. Downside is the travel. It’s a 1000km to get there…
Jul
22
My colleague physiotherapist has declared my ankle fit for 100% use again. This means it took from the 29th of January 2010 until now. That’s half a year. If I might give you all a word of advice…never try to slide over snow with a head full of alcohol.
Jul
09
I surround myself with friends. Many people do this, because friends give you friendship. And through friendship you receive love, attention, feedback, and relaxing times to spend. One of the things friends also do is check up on your love life. So when nothing happens for a long time relationship wise, friends start reminding you in special ways. This is how the Panda party started. Let me first explain to you what a Panda party is.
The thing about panda’s is that they’re an endangered species. One of the reasons is stated in wikipedia:
when a female goes into her estrous cycle which lasts for two or three days and only occurs once a year
This made a friend decide that when another friend “didn’t get some” for a year he or she would have to celebrate a Panda party. The Panda party started…
Now it is time for my Panda party. I have to add another detail though. This is my second consecutive year without “having relations”. Friends wouldn’t be friends if they wouldn’t make the second Panda party more special. It is stated that when one celebrates his or her second Panda party he or she will become virgin again.
So the 7th of August 2010 will be the time when this panda celebrated his second Panda party. Join me to celebrate this special event.