knielen op een bed violen

ALthough it was quite hard to get into this book, I really liked it eventually. It is about religion and hwo ti can get to you. Apparently it is autobiographical as the author is the son in the book. And the author is also my former French teacher (Jan Siebelink). It is written in an observing way, which is really nice. It is also quite heavy, but really worth reading.

de beurs

two visits:
With fleur in the afternoon, which was a really nice time and place. We had tea and talked about a lot of things.
With some people from the european project I am involved in. It was realy nice they had dutch food (stamppot) that night, as they wnated to try typical dutch food. It is quite hard to find, but it worked out.

pavlov

the new years drink started in pavlov near Spui in Den Haag. A fancy place, just nice. You had to go up two staris for the toilet, which was a bit weird. Fleur and I had to hear a million times that it was so special we came to den haag all the way from groningen. Next time I hope they will not mention it anymore, but well, it is just a way of making conversation really. But I didn't really feel like it I guess

mucho mas

we went to this tapas bar to have dinner with a group of 30 people. We had to sit in some space at the back, where no music and some atmosphere was p[resent. Although the owner really tried to make something of it, the food was bad and the service even worse. I would not recommend this place at all

de boterwaag

Fleur and I went to The Hague for a drink with other people of the same age of TNO; jong TNO. We got to know people from other departments and business wise it was good for networking. The chief of the board was so kind to give us a place to sleep (we even used his bed).
The boterwaag was the last cafe we went to. You can really notive The Hague is not a student city as the average age is higher than what you can see in delft or groningen.

de 3 uiltjes

Hanneke was here for the weekend. Fleur told me this is a nice cafe, so we went there to have a beer and talk a bit. The peopel that come here are a bit older, the atmoshpere is good. I also went here for the bachelorette party of Tjitske. I can remember from that visit, that there were quite some lesbians. But I might be wrong...

stadjershal

We organized a Squashtournament for some colleagues. 13 people were willing to participate including the future managing director. I had to play the finals against him, which was quite remarkable and surprised a lot of people. After that we had some drinks in the bar.
I had played here before for squash competition. It is quite nice and when I leave Squadraat I will probably start to play squash here.

de pelikaan

Joost graduated and his party was in de pelikaan. It was a party where I met many people from the time I lived in Delft. It was nice to see them again, talk to them and I even talked to some new people. I was lucky to have the key to the house of Joost, and I didn't have to wait for him... as it was his party he took quite some time.

campanille

My work forces me to stay in hotels in Delft or The Hangue sometimes. THis hotel is closest and although the stories were not that good, it was actually a pretty nice hotel, good breakfast and nice rooms. Though the bed was a bit hard, and as I am only sleeping there (arriving at 9pm and leaving 9 am next morning) this is what it is all about... maybe I take another one next time.

accommodatie de hullen

With my theatre group we went to group accommodation de Hullen in Roden. A cosy place, that looks very old fashioned. THe kitchen didn't have that much utensils, although the stove was huge. We could sleep in the attick next to each other; seven beds in a row. We had a very productive weekend, and some pieces fall on their place now. And it was a good time to get to know each other.

pomodori

Because Liliane and I had to do an interview near Voorburg, we went to a pizza place in Voorburg. This was a regular pizza and it took us only 1 hour inside the pizzeria.

het zwarte schaap

Together with my friends and colleagues maarten en mark we went to het zwarte schaap. We had to get inspired in order to create great ideas and see how we can set up a project we can work on together. Nice food... i had cheese fondue and creme brulee for desert.

abn business centre in euroborg

Nanko van Buuren paid a visit to the Ntehrlands. An old friend from my father but moreover the owner of ibiss, an association that works in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. They do all kinds of projects for the children that live on the streets in Rio. To keep them out of the criminal circuit and drugs things and all shitty things. They have quite some success and this was also why he was honoured by the queen on this evening in the euroborg.
Next to that, all kinds of famous people were walking there, but I didn't really recognize one of them. Apparently famous Groningen football players.
We had a nice meal, and especially my dad met a lot of people from a long time ago. I had to leave early for hte whiskyproeverij, but he stayed for some while longer.

cafe de vriendschap

How do you end up in a cafe in ZW? I will not mention the name, as it is actually a secret. When it is a secret no more, I will explain more. They do not have the best coffee, or capuchino to be better.

a coffeebar in Arnhem

I don't remember the name, but it was a nice and fancy coffeebar near the postal office in the centre of Arnhem. I went to Arnhem with my dad to get our tickets to vietnam and also to shop around for a backpack for him. We had a coffee break at this restaurant.

sally o'briens

On the first thursday borrel at TNO there were not yet that many people present in the office. It was the thursday after new years eve and most people still have the week off.
Hence, we went to sally o'briens. I went here once efore in the keiweek a year ago. It was very crowded then, but now it was a bit cold. We just had a chat.
Later we went to el txoko (wrote abotu that before) together with Fleur and Jaap-Henk. Nice conversations and nice to get to know colleagues a bit better.

santiago de cuba

This is the place where we went for salsa dancing. Or actually merengue and samba. Especially samba is not a very easy dance, but the guy I was dancing with could explain it a bit.

de kram

In eindhoven, hanneke and I went for a good night out. After the tapas we first went for some salsa dncing and then we ewnt to this cafe called the kram. I think Hanneke didn't like it that much, as her jacket was stolen, but the music was just great. Rock music, where can you find that! I think the last time I danced on this kind of music was in a bar in India called mojo's. I had a great time and it was a shame we had to go.

het pakhuis

Delft also has a pakhuis. Instead of a bar it is also a restaurant and Hanneke organised her graduation party in this cafe. Was really nice food and nice ambiance. I had a nice evening together with Froukje en Zeger. But I was very tired and still had to do something for work. I stayed the night over in the plataan on doelenplein and the next morning Merijn and Hanneke were so kind to also get up early and meet me for breakfast.

whiskyproeverij in de toeter

Together with some whisky lovers I organized a whiskytasting in de toeter. With some scottisch music and explanation with the tasting it was a really good atmosphere. You get to know your colleagues a bit better and after we tasted 4 whisky's we continued with karmeliet. We left theplace at 3.30 am, which was actually not as planned, but we had a good night out.