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Car trouble (1)   The last week of my vacation here started with some anxious moments. My baby was supposed to go to work at 8:30 am, but less than 2 minutes after she left her home, she pulled back in to the carport. The car was running real weird and it didn’t even want to stop running when she turned the key off.   A little panic struck me (and her too I’m sure). One bad thing is, that I know absolutely nothing about car mechanics. I do understand how they work and stuff, but whenever I pull the […]

I just came back from New Orleans after a three day visit there with my girlfriend Carrie. Boy, it was a blast although way too hot for me – and suprisingly also too hot for Carrie (her being from Florida)..    To our suprise New Orleans looks a lot like some European cities we visited. Mostly I could see a resemblence to Paris in some ways, which off course isn’t surprising since New Orleans exactly means wat the name says: its  a new version of the French city Orleans.   Anyway, we went around town, had dinner in a fancy restaurant (Oliviers), went […]

Ok guys, I’m ready to go to the good oll’ US of A! I packed my bags, have my carry-on full with gizmo’s and I’m ready to put on the sun tanning lotion! I’m just wrapping up some PC stuff over here and I will be on the road (air, actually) for some 15+ hours crammed in a plane. Off course I got to have some tunes on the go. So thats why I have my iRiver IHP-120 packed. I just love the chill-out tunes and old seventies stuff. So If you have a chance, tune in to my Radio […]

I guess everyone remembers that feeling you got when you were a little kid and it was just 1 day before your birthday and you were waiting for that 1 gift you wanted. That feeling of anticipation that gave you little butterflies in your tummy. Well, even though I’m 37, I still get that feeling from time to time. Today it’s because I am expecting the arrival of a new toy/gadget: a brand new digital camera. After holding back 4 years, I finally decided to give in and buy myself a piece of the new digital photography era: an Olympus […]

Well, I guess I should not try to make any predictions anymore. The winner of the EU Soccer Cup is….. Greece! I would have bet on the Tjechs to win, but I would have lost (Portugal beat the Tjechs). The amazing thing is that Greece is like a soccer lilliputter. They never ever got into any final and never ever won a tournament before. They were always the first country to get out of the tournament, but somehow they stumbled through this EU cup. And now they beat the Portugese 1-0. Just one lucky moment to decide a match. The […]

Only 8 more days, then I’m on the plane to visit my honey 😉 Two weeks vacation to try and forget all the stuff going on at my work. Last summer Carrie (thats her name) visited Europe and we went to go see Paris. This year we will go on a (short) trip to New Orleans. I am very much looking forward to this. A lot of fun goes into looking for information on this nice town. Well, I did find a nice website (albeit a bit shallow) called:Things to do in New Orleans. Carrie lives in Florida, Tallahassee to […]

What nobody expected, happened. The Greek beat the Tsjechs and will face the Portugese this weekend in the 2004 European Soccer cup finals. Its amazing because the Tjechs so far had won every game and the Greek never ever before even got into the quater finals, let alone the semi finals! Its going to be an interesting match for sure: the Greek who have nothing to loose and the Portugese that are organizing the tournament and are playing for their own countrymen. I don’t dare to do any predictions for this match… We’ll just have to see

A dream has ended… Portugal beat us 2-1. We didn’t even score ourselves (a Portugese player scored for us)… It was an exciting game, I was on the edge of my seat, but they were to strong for us. Portugal, who is hosting the European Soccer tournament really had the benefit of playing in their own country. Almost every decision the referee made was in the advantage of the Portugese 🙁 Oh well, back to normal again. The Portugese will face off with winner of the match between the Tsjechs and the Greek…

Wow, another barrier taken: we beat Sweden! After a breathtaking 90 minutes we still had a Mexican stand-off. So we had 30 minutes more playtime (extension). After that it was penalties. If there is one other trauma in the Dutch soccer history, its taking penalties. The last 4 times we had to do this we lost. Basically our team sucks at penalties. So everyone in Holland was holding their breath when we had to continue. But this time we we kept it cool. Cooler than ice. Our goallie, Edwin van der Sar, was undoubted the hero of the match when […]

It’s been a stormy day here in Holland. Literally: a rare summer storm sweeps across our nation today. Just as our Dutch soccer team swept the Latvians of the field: 3-0. But, as I mentioned before: this time it was not in our hands: if the Germans would win from the Tsjechs, we would loose anyway. But today the impossible became possible. Even though the Tsjechs played with, what is considered a complete B-team, they beat the Germans 2-1! It could not be closer than this. And to tell the truth, it was a nervewrecking match. As always the Germans […]