Archive for April, 2008
One long night
I’m trying to get some sleep, as tomorrow is only a few hours away, yet I cannot.
Why? I can hear you ask.
I’ll tell you why.
For the Dutch, and in particular the ones addicted to a show called ‘Mijn tent is top’, it should be clear by now. For those who still have a huge question sign floating over their heads: the show is a competitive show where several couples try to outperform the others building up a successful restaurant, with a big prize at the end. Their very own restaurant, debt-free.
Now guess which cities are in the finals, and when the finals are held.
Yes, youâ€ve guessed it right. Groningen & Breda. Right now. And, oh lucky me, my hotel is only 50 metres away from the restaurant in Groningen. 
At this very moment in time, there’s a huge crowd cheering as loud as they can to get their favourite restaurant to win the final. As the live-show has only begun 15 minutes ago, my guess is that it’ll be noisy for quite some time from now. Oh well, we’ll see how things work out here.
Update 23:15: Groningen lost. Breda won. Now can I get some sleep?
Far away from home
This week has started really early for me, as I got into my car at 05:45 this morning to go to Groningen. For those wondering how far that would be for me: pretty far!
I’ll be here for three days, and two nights. All I can say is that Groningen is a pretty city, I hope I can stroll through the town tonight to take some pictures of the scenery.
Sports in Waddinxveen
This weekend, I’ve competed in a A,B,C,D-tournament at Conquesto, Waddinxveen.
It is one of the nicer tournaments. Well organized, nice accommodation and nice people.
I”ve played single, men’s double and mixed double in the C-level, with pretty nice outcome. I lost the semi-final in the single’s competition, and the same holds for the men’s double. The mixed double (with my girlfriend) went better, we eventually placed for the final, and unluckily lost. So a second place is still pretty good!
More foreign adventures
While Lourien still is down under, a couple of my former classmates went to southern America to do some hiking, and they seem to do pretty well 
Their travel-blog can be found here, yet it also can be reached by clicking the appropriate link on the right.
Marita & Martijn: Enjoy! I am pretty envious of the fact you’re there and we have to scrape our windshields every morning as the temperature still drops below zero at night. I’m wondering whether we will get the spring-weather they have promised soon…
I’ve already pitched you an email to book the photo-evening!
Is this spam?
Even Microsoft does not know what should be considered as spam or junk, look for yourself!
