Rogier’s Road to Recovery

So tomorrow Sanne and I will departure on our long planned holiday! Unfortunately postponed but surely not forgotten. Here’s our flight schedule:
26-07-2005
Amsterdam(AMS) Vertrek: 11:35 Met: Delta Airlines
Vluchtnummer: DL0045
Klasse: L
Cincinnati, OH(CVG) Aankomst: 14:40 Coupon geldig: 26JUL05 - 26JUL05 […]

What makes Istanbul unique? We just got home yesterday and all the pictures are now up so… decide for yourself. I think the atmosphere of authenticity and the mingling of Eastern and Western influences make Istanbul special.
It was rather interesting coming back. I was wearing a ‘Turkiye’-shirt and didn’t shave for a while - […]

Yesterday, we went to see the number one dj in the world Tiesto! And Tiesto’s party was not held at somekind of multifunctional soccer-stadium lacking atmosphere like we do on the very few occasions when Tiesto can be found in the Netherlands, no… in Istanbul they organise this feast in the Zanlimani. Imagine a gigantic […]

Just before I left for Istanbul, Faust (my fraternity) organised a shooting event. I joined in, of course. I thought this would mean that we were about ‘just’ to shoot some bullets, like on a fair or so, but I was mistaken and ill-prepared. We all fired 6 or 3 times each with all of […]

Friday, July 9 2005
Dear Friends around the Globe,
Rogier is back travelling. I flew back to the US to (re)visit Princeton. It was a special holiday, confronting yet good for the soul. Afterwards there was a small ‘1903′-reunion in Leiden and I prepared for a summer full of travelling! And now I’m writing an email from […]

Just a note to let you know Died, Lennert and I arrived in Istanbul for a fantastic holiday! Lennert and I will stay for three weeks while Died, Clemens, Arjen and Paul will fly in and out to stay up to 2 weeks with us. The city of Istanbul is very special so far. […]