Archive for the 'Travel' Category

WestCoast 4 : Definitely Route Nr 1

Friday, August 5th, 2005

After Monterey, we left for Los Angeles through route 1 - also dubbed Scenic Highway 1 and with reason! It closely follows the coastline and yields spectacular views along the way! We stopped at least every 200 meters to take pictures (so we really have a lot of them!).
Close to Monterey there is the ‘17-mile [...]

WestCoast 3 : Found Nemo

Monday, August 1st, 2005

Sanne and I are now sitting in the Library of Monterey, a small city on the coast of California. We’re still a little bit dizzy from the 5-hour boat trip this morning : we went out on the sea to spot whales! We actually saw Humpback Whales, different kinds of Dolphins, Sea Lions, Seals and [...]

WestCoast 2 : California Dreaming

Monday, August 1st, 2005

So we arrived in San Francisco! Unfortunately a little late since we started out with delays already at Schiphol and therefore had to be booked to another flight and blablabla…
We’re here! San Francisco is quite special. It’s very hilly in the outskirts of the city as well as downtown. SF has got very different feeling [...]

WestCoast 1 : Flight-schedule…

Monday, July 25th, 2005

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 [...]

Istanbul 4 : An unique city

Sunday, July 24th, 2005

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 - [...]

Istanbul 3 : Tiesto?!

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

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 [...]

Istanbul 1 : Back to Asıa…

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

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. [...]

“New Life” Party!

Sunday, June 5th, 2005

I just returned from a big BBQ-party at the Dismukes Mansion. Chuck and Linda organised this and invited all members of the group and relatives and collaborators - and everybody came! It was really great it could be held at their house/garden, given that Linda is only a handful weeks away from giving birth again…
The [...]

Golf Overseas!

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

Yesterday I played golf with my uncle near West Milford! That was a lot of fun! My uncle Danny is a very fanatic and good golf player. We did a little chipping and putting and went over to the driving range as well. This was a preparation for Sunday when we intend to play [...]

Memories : Confrontation & Delight

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

This is a very special holiday to the US for me.
I didn’t have much of a schedule when I arrived, but looking back I probably couldn’t even have fit in more. Let’s see what I did…
Tuesday
Michelle Kassner graduate with at Princeton (M.Sc.)! She managed to arrange tickets for me to this event. I sat next [...]