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February 2014
February 27, 2014
After a visit to my parents and delivering a bicycle at one of our friends in Den Haag, we
went to Scheveningen to watch the sea and to have dinner at a seaside restaurant.
Dinner at the seaside
At Grand Cafe Vitesse, we had very nice fish and chips with a very tasty sauce and we
had a sorbet as dessert. I can absolutely recommend Grand Cafe Vitesse for their very
friendly and efficient staff and good food.
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February 26, 2014
I just missed my train at the train station at Schiphol Airport this evening, on my way
home, so I had almost half an hour to spend. On Schiphol that is no problem because
it is always nice to watch the activity with the planes on the platform.
Schiphol Airport in the twilight
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February 22, 2014
The weather was perfect, my wife was away with my granddaughter and I wanted to
make a ride so I got on my BMW and went to Etten-Leur to go to the shop where
one of my sons works to buy something my wife needed for her cats.
Then I took the long way home past Roosendaal en Wouw. In front of the church in
Wouw was a.big statue for carnaval so I stopped to take a picture of it before I
continued my trip through Heimolen to go home again.
in Wouw
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February 21, 2014
This morning I went to the tattoo shop in Bergen op Zoom for the final touch of my
tattoo and then I went to Ossendrecht, to Motorservice Ossendrecht, to get my
topcase back. I had a new lid and the bottom was reïnforced with a sheet of 3 mm
aluminum.
With the topcase mounted, I took the long way home because the weather is wonderful.
It is nine degrees Celcius and sunny. Perfect riding weather.
With the topcase on the bike on the "Oude Hinkelenoorddijk"
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February 15, 2014
We had a bussy day today. In the morning we went to the farmhouse of
my oldest son and his family. My granddaughter had her birthday so
we had a nice birthday cake and lunch and then we went to Delft
because my brother and his wife are married for twenty five years.
After a bowling competition with family, we had a nice dinner
before we went home. We rode almost fourhundred kilometers today
for family celebrations
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At the family dinner after the bowling game
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February 14, 2014
For this morning, the weather forecast is good so I get the BMW from the garage for a ride.
Via Putte, I rode past Wuustwezel to Brecht in Belgium and then I went North, to the
border-town Baarle-Nassau/Baarle-Hertog. Past airfield Seppe, I rode to Steenbergen
and then past Tholen over the Oesterdam I went home. The last hour of the ride was
windy and it was raining but I enjoyed my ride anyway.
At the end of the runway at Seppe Airport
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February 8, 2014
From yesterday, until June, there is the exhibition
"Living Dinosaurs"
in the former Post-office in Rotterdam with life size Dinosaurs that move and make
noises. Today we went there with two of our sons and four grandchildren. The
children loved the big dinosaurs.
A Dino at the exhibition
From the dinosaurs, we went to the
Maritime Museum Rotterdam
were we visited the exhibition with paintings, model ships and a lot more. There was a special
"nautical' playground for the children.
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February 7, 2014
This evening, while watching the movie "Captain America" on TV, we got a phonecall
that my youingest son had an accident with his bicycle. He was in the ambulance but
was allright. His bike was not......
We went to his home in Bergen op Zoom to hear what had happened and to check if he
was ok (he was).
The front wheel needs some attention.......
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February 6, 2014
This morning I needed to get out and get some fresh air so I took the BMW for a ride to
Tholen. Over the Oesterdam and then, past the bridge at the end of the Oesterdam, on
the isle Tholen, I just followed some narrow country roads, through Poortvliet and a little
farther and then back through Bergen op Zoom and Huijbergen to my home again.
Just over an hour riding. The wind was blowing very hard, but it was dry and not cold so
I enjoyed the ride.
The trees show how strong the wind was
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February 1, 2014
Yesterday, we found out that we had two train tickets that would expire tomorrow so my wife
and I used them today to make a day trip to Middelburg in Zeeland.
We walked from the train
station into the city center and visited some interesting shops, visited an art exhibition and had
coffee with six different types of cake in a very nice restaurant.
The town hall of Middelburg in the sunset
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