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January 2017
January 29, 2017
Our old friends Paul and Els visited us today. They had never been in
Bergen op Zoom so we went to Bergen op Zoom to show them the 'Gevangen
Poort', the old city gate, the 'Markiezenhof' the city palace and the
'Ravelijn', a part of the old defense structures that used to be around
the city. Of course we had a drink on a terrace at the Grote Markt.
Erika and Els at the Markiezenhof in Bergen op Zoom
There is a very interesting carnival museum in the attic of the Markiezenhof
with scale models of carousels and other amusement rides.
At the carnival museum in the attic of the Markiezenhof
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January 28, 2017
Our oldest son had left his wallet in our car so today we went to
their house to bring it back and to see our new little grandson again.
Grandmother holding our new grandson
We went there together with one of our other sons and his two children.
Then, together with our oldest son and two of his children, we went to
the railway museum in Utrecht.
At the railway museum in Utrecht
We enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon in the railway museum before we
all went home.
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January 26, 2017
Today was a very sad day, because we had to bring my mother to a
nursing home. Her health was to bad to stay at home with my father.
Together with my brother, on of my sisters, my wife Erika and our nephew
Erik, we moved her things to the nursing home and then we brought her
there.
Erika in my mothers room in the nursing home
We were all very sad for my mother, and for my father too because he has
to live alone in their house from now on.
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January 22, 2017
Every January, our little village is filled with thousands of cycling
fans for the World Championship Cycle-Cross.
Off course, Vincent and I went there too, to write and article, take
pictures and shoot some video for our news-website
Regioactueel.nl.
Thousands of people at the 'GP Adrie van der Poel'
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January 21, 2017
My parents are rather old and have some health problems. The previous
days, my brother and sisters and their spouses stayed with my parents
and today I spend the day with them to take care of them and keep
them company.
The apartment building where my parents live
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January 20, 2017
Last monday, our new grandson was born. He is the son of our oldest son.
My wife was there all week to help and today I came to see my grandson
for the first time and to ride home with my wife in the evening.
Our new grandson
I was very proud that my son asked me to design the birth announcement
card. I also designed the previous two cards and I made it a serie, based
on our son his job as a drummer.
The birth announcement cards serie
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January 14, 2017
Together with my friend Dick, I went to the Oldtimerfair in Rosmalen.
We saw a lot of nice bikes, some very old like a Harley from 1921 and
some new classics like a Honda CX500 Turbo or a beautiful Laverda 750.
At the Oldtimerfair in Rosmalen
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January 11, 2017
This morning, at four AM, we woke up from a noise. My wife thought
she heard a window breaking so I went downstairs to check if there
were no burglars.
Because there was nobody breaking in our house but my wife was sure
the noise was glass breaking I got my flashlight and went outside
to check the neighbours houses and the cars. I found nothing.
Just when I decided to go back to sleep, i saw what had caused the
breaking glass noise.
A shelf with cups and saucers on it had collapsed and the cups and
saucers lay on the floor. Some were broken.
The broken cups and saucers on the floor
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January 2, 2017
It was freezing cold and raining yesterday but today the sun was shining,
it was dry and the temperature was about five degrees Celcius. Perfect
weather for a ride.
Via the Oesterdam I went to Tholen in Zeeland, a nice little village with
a marina. Via Halsteren en Bergen op Zoom, I went back home again.
A windmill and the churchtower of Tholen in the background
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January 1, 2017
This afternoon I got the Honda 400 from the garage for a short ride.
My annual 1 January ride. Unfortunately it started to rain. Rain
and below zero temperatures is not a good combination when riding a
two-wheeler so it was just a short ride. But it was a good way to
start 2017 anyway.
2017 New Years ride
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