Saturday, September 11, 2010

The animal festival (kinda...)

I played gin rummy in the morning. Starting with an arse-kicking 80 point game! Only 20 more to victory!

But no... I ended up getting my arse kicked afterall... How shall I put it? I was not amused...

Early afternoon I drove my bicycle to the East side of town to attend the 2nd edition of Animal festival. A small festival organised by some folks I know.

I crossed the Amstel river.

The invite said it would start at noon. I arrived just before 1PM and things were still being put up. I was the 2nd person to arrive actually...

It started to look nice though. And a 3rd guest showed up, surely more people would follow soon?

Kees waiting for the storm...

Djox, one of the organisers.

Flevopark looked nice today.

The festival terrain.

They organised things very well except that around 2AM there was still hardly anybody there.

So Kees and I went for coffee.

Kees.

Later on, bracelet-woman and Eamonn joined us ;-)

Petra looking good in the sun.

Around 16:30 people finally started dropping in. The first gig was supposed to start at 17:00 I believe. I doubt there would've been more than 15 people at that time. Anyway, Petra, Eamonn, Kees and I left. We got bored and tired of waiting. I have to say I was a bit disappointed. But, at least I got to lie down in the sun with nice music and have a chat with at least a couple of friends. Kees tried to tame the beast ;-)

In the evening I went to Mulligans coz there was a nice band playing. Due to circumstances I can't go out that late right now as I'm really watching my sleep.

So I left before midnight.

Friday, September 10, 2010

The magic night.

It was sunny when I walked to work.

Carolien is still there.

Crane.

More cranes.

In the evening I played Magic the Gathering with colleagues. Pizza first.

You play the game with cards like this.

There was eight of us. It was fun.

On my way back to the ferry I walked past the IJ kantine where there was a party with live music.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

The canal.

Walking home from town.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Meet Ruud.

The lizards at Leidseplein.

I met my friend Ruud tonight. Was very relaxed. Talked loads. Thanks Ruud! :-)

My tweety picture from about 12 years ago still decorates the bar.

It was a lovely quiet evening. Max and Jimmy played a bit of music. I was missing someone.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The umbrella parade.

Waiting for the tram this morning. I was in a foul mood and the weather wasn't helping...

Waiting for the ferry. I was still in a foul mood and the weather was still not helping.

The umbrella parade towards work.

Cute. Bit late though.

Monday, September 6, 2010

The bike ride.

The morning ferry. It was crispy cold. Nice though.

Me.

The coffee walk.

This funny looking ship is docked at the neighbours. It's called the Polarcus Naila. It's some very modern research vessel. More info in a PDF here.

We got fresh fruit in. It looks like a painting! I took a banana and an apple.

In the evening I went for a ride on my Chopper Meister. I sat at a pond with a little fountain.

It was a lovely place to be.

A swan family swam past.

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This is how I cycled.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

(Invisible) enchilada-time.

First things first on Sunday morning. I got some shopping done.

These guys are already in store! Crazy!

Around noon I took the metro down South to swap the brackets I need to hang up my tellie.

In the metro...

Mid-arvo my folks came over. I made them Martinis with Tonic ;-)

Then I made enchiladas with my mom. They tasted absolutely great!

When my folks left I went to the pub. I only stayed like an hour or so, then I walked home again.