The musical trip

Silver was helping me clearing out the dishwasher this morning, he did very well ;-)

So today I was at work only for a few hours because in the afternoon the four of us went to Leiden to walk around (= shop) a bit and to have dinner in Noordwijkerhout and then visit a musical called "The soldier of Orange", made after the movie.

First things first: Leiden.

Above is a small display of the huge variety of "pepernoten" (google that if you want) a certain shop was offering. There were all kinds of flavours, some nice and some not so nice. My conclusion: a pepernoot should taste like a pepernoot and not like apple pie, orange, limoncello or whatever.

Still, pretty cool shop! :-)

I had to run into a toy shop where they only sold models. Model trains, model cars, model airplanes and model boats. Their stock of model trains was rather limited but I did run into some interesting model cars. These ones are for miniature racetracks and I was hoping they'd have a Mustang as well. I only found out online that they have 1, the 1970 model I believe... Very nicely done little cars though!

It was a bit chilly walking around but it was OK.

Milan and I went up the old fort. Nice views.

Then we drove to the little town of Noordwijkerhout. It only has about 10 shops so thankfully shopping didn't last too long there ;-)

We had a nice coffee outside in the sun.

Just after 5PM we walked up to the restaurant. My expectations were not too high but wow did they serve us some great food! We all had different stuff and everything looked and tasted awesome! I had guinea fowl which was terrific.

And therefore I'll link them: http://tomeat.nl/dinerkaart.html.

And then the main event of our little trip: The soldier of Orange - The musical. 3.5 hours seemed like only 1, that's how great it was. The seats were on a rotating platform so it spinned to different parts of  the stage which was all around us. They drove motorcycles on stage and even incorporated a bit of the airstrip outside into the play which was so cool! This is very recommendable!

We all had a great day out and got home after midnight. Nice!

The cake, the rainbow, the hygrometer, the mold!

A colleague brought birthday cake to work, yessah!

The weather is still shit but at least there were rainbows.

My hygrometer arrived today. I need to know the humidity in my garage because...

There is mold growing on certain shelves. Since there is currently zero ventilation I have the feeling the humidity is way too high...

Going to town

I took the bus to work today so that I can enjoy some alcoholic substances tonight. That's planning ahead folks! ;-)

It's been raining a LOT lately.

Obviously there's still some sun in between the horrific showers.

I'm preparing for making a floor in my garage. I need some metal poles that the floor can rest on. So I investigated sizes and prices. I think I'll go with the square 70x70x3mm beams. It can handle 5 tonnes. Not sure if I should get 6 or 8...

So, after work I took the tram to my old place and walked into town from there. I've always enjoyed that walk a lot.

It gets you through the nices old parts of town. On a sunny afternoon like today's that's real nice!

When I got to Mulligans I immediately ordered a pint of Guinness. That's been a while!

Then my buddy Mic arrived and after we had one more pint we went out to get some Indian food. That had been a loooong while too!

And then back to Mulligans for a few whiskeys. Mmmmmmh.

Soon after the music started we left. We are old and get tired quick ;-)

That was a very nice evening!

It's my birthday! :-)

YAY! Today's my birthday and Simone got me this bluetooth speaker for in my garage :-)

And the diet people made me this graphic after adding this weeks weigh-in.

My pies looked awesome :-)

Chocolate-caramel goodness :-)

Work got me a pressy, too :-)

And I got a few cards.

Holiday 2017, day 5 : Pizza time!

This is the morning view from our little cabin. All the tents and cabins are setup pretty close to eachother. Luckily it's on a hillside so we do have a bit of a view.

Lots of reading time again today, not doing much which is OK for now...

We ate pizza at the camping restaurant. After 2 months of proteine shakes this was better than awesome as you can imagine :-)

Friday lunch

Friday lunch! Really, really, really nice salad :-)

More repairs...

I tried "Huttenkase", some kind of cottage cheese for the first time, it had nice herbs in it. Very nice! My diet ain't so bad now eh?

When I left the house little boy Silver was seeing me out.

I had to bring my car in for repairs again. It's just a few cosmetic things because some douche reversed into me at the lights. I'll have it back on Friday.

In the evening Simone and I went for a walk again. It was warm but cloudy.

Simone made this photo of me with Silver. Silver is the best :-)

The plumbing

Today I'm starting phase 3 of my diet which means I can now have a normal breakfast again consisting of crackers with low fat toppings, low fat yoghurt and some fruit. It's awesome! And losing weight is going very well, 12 kilos less now :-)

I drove to my garage to fix the plumbing on my little sink. It went well except for me having to go back to the DIY store 3 times because I kept forgetting stuff...

In the afternoon we walked Milan's folders. He's not here right now so Simone and I had to do the work.

In the evening I was very tired and my back hurt. Silver kept me company for a while. He has grown so much...

The steak

So today I scheduled my car for repairs, again. Second time in a few months.

We had steak for dinner. Mine was heart-shaped (by accident).

The changes

Today's lunch was a dessert pudding and salad. The joys of dieting...

In the evening we went to Milan's school to hear about the changes for the next school year.

The forget me not

I planted the seeds that my (now) former colleague Tanja gave us all. I think it was a lovely gift and it shows the kind of person she is :-)

There they are. Now, grow! grow!

In the evening I was preparing diet food again.

The powder-food

So I've started another diet yesterday. I was fixing today's menu...


Because of my cold I wasn't feeling great and I'm also really tired. I sat on the couch a bit and Silver kept me company. He's the best :-)