Today Marion and I went for the celebration of the Queen’s birthday to the city of Alkmaar. I never have been before to Alkmaar (apart from a changing trains at the rail road station). Lots of people told me that Alkmaar was a very nice city and now I know they were right. We did…
Month: April 2012
The Avengers
Yesterday Marion and I have been to “The Avengers”-movie. As always nowadays we went to the cinema in Beverwijk. That cinema is very good. So why go to Amsterdam or somewhere else when you can have all you are looking for so close by (10 to 15 minutes on a bicycle). One thing I really…
Ultima IX: Prologue – The why and how.
I already told it on Facebook: Last night while I could not sleep, I managed to get the old game “Ultima Ascension” running. It was something I already tried many times. But under Windows Vista and Windows 7 it seemed impossible. But somehow last night I must had a very bright moment that made me…
Battleship
I said it before and I will say it again: It is great to have a good cinema this close by. When there is new movie that I want to see, it is no problem at all. 10 to 15 minutes on my bicycle. And if the weather is really bad, the railroad station is…
Vonder & Bloom
Yesterday was mostly a lousy day. It already started early in the morning when I wanted to go to my work and the train I had to take was standing with technical problems at the railroad station of Heemskerk and it was not planning to move at all. But by travelling by other railroad stations…
Uriah Heep
Yesterday I have been to another awesome concert… Uriah Heep. And this all unexpected. So what happened? Simon, a colleague of mine, won two free tickets for this concert. But sadly he could not make it to the concert. So he gave the tickets to another colleague who is really interested in good music. Hans,…
Herbs on the balcony
As the last two years I also want this year to grow herbs that I can use with my recipes. I already bought last Sunday a nice planter. Today I bought the first herbs: Mint [Dutch: Munt], parsley [Dutch: Peterselie], chive [Dutch: Bieslook] and coriander [Dutch: Koriander]. They may now first grow stronger before I…
Spiced rolled roast
Today I made not a too big thing of dinner. Simple but good it had to be. So I baked a rolled roast (pork) [Dutch: Varkens rollade]…. I rubbed on the rolled roast some salt and pepper. For 5 minutes I baked the rolled roast in hot butter (a lot, half a package). I added…
Deer steak with red wine sauce
Yesterday I made for Sanne, Marion and me deer steak with red win sauce. Served chicory with cheese and baked potatoes with bacon, union and egg. At first I rubbed in the steaks with some salt (no pepper yet). Baked them first in olive oil so all sides were friend. After that I added butter…