I can remember when I younger that I didn’t like olives at all. I really disliked the taste, but I guess it is with olives just as with wine… many people have to learn to appreciate them. But as time passes by, new people come into your life and they bring new things with them…
Author: Rob
Sharing joyfully my life with Marion. Gaming. Cooking. Whisky. Greece/Lesbos. Photography. Computers. SF & Fantasy.
Amsterdam EXPO is no more….
At times I like to visit exhibitions and museums. It is a great way to expand your knowledge about all kind of subjects like history, art or biology. And some exhibitions are just great fun. One of the places I always loved to go for exhibitions was the Amsterdam EXPO (Amsterdam South, at the so-called…
This Perfect Day (“De Dag Der Dagen”)
Some time ago I borrowed the book “This Perfect Day” (or “De Dag Der Dagen” as it is called in Dutch) by Ira Levin from a colleague. She and I had a discussion about what possibly the future of the world could/would be. She suggested to read this book and as I could not find…
Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt
“This world doesn’t need a Hero. It needs a professional! One of the games that I really like to play currently is the recently released “Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt”. I really have to say that it is one the best standalone games I played for some time. It beats “Dragon Age Inquisition” and “Grand…
More updates…
Time for some maintenance and tonight the first step to that (there will more steps to follow). There is small list of blog that I regularly read. I already noticed that this list was not really up to date. Time to change that. I have updated the list. It kinda sad to see how many…
Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam (again).
Today I visited the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam again. Yes, I have been there before. But the Hortus Botanicus is one of those places that you (well, at least me) keep returning to. Every part of the year makes the Hortus very different. I went there alone today. Marion is away for the weekend. And…
Birth announcements card
By the kindness of someone in my family I got hold of the birth announcements card of my older brother, sister and of myself. It is kinda special to hold these little cards that are witness of three very important moments in the lives of my mother and father. These birth announcements of our family…
“Recreatie-vijver” Haaksbergen
This weekend Marion and I made a nice walk at the large pond just outside Haaksbergen known as “De Recreatie-vijver” (The Recreation Pond). But folks from Haaksbergen will most likely know it better as “De Bergingsvijver” (The Storage Pond). This pond is artificial and was created in 1975. The goal of this pond was to…
Cafés & Dinners-page updated.
While Marion is still far away in the land of dreams, I have updated the Cafés & dinner-page. I think I removed all invalid links. Added some new places we have been (might have missed some) and marked some places as “closed”. Another thing that needs to be continued is changing all the links so…
10 Questions for every Atheist (asked by a Christian).
On the internet there are “10 questions for atheist” going around. Supposedly these questions cannot be answered and by that the existence of god should be proven. Thing is, 9 of these 10 questions are very easy to answer as atheist. For question 7 there is no answer (yet!), but then again the counter question…