Diary
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Reducing my shaving footprint
My shaving habits have changed a couple of times. I started with some disposable Gilette type, then switched to the types where you could change the blades, went to an electric shaver from Philips or Braun, back to Gilette and then finally back to a modern Philips shaver. The reason why I changed often was…
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First rides in the wet with Pinion and carbon belt
With the weather turning wet I had my first couple of commutes in the rain on my new bike with Pinion gears and a carbon belt. On my previous bike a ride in such conditions would mean cleaning and greasing the chain again or suffering a screeching chain on the next ride with a loss…
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Lego Technic BMW M 1000 RR
This year there were not so many summer vacation camps going on so I figured it would be a good period to build a new Lego BMW motor. A few years ago I bought a R 1200 GS model but this time it was the M 1000 RR. Built on scale of 1:5 and containing…
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Begonvil
With both of our kids away on summer camp activities we decided to go for dinner at Begonvil just the 2 of us. I had stumbled across it a little while ago looking for a place to eat on google maps. This mediterranean/Turkish restaurant is located in the centre of Keerbergen and serves a number…
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Amsterdam
In the last week of July our daughter went on a Drijver elite prep hockey goalie training camp in Amsterdam organised by Sportways. This year the camp was at Xenios. It is amazing how many hockey clubs there are in Amsterdam alone. Xenios has about 1300 members, 5 water fields and they completed the building…
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Boekhandel Dominicanen
Een tijdje geleden bezochten we Maastricht en een bezoek aan Boekhandel Dominicanen kon dan niet ontbreken. Deze boekhandel vestigde zich in 2006 in een oude Dominicanenkerk. Het gebouw alleen al is een bezoek waard zelfs als je geen interesse hebt in boeken. Voor wie wel op zoek naar boeken kan ik deze boekhandel ook aanraden.…
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Maastricht
With the youngest on scouts camp we went for a short overnight trip to Maastricht. We stayed in the Kaboom Hotel next to the central station. We travelled by car and could stay in the car park next to the station. From the car park to the hotel was a simple matter of crossing the…
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The Musketeers
After visiting the Verbeke Foundation discussed in another post we went for dinner at a nearby pub called The Musketeers in Sint-Gillis-Waas. They brew their own special beers and serve traditional dishes. The beer is apparently quite famous but I must confess I hadn’t heard of it before. No matter, we had a few amongst…
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Verbeke Foundation
In July we managed to get in touch with family while doing an activity. This year we went to visit the Verbeke Foundation. It is celebration its 15th anniversary this year but personally I never visited it before. It is a bit an eclectic collection of art and objects placed in a park. Don’t expect…
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Six Ones on the dash
We just came back from summer holidays in Corsica. We went by car and on one of the last days on the island the odometer reached 111111 km. Next occasion for such a number will be after double mileage but the car will not be with me anymore by then. A couple of years ago…
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