Diary
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Why I am not watching the 2022 World Cup Football
Ever since the 2022 edition was given to Qatar the decision has been publicly debated on and off. It all started with the dubious motivation to host the most important football tournament in a hot desert country with no football tradition to speak off. That got fixed by moving the tournament from the summer to…
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Brasserie de Abdijmolen
Went for an early dinner a few weeks ago on a Friday at Brasserie de Abdijmolen in de abdij van het park in Heverlee. The sun was shining but it was raining on and off so we decided to play it safe and sit inside even though some people were enjoying a drink outside. As…
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Café-Restaurant Bourla
Two weeks ago we went to Antwerp to visit the recently reopened KMSKA. After the visit we walked along the river to the city centre and then went for dinner in Café-Restaurant Bourla. This is located behind the Bourla theatre on the Graanmarkt. It is located in an old luxurious building and when you enter…
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KMSKA Open Again
The KMSKA has recently reopened after having been closed for almost 10 years. The opening was soon followed by a lot of fuss in the press about the white floor, which is immediately full of black stripes from the shoes of visitors. Compared to the past, the museum now actually consists of 2 buildings in…
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Museum van Schone Kunsten Antwerpen
Na bijna 10 jaar gesloten te zijn geweest is het KMSKA onlangs terug open gegaan. Dit ging al dadelijk gepaard met de nodige heisa in de pers over de witte vloer die direct vol zwarte strepen staat. In vergelijking met vroeger bestaat het museum nu eigenlijk uit 2 gebouwen in 1. Via de oude ingang…
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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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