Maand: juli 2008

  • couchsurfers

    They were lucky to have two day’s of nice sunny weather in Vlissingen ; there were some heavy rain showers only during the night ! D’Ana and Stijn, both are CS-ambassadors. couchsurfers, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • Marjan

    She made a self-portrait in our front garden. Marjan, originally uploaded by wim harwig.

  • fully loaded

    Steve Roy is a  Canadian couch surfer who surfed our place when he passed Vlissingen during his cycling trip from Brussels to Rotterdam. He was “well equipped” and had to move a lot of unnecessary stuff ( in my opinion ).

  • Marjan’s garden

    A small part of her garden is used for cutting flowers.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Yesterday we’ve been to a concert that Leonard Cohen gave in Amsterdam. A few months ago his manager took all his money, so he had to go touring for some income and to see the smile of his fan’s again. see the videos below (and watch his resemblance with Ronald Plasterk) ; When you’re too…

  • Still we ride …..

    A video in 4 parts on YouTube which shows the cultural situation for bikers in a “modern democratic country” like the United States of America. PART 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

  • Bread is dead.

    Herman Brood died seven years ago by jumping of the roof of the Amsterdan Hilton Hotel ……..

  • Johan

    Johan had his 69 th birthday recently. I visited him and we had some good coffee and espresso with an enormous cake on his favourite terrace (Theehuis).

  • Rea is signing her diploma

    Rea passed all exams, so now she is supposed to be ready for making a working career in the Netherlands ! Fact is, that she wants to go to New Zealand to find work (and a little adventure) there first. We’ll see how things work out ………

  • using a skate board

    I always wondered how they made the wonderful video-shots of the fixed gear bicycles. Now I know ……. they use a skate board 🙂