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Anniversary wedding party
Breakfast might have been late, but was great. It was one of these breakfasts that you only get in a small hotel: buns that seemed to have come just from the bakery, jam and other spreads in the actual...
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“Christa und ihre Ritter”
Recall, Barbara had brought a photo album with the photos taken at my parents wedding 50 years ago. Here’s a photo of my parents taken with Achim and Dirk. If I recall right, Achim was 3 years old and...
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Impressing the mom by fixing the Wifi
Before we drove back home, we passed by aunt Barbara’s. I always liked that place. It’s funny how many memories I have of things that happened in this house: being knocked over by their dog Bonzo when...
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The little Amazon elves have been busy again
When I arrived yesterday at my parent’s place, lots of things had been delivered for me to take back to Singapore already. I loved that my cool wife had even thought of a little something for me to...
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Tübingen
With me visiting in Germany, Alex did not only suggest to meet; he actually took a day off so we could spend some time together. I don’t want to get all touchy-feely here, but *man*: what an awesome...
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Big shopping day
One of the great things being in Germany is of course that I can buy a lot of things I cannot get in Singapore. Duh, you say, but I had sort of forgotten how much fun it is to buy things in a shop,...
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Smell you later
I am really not sure whether naming a pizza place “Odore” is such a hot idea. While it can be translated with “fragrance” or “perfume”, Google also suggests “smell” or “odor” – hum. Anyhow: this is the...
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The kids update – part 1: Opening Remarks
I’ve realized I had not written much about how Thomas and Oskar were doing in the last months. How they have developed and, well, quite frankly: also, how we as parents have developed. I’ve mostly...
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The kids update – part 2: Oskar
In those past months, Oskar has truly blown my mind. And he did so frequently. He is now nearly 3 years old and you can start to see the little boy he is turning into. And I like what I see. Oskar is...
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The kids update – part 3: Thomas
When you have your second child, you are already smarter. You’ve been through the adventure of having a baby before and even though you are still clueless about what baby #2 is going to change in your...
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Ewwwww!
Look: I have good friends in Belgium. In fact, there are people I really care about and I do not want to be unfriendly or disrespectful to them. But heck! – when the train today crossed from Germany...
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Only in Belgium
While in Belgium, I am staying with Alice, Ante and Amelia. After I had arrived and dragged all my crazy pile of luggages into the guest room, Alice took me to the supermarket to buy stuff from my...
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4 years later
I did not plan for it, because I am a terrible planner, but yesterday Nadia wrote to me after she had seen updates on Facebook and asked me whether I was actually in Belgium. I am. And sweet as she...
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Lots of love. Lots of fun. Lots of bad music.
There were two reasons why I came to Europe out of the usual order. The first reason was the golden anniversary of my parents. I actually was invited to the wedding of Stefaan and Flo – the second...
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Post-wedding BBQ and a Belgian good-bye
Some beer, some meat, some salad, some bread… all in good company: what else can you ask for? Maybe a little better weather. We had been extremely lucky with the weather the evening before where it...
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Killing the charger
Looks like my iPad Pro charger got fried when the train’s power systems shut down and turned on and shut down and turned on again in Lille… Boy, do I hate those TGVs and Thalys trains! Why do they have...
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