I haven’t been hiking much recently, and that, coupled with a lifestyle that keeps me seated most of the time, meant I have gained quite a bit of weight. So I decided to strap on the old walking shoes and look for Holland’s country lanes again. Yesterday I went to ‘s Graveland, where once rich … Read More

This photo was taken with my good camera. It’s not a 100% crop—I scaled it down quite a bit—so it is slightly fuzzier than it could have been. Compare to this.

The old “don’t leave valuables in your car” sign was a cartoon of a fat man with a stubly face, a mask and a crowbar. It had a caption: “nothing in, nothing out“. The new sign is an artsier affair. Not only does it depict a broken window, it also suggests the designer cracked that … Read More

This is old stuff (about two weeks old). We no longer live the life of the Blizzard People. (Amsterdam at Station Zuid/WTC, the rest is in Zoetermeer.)

A.k.a. “learning to lie”. I am slowly getting to the point where I can see the good picture before I take it. The problem is I still prefer to tell the truth. And Zoetermeer train station is very ugly—a dreary place where the wind tries to get under your clothes and the grime manages. I … Read More

I had never seen polo being played live, and there was a tournament in the Amsterdamse Bos, so I went and watched the finals. I guess you can learn to like the sport if you start to understand it more, but I got bored and left early. The website had mentioned a dress code: smart … Read More

Last month I mentioned that I bought a new pocket camera, the Canon IXUS 300 HS (or Canon Powershot SD4000 as it is known elsewhere), but have so far failed to tell you much about it. In Europe Canon has two ranges of pocket cameras, IXUS and Powershot, where the former is aimed at those … Read More

Hush, I’ll let the work speak for itself: