Hotel Restaurant Rodenbach Enschede

... cabinets to hold her treasures. So it was with great awe that I got to view this set-up in person.

We arrived at Biggy’s house in mid-afternoon. I recognized at once the front garden from pictures she had sent me in past. Her front garden, back garden and house were a delight to tour. Her husband, Bert, came home a short while later and our gracious hosts served ...

... food. Given that this journey took me nearly two hours in a car, it was no mean feat on a bicycle.

Some farming family took pity on Dad and took him in. I don't know how long he stayed or where exactly the farm was, only that it was somewhere near Hengelo. For all I know, it was Sander and Renata's place. I doubt if there is any way of finding out now, either. At the end of his stay, they put him on a bus back to ...

... with horses and foals gambolling in the fields outside the windows. Sander and Renata are very friendly. They greeted us at the backdoor next to their metre-deep paddling pool. Despite the tepid temperature, the kids donned their costumes and leapt in, before we even got into the house.

After putting the children to bed, we talked for a bit. I had been on the go for 18 hours but I was having trouble sleeping. I guess the adrenaline was still pumping. Eventually I snuggled ...

... I started the first stage of my trip. My flight to Germany was over half an hour early, and after a journey involving taxi, plane, train and car, I managed to be in Havixbeck in time for lunch! In the afternoon, we went to the Havixbeck Carnival Parade...

... normally I hate it) and could have spent a couple more hours, but we were worried that Carly was screaming for poor Wout. I did sneak in a few frivolous purchases, including a magnetic music box that is very similar to something I had as a child and have not seen since. My girls *needed* that music box. So we picked up some sandwiches for the ...

... t nap. His international travelling experience has made him able to sustain without sleep much better than I. Later we went to dinner. It was probably a risky choice, knowing how tired the children were. It was a restaurant that specialized in chicken (which isn't as popular here as it is in the US) that Russ loved last time he was here. The sides were served family style. It was a great meal. I even tried mayonnaise on ...

... the pictures and little films that he made that the muscles in our face hurt. It was a really great evening to end our stay in Coesfeld. Said goodbye to Mutti and the rest of the clan and went with Beatrix and Knut to their home in Ratingen for a few days before we go on to Switzerland. Met their grown children and attended Beatrix's daughter's housewarming party. Spent more hours talking. Knut set me up on his network, so I'm trying to find out what's going on in the world.

... much about work so I'll say a few sentances here. Work is going really well, and I am still enjoying it. The project that I am working on is proving to be pretty difficult as I am making a manual for standards in regards to condition monitoring of the equipment, and some of these standards still need to be decided. Well, I don't think I will finish the TPLZ 12 (the name of the manual) completely before the end of the summer, but at least ...

... sons *nd served *s *p with * fridge f*ll *nd more of Grolsch *nd * t*ble piled high with wonderf*l T*rkish food. We *te *nd dr*nk till we co*ld b*rely move *nd then went o*t on the town of Enschede. I met some more T*kkers in Nh* Tr*ng, the gre*t d*tch d*o Ingrid *nd H*ong, so of co*rse we met *p with them in town. They dr*gged *s off to some other st*dent pl*ce *nd it's freshers week here too so w*s eq**lly *s ment*l *s ...

... own family tree research; I wrote some of the information down and will check it with my other records when I get home. They have many Fredriks in their family names. The Beulinks, who are brown-haired and brown-eyed, served us delicious coffee and biscuits and then -- a major highlight -- led us by car to the farmhouse where Crystal's Beulink grandfather was born, a few km away. [Pay attention, Hans!] The farmhouse was built about 1856 (we took ...