The battle of the Ardennes

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Everywhere were you ride you can see stuff related to the battle in 1943 between the last german forces and the advancing Allied troops. This tank seems to be stuck in this villages (Celles)...

If the rain wasn't wet enough...

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The first thing we did when we arrived in Spa was... to swim and to linger in the Spa - which is a very modern complex. So modern that Ingo had an agrument with the electronic lockers ;-)

The WET way down

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Together with Ingo I went of to a long weekend riding our bikes in The Belgium Ardennes. It was pooring with rain all the way down to Belgium. Luckily we were wearing our Rukka Motor suits - which are terrific and we were completely dry and warm ourselves. It took us - through a special tour almost 7 hours to reach Spa (the orginal one).

I would be good for 6 households I guess...

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It sounds like something you'd only see on the Discovery Channel:
people pedaling ferociously to create enough energy to power the
television, stereo and lights. Launched last week, his "human-powered" gym  (The Green Micro Gym) is one of few fitness
centers in the world that runs on power generated by people working out. The goal is to generate 100% of the electricity used in the Gym. With my workout routine that would be peanuts...

Rudi van Dantzig 75

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I was with Noelle and eddie at the special ballet performance for Rudi van Dantzig commemorating his 75 birthday. It was a unbalanced evening with some highlight and some downsides.

Funny

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Fashion

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The house of Barack

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I did see it at the moment but good old Thijs sent me this analysis of NYT - the stage of the democratic convention was a copy of... the White House setting!

I just don't get it...

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Jerry Seinfeld and Bill gates in Microsoft Windows commercial

Sundays' best: top ten zinio magazines

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Zinio is a great way to read magazines everywhere and to get to know new magazines at a reasonable price.
This is my current top ten:
1) MacWorld
2) Amercian Photo
3) Motorcycle
4) Cycle world
5) Motorcyclist
6) Photoshop user
7) The Advocate
8) FitnessRx
9) Science
10) Avantoure