The Black Knights ride again

Today I went to the beach with Wesley and his new (All Black) Suzuki GSR 750 (left) great bike, great ride, great fun :-)
Share:

Pretzels in Munich

Whenever I am in Munich I try to sample a pretzel or two. On this picture it looks quite small, but actually it was a Giant Prezi...
Share:

Chocolate Sprinkles with Thijs

Finally I got a chance to catch up with Thijs. At "De Ysbreeker" they serve these huge sandwiches with giant chocolate sprinkles - so the choice for lunch was made easy. 
Share:

Fight Club


Share:

Tid för Göteborg!

Nu är det tid för Sverige igen - och så ska vi åka till Göteborg. Det är länge här vi var dit. När vi körde till Nordkapp passerade vi staden - men nu finns det fyra hela dagen Göteborg i Augusti.
Share:

Next Tales Of The City book: The Days of Anna Madrigal

Armistead has written a new episode of his magical, moving an funny Tales. Pitty that we have to wait until January 21, 2014 before it is published.
Share:

New: Shirtless Men in New York City

Did the guys from "Mad Men City" lose all sense of decorum and occasion? Fifth Avenue is the new Coney Island boardwalk or Miami. Lot's of pictures of shirtless guys appear on the Internet. A trend we already saw earlier in London and proof that men are no longer the oglers - they are the object of the gaze...
Share:

Black


Share:

Red2: fun entertainment

Because of not so great reviews I idn't had high expectations for Red2 - but lo and behold: it is actually a fun sunday afternoon flick. Bruce is still bruce and John Malkovich super funny.
So if it's up to me - let's start writing Red 3!
Share:

What if?

I combine Lego with Arduino? Hmmm... sounds like a great idea. The downside is that I haven't got any Lego Mindstorm set (yet)
Share:

The Cool Voice of Rita Reys

We all thought that Rita Reys was invincible - and maybe she thought that herself as well... But The European First Lady Of Jazz passed away... I will always remember the funny occasion when I accidentally walked in to a room of a friends' home in Breukelen when all of a sudden Rita Reys was standing there in her undies. :-)
We had a big laugh about it - she was really funny. Later I saw her performing on Nijenrode Jazz Nights and other parties. Always perfect and a great time.
Thanks Rita.
My favourite album is from 1957 - with Art Blakey: The Cool Voice Of Rita Reys
Share:

Hmmm...


Share:

New Track: All through the night...

Share:

New Thimbles

To continue an UK tradition - I collected a few more new thimbles this journey...
Share:

Brugge


The Allied memorial of the 350.000 men evacuated in a couple of days May 1940.


Blind Donkey Street?


Before we headed to Brugge, we had some extra time left and visited Duinkerken - which was completely bombed away during WWII - so not much left to see. In Brugge things are rather different: nothing changed there since the Middle ages - which is great :-)
Share:

Underneath the channel with the Chunnel



The crossing of the channel goes very fast and efficient with the Chunnel railways. Every 15 minutes a train is leaving and after 30m or so you are in France. We had a very nice ride along the coast and trough the rolling hills before we ended up at Marc Meurin for a gastronomic feast.
Share:

Wet feet, a Castle and a black Prince

White Cliffs


Castle Bodium


The Black Prince in uh... gold



Canterbury

Along the coast we rode to Canterbury. We saw the white cliffs (no not those of Dover, but the Seven Sisters) and a great castle on the way. In Canterbury we are staying at the Lodge next to the ca thedral -which is actually an amazing unique location. It is the place where normally Anglican Bishops are staying when they visit the mother church. Canterbury is a quiet little town (after 20:00 that is when all the tourists are gone) and it was a sort of spiritual stay here next to more then 1400 years of history and devotion. 
Share:

Brighton and a few statues








We continued through the Sussex woods and visited Petworth House, which probably is better renamed tp Petworth Museum. A tremendous art collection of dozens of van Dijck, Breugel, Turner and many Greek and Roman Statues. Our destination was Brighton, where we visited The Royal Pavilion and the beach of course...
Share:

Winchester

William Walker: the diver that saved Winchester Cathedral

Jane Austen
Soldiers everywhere
 A very nice ride through the Cotwolds brought us to Salisbury and finally in Winchester. Home of the famous Winchester Cathedral with among others the grave of no other then Jane Austen. The Cathedral was saved from ruin by a diver who helped to restore the foundations in the 1960's.
Share:

Day II: the Cotwolds and about


Waddesdon Manor

The MG club outside Claydon House

Stowe House

Eddie on your typical English road

Nice Mill in the Cotswold
The weather is more sunny today - which is nice while driving, but less when walking around. Anyway there are lots of things to see. Houses for sure, but also sweet landscapes and tranquil villages with thatched roofed houses. We ended up in Cheltenham.
Share:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)