In preparation of our upcoming UK trip I am fine tuning our final route. On CCN I found this (one of the world's 10 ultimate) drive in Wales and put it right away in our GPS data. Of the ultimate drives we already did 8 so only The Transfăgărășan Road in Romania is left...
After the shocking scenes last weekend amids the financial crisis the Netherlands is in everyone was baffled by the amazing developments the last 48 hours. Parliament really took charge and showed leadership in coming up with a coherent package of savings and measures. All under excellent guidance of the Minister of Finance, Jan Kees de Jager - of which I am proud to have him as a minister and as an fellow alumni of Nyenrode.
'Music is a legal drug for athletes," claims Dr Costas Karageorghis, an expert on the effects of music on exercise, at Brunel University. In his latest book, Inside Sport Psychology, he claims that listening to music while running can boost performance by up to 15%.
In this week New Yorker a nice piece about Flynn McGarry, age 13, and his passion about food. He is already an
accomplished chef who apprentices at two restaurants, caters parties,
and hosts a monthly pop-up restaurant Eureka, that is located in his
family’s California home, features tasting dinners. This means that
each course is small (about one or two bites), and Flynn creates between
ten and seventeen courses for the meal. Wow I would love to have dinner at Flynn one day :-)
I probably did the pull over last week with a little bit to heavy dumbbell - anyway I hurt my back and couldn't hardly walk/sit or do anything actually... I hope that during the coming week things get better :-(
When I rode home on my bike today - it was pooring. I felt like a dog afterwards...
Since the new "Never Hide" advertising campaign of RayBan I almost cannot ignore them when looking for new sun glasses...
Andreas, alias Daskadasenibordet har en mycket roliga blog på Qruiser och på youtube. även om du inte talar svenska du vill se den här ;-)
Today after work Wes decided to bike back to home (that took him about 2 hours) - funny that almost all of us @auto.nl like other transportation methods more then just cars :-)
After I seen all the films in the cinema, purchased the VHS and the DVD's after that I am now thinking of buying the complete blue ray set (it will only be released in October this year) It always amazes me how much fun the bond movies are. I saw the man with the golden gun on the plane this March - and I enjoyed it very much. So maybe I will just start watching my (old) DVD box. Penguin issued a new box with 007 a while ago with fantastic art work by Michael Gillette - It is new, but at the same time very iconic from the 60's. You can buy the book set here and the original art work here.
This new video camera from Black Magic really looks cool and seems like the ultimate pro-am camcorder. ($3.000)
Farfar, får får får? Nej, får får inte får, får får lamm...
Although already released in 2011 - I just discovered this "new" Michael Franks album. I don't know why I missed it, but I am very happy that I can now listen to it (and listen to is and listen to it again). It's your classic Michael Franks album, nice sweet songs, beautifully produced and it simple makes you relaxed and happy.
Our hotel in Schmallenberg, Schutte is a hotel since 1460 - and now after 18 generations still owned and operated by the same family. It consists of a complex of building and has all the luxury you can wish for for a relaxing long weekend. We drove the original motor trip by car and promised ourselves to come back by motor soon.
