Spa's everywhererather salty spa water



rather salty spa water at Bad Homburg







Lots of reminiscence of the good old Spa days here in the Taunus. The woods are endless. Lots of Roman antiquities and water souces. People come here since centuries to feel better and get better. And you notice that it works. Things here give rest and health :-)
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The Taunus

Our Hotel - called... The Hoerhof (the whoreplace) - well it has and extra diaeresis...



Because Eddie has to deliver a couple of Photographs in Frankfurt we decided to make a special weekend out of it and to visit the nearby Taunus woods. They are great and we are staying in the little - very ancient - town of Idstein.
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The days I tossed my running shoes

Because of this tiny stupid little foot injury/annoyance I have to forgo the half Amsterdam Marathon of this weekend. I will stay an extra day in Germany with Eddie - wouldn't like to be in Amsterdam, seeing everybody running pass by... :-( Next year and other chance I hope.
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Hmmm...


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Average guys...

In this picture a comparison of your American Average Joe and Dutch Average Jan. Wow - the difference in BMI is striking - which we noticed before in life of course, as did we notice the difference in height.
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Galileo by Motrr

After waiting patiently for more then a year I think, I have got this kickstarter project from Motrr, Galileo - which is a remote camera control for your iPhone. Really fun :-)
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Downton Abbey Simpsonized

Hilarious work done by ADN

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Back on Fire Island (1975)

A nice new book of Tom Bianchi's Fire Island Polaroids.


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The top ten winners of the Nobel Literature Prize ever


Now that Alice Munro has won the Nobel prize for Literature 2013 it is time to look back and to have a personal top 10 of the previous winners. I haven't read anything yet of Alice, so she has to wait...

Tomas Tranströmer (2011) - 17 dikter
Harold Pinter (2005) - The Caretaker
Dario Fo (1997) - Tutti uniti! Tutti insieme! Ma scusa, quello non è il padrone?
Gabriel García Márquez (1982 - Cien años de soledad
Saul Bellow (1976) - Humboldt's Gift
Pablo Neruda (1971) - Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada
Samuel Beckett (1969) - Waiting for Godot
John Steinbeck (1962) - Travels with Charley
Ernst Hemingway (1954 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
André Gide (1946) - Corydon
Thomas Mann (1929) - Buddenbrooks

OK - I know, that are 11 and not ten - but I could leave one out, could I? These are books and writers that will be read forever. 
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Pralinen "Münchner Gruß" von Dallmayr

I found these at Dallmayr in Munich. They are sweet in every sence of the word.
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Meanwhile in Second Life

I was checking second life yesterday (yes it does still exist!)  and it turned out that since 15 January 2007 I am still wondering around as Marque Renegade in my "Funda X-mas" outfit. I tried to wander around - but no wonder I didn't encounter anybody...
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Gotland

Fortfarande mycket fint
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Hi guys!


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Lazy Sunday Afternoon

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Nice Color scheme

This kind of colors could be making a return - I wouldn't mind.
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A (golden) Calf for a Wolf

The year long training of Marwan Kenzari paid off. For his leading role in the Ditch movie Wolf (which yeas means: Wolf) he received a golden Calf (sort of Dutch Oscar I guess). If you haven't seen this movie - go and see it soon. It is great.
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Siri - meet uh... Siri

Ever wondered who the real Siri is? Well she turns out to be Susan C. Bennet, a voice talent from Atlanta.
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For Sale: Piece of Der Atlantikwall

The Government offers this loverly bunker for sale in The Hague. The outside walls are 3 meter thick and the roof 2 meters. It was suposed to be a (military) hospital in 1942 - 1945, but that never happened. Not sure what you want with something like this: A Discotheque for very Deep House? 
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Three brothers I would like to know a bit better...


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Mad 'Mad Men'

Mad Men is doing a Breaking Bad maneuver by splitting the final season up into two parts of 7 episodes each airing in 2014/2015. So this means that we have to wait two years before we know how it all ends (if it ends - remember Sopranos?). But: let's first see when they will air part one - romour has it that that will be in April(!) 2014... I think I won't remember by that time who Don Draper is.
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