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Falafel Amsterdam

Mon, 11/14/2005 - 9:00pm

Falafel Amsterdam.When we went out with Bella and Ramiro last Saturday we saw a familiar sign in an unexpected place.

In Adam's Morgan we saw a falafel place called "Falafel Amsterdam". A sign on the door indicates that this was indeed an establishment with Dutch owners.

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travelling

To Puerto Rico

Mon, 11/14/2005 - 6:10am

To Puerto Rico.I left to Puerto Rico yesterday. The alarm went at 9.00 o'clock Sunday morning, which was early considering the the evening before.

Initially I had planned to fly to Puerto Rico last Friday but the activities that were originally scheduled for Saturday were already completed during the week so I had some welcome extra time at home.

I packed my luggage in the morning and after we had breakfast together I left for the airport. There are no direct flights from DC to San Juan except for the 7 am one, so I had a stop-over in New York. I had an exit row seats on both flights. I arrived in the hotel around 21:00 o'clock local time -- there is a one hour time difference between San Juan and Arlington.

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dutchusa

Haring & Paling

Sun, 11/13/2005 - 10:33pm

Herring and Dutch beer.Yesterday we went with out with Ramiro and Bella. We met in the early evening at the Cleveland Park metro station to go to the Dutch embassy. It was nice to see each other again, it had been a while.

We went to the embassy for the haring en paling evening: eel and herring were brought over from Holland for a get-together of the DC Dutch society.

It's was a busy evening, it's quite a popular event, of people of all ages. There were a lot of Dutch things to eat and drink. Of course herring and eel, but also Dutch wafers, gevulde koeken and there was Dutch music playing. I bought two packages of Dutch chocolate sprinkles (hagelslag).
At the party I met Petra in real life. She lives in Vienna and I visit her website regularly and we've been in contact for about a year. It was very nice to meet her in person.

We left the party around 20:30 o'clock and we drove to Adams Morgan, where we visited a small exhibition by three painters. We looked at the paitings for a while. The place was very crowded, it was a party and exhibition at the same time. We didn't stay very long but went to nearby Cuban bar, where we stayed long and had margarita's and mojito's. We danced on Latin music and had a good time. It was a very pleasant evening.

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dailylife

American images: Fire hydrant

Sat, 11/12/2005 - 12:03am

A brightly colored fire hydrant, in Arlington, VA.

For a long time, I wanted to take a picture of such a device, but I never found the right moment -- the light not good, a car parked too close...

Last Saturday was a good day for pictures. You can see that the November sun is creating long shadows.

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dailylife

Celebrating my 27th birthday

Fri, 11/11/2005 - 8:00pm

I had a very pleasant birthday yesterday. During the day I received a lot of e-mails, comments, phone-calls from friends and family, very nice.

In the evening we went of for dinner to a really nice restaurant: Cafe Belga, a Belgium restaurant in the Eastern Market district of DC. It was great to have real Belgium fries with mayonaise, and the cheese croquette.

This in combination with the triple beers made for an excellent evening.

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dailylife

27!

Thu, 11/10/2005 - 7:01am

27th birthday.Today is my 27th birthday! We celebrated it together this morning, and Sasha gave me a really nice present -- a tripod for the digital camera.

There was a chocolate cake, and a lot of mail and e-mail as well -- thanks everybody for the birthday wishes!

It is also exactly a year ago that I started my new job, so double the reason to celebrate today.

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dailylife

Hokie House

Tue, 11/08/2005 - 11:12pm

Hokies, Virginia Tech.We had dinner tonight in a local sports bar, the Hokie House. Blacksburg is a real university town, and the night life seems to be dominated by the university population.

We had two shows two forms of ID to get in, and we got both our hands stamps with a big black stamp to show the bartender we're over 21 years old and thus allowed to order alcohol.

The name Hokie Bar refers to the name of the mascot of Virginia Tech. It's some kind of bird, some people say it's a rather unfortunate turkey, other say it's just a bird.

More about the hokie.

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Work Arlington 2006

To Virginia Tech

Tue, 11/08/2005 - 8:01pm

Virginia Tech.Monday evening I left for a career fair at Virginia Tech, a university in Blacksburg, Virginia. Steve, a colleague, gave me a ride and we left Arlington around 21:30 o'clock.

Blacksburg is about four hours from D.C. and we arrived around 1.30 in the hotel after a smooth and pleasant drive. Finding an open gas station in this part of Virginia after midnight to get some water wasn't easy, it's a really rural area.

We are here with four colleagues, and we had breakfast together. We started the interviews today at 9:00 o'clock, and the sessions ended around 16:00 o'clock.

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dailylife

American images: Gubernatorial elections in Virginia

Tue, 11/08/2005 - 7:05am

Campaign signs for the Gubernatorial elections, Virginia 2005.Today are the elections for Virginia's new governor.

In addition a new lieutenant governor and attorney general will be elected. All three races remain very close.

Campaining has been intense, and the ubiquitous signs color many gardens and public places.

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movies

Good night, and good luck

Mon, 11/07/2005 - 10:40pm

Good night, and good luck.Saturday we went to see a new movie in the AMC theater near us, Good night, and good luck.

The subject of the film is a newsshow of CBS crew in the 1950's, that takes on Senator McCarthy and the way he is investigating people accused of Communist sympathies. The movie was made in black and white, mixed with real TV footage from senator McCarthy's speeches and hearings. This made for a nostalgic movie, so next to the interesting story line it was a pleasure to see journalism at work in the area that TV was a new invention.

Be sure to visit the movie's website, it is a very elegant website with nice previews of the movie. It also has some samples from the soundtrack by Dianne Reeves.

The movie was directed by George Clooney, which he did well, but he was also playing in the movie and somehow the role didn't really fit him. David Strathairn on the other hand, gave a brilliant performance as Edward R. Murrow. Him being casted for this role was a master move, and he looks so much like the real Murrow.

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