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Wasn't me

Wed, 05/11/2005 - 1:16pm

When we went for lunch we saw the Capitol on an outside TV screen. One of Washington's local TV stations is located in our neighbourhood and they have their broadcast visible on their building.

Apparently an aircraft was violating the airspace above downtown DC, and an evacuation order was issued for the White House and U.S. Capitol.

Nothing happened, luckily.

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dailylife

Party

Sun, 05/08/2005 - 12:28pm

Anthony and Sasha.Yesterday morning after breakfast we went for a long walk through Clarendon and had coffee outside in a park.

In the afternoon we bought a table for on the balcony, to get our house ready for the summer. The weather is really nice and I'm walking in my shorts and with sandals.

In the evening we visited the graduation party of Zen. It was in Anthony's house, near Silver Spring and we had a barbecue outside. Zen's mother lives in Hawai, and she had brought beautiful flowers from there.

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dailylife

Back home

Sat, 05/07/2005 - 11:35am

Yesterday morning I woke up at 6:30. It's good that I asked for a wake-up call, because the alarm didn't go off very loud and I'm not sure if I would have woken up without the ringing of the phone.

Thursday evening we stayed late at work, till 20:30 o'clock or so, and we went straight to the restaurant. Thursday was May 5th, a national holiday in Mexico, so we went to a Mexican restaurant. There were eight people in our party, both from my company and from the customer. Had a real fun evening, with one rule: no talking about work, or you'll pay a round of drinks. Great rule.

The hotel that I stayed in is close to San Juan's international airport, and it was only 10 minutes by cab. Half-way I remembered that I had forgotten to empty the safe in the hotel room, so I had to go back. I was traveling alone, other colleagues were also flying back to DC but with different flights and different departure times.

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dailylife

Photo shoot at the pool

Sat, 05/07/2005 - 11:35am

Photo shoot at the poolLast Sunday when I was having breakfast, I saw a group of people outside at the pool. Usually the pool is empty, especially in the morning, and I thought: "oh, on Sunday people start swimming earlier of course".

When I came up to my room I heard people again and it turned out to be some kind of photo-shoot.

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travelling

Back to Virginia

Fri, 05/06/2005 - 7:05am

My planes leaves in two hours. The hotel is very nearby the airport, but I still want to have a lot of time on the airport so I'll leave in about 30 minutes.

Really looking forward to see Sasha again; it's been a lot of fun here but being together is just better. Next week I'll probably go back to Puerto Rico again.

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dutchusa

Heineken on a tropical island

Wed, 05/04/2005 - 8:05am

Heineken on a tropical island.The local beer on Puerto Rico is Medallah, a pretty good beer with a nice refreshing taste.

"El Presidente Cerveza", from the Dominican Republic, is a popular import beer too, as well as Corona and some American brands.

However, the most popular non-local beer around here in my opinion -- and I am writing this with some pride -- is Heineken from Amsterdam. Even though it's not the best beer that Holland is offering the world, it is nice to be able to drink a familiar taste everywhere you go.

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travelling

Reggaeton

Mon, 05/02/2005 - 8:04pm

The popular local music here is called "Reggaeton".

It's a very danceable and happy music with a Carribbean rythm, I like it a lot. It's probably for the best that I don't understand the lyrics -- they tend to be rather explicit.

Listing to Reggaeton FM online.

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travelling

El Morro, San Juan

Sat, 04/30/2005 - 6:58pm

Sunday we visited the El Morro fort in downtown San Juan. The weather was excellent and it's a beautiful location so we took a lot of pictures.

When we arrived there, a kite-contest was going one, hundreds of kites were in the air. The fort is located on a corner of the island and there was a lot of wind so the area around the fort is great for kites. The sun was shining strong.

See the pictures.

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dailylife

Sunday morning breakfast

Sat, 04/30/2005 - 6:12pm

Breakfast.A week ago on Sunday morning we had a nice breakfast together in the hotel itself. The restaurant was overlooking the sea, and it was very sunny so the view was great. Coffee, great view, being together... an excellent start of the day.

The waiter made a unpleasant mistake, which wasn't very nice but certainly couldn't ruin our mood. And after the breakfast, she came back and apologized and said the breakfast was on the hotel. Nice gesture.

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travelling

Tapas in Puerto Rico

Sat, 04/30/2005 - 5:40pm

La Cocina del Fraile.Saturday afternoon last week Sasha and I went to Old San Juan again. It's a beautiful city, and of course it was much better to walk around now than Friday night when it was raining. We walked around the harbor, and on the city walls that were erected by the Spanish rulers of the island, and spent a long time just walking around and relaxing.

We had dinner in a great tapas bar. Puerto Rico, of course, has been a colony of Spain for over 400 years, so the cuisine and the culture are an interesting mixture of native Puerto Rican and Spanish elements.

The place we went to is called "La Cocina del Fraile", and next to a great parma ham, we had some very nice local dishes. We were sitting in a very small garden behind the building, where there was room for only four or five tables, very cosy.

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