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Some rest

Sat, 04/30/2005 - 12:23pm

Wednesday night we went out for dinner, and spent the evening in a Mexican restaurant with nice food and margarita's. Thursday night one of my colleagues who lives on this island, brought us to a local student bar near the university, where we had a few beers and danced on the local music. The bar, called Shannens, calls itself a Irish Pub but it's a big mystery why. They don't have Irish beers, nor any Irish background -- the place is actually sponsored by Heineken. Nevertheless, it was a great place to go out to, and I liked it. There was a life band playing a nice combination of Spanish rock and Caribean music. They sure know how to play good dance music here and dance to it!

Friday evening I was very tired. Three colleagues went back to the States, and there are only two of us left in the hotel now. I spent the evening alone, which was very nice for a change after two intense weeks -- I had a great time with my colleagues here, they are nice to go out with and fun, but I just needed a little break and physical rest.

I had dinner in a restaurant in the hotel across the street, their great pasta dish again, with two beers. I went to bed at 22.00 o'clock and didn't wake up until 9.30 o'clock this morning. Breakfast downstairs, now I'm back in the hotel room. In a little while I'll meet up with Kevin, my other remaining colleague.

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dailylife

Ettie's birthday

Thu, 04/28/2005 - 4:06pm

Today is Ettie's birthday.

She is celebrating today in Leeuwarden, and my father is there as well. Last weekend she had a party in Middenmeer, and I regret it that we couldn't be there.

Anyway -- congratulations from both of us!

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Work Arlington 2006

Soaking wet

Wed, 04/27/2005 - 3:53pm

I am writing this from the office, with the arms and shoulders of my shirt totally wet.

Puerto Rico has a beautiful climate, but can have rather unexpected rainfall. I went for lunch with five colleagues in a shopping center about 10 minutes walking from the office. When we wanted to go back it started raining. We had only three umbrella's and six people, so we shared them but the Puerto Rican rain is very, very strong. It should try quick enough, with the airconditioning in the office.

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travelling

A sunny Saturday morning

Tue, 04/26/2005 - 8:40pm

View from the balcony.When we woke up Saturday morning the sun was shining, the sky was clear blue and it was nice and warm: vacation!

We had breakfast in a coffee place outside near the hotel and for the first time this year I was wearing my sandals and shorts. After our sandwich and coffee we went for a walk in the area around the hotel. The ocean shore there is rocky (see these two pictures) and the waves were crashing against the shore.

After that I worked for a few hours while Sasha was enjoying the pool. The hotel has a wireless network, so I first sat in the lobby and later even from the poolside.

It was a great feeling when I was done with work. We had lunch together at the pool, with a beer in the sun. Excellent.

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Cable

Mon, 04/25/2005 - 11:40pm

A short cable.This afternoon I bought a new network cable for my laptop. The hotel provides an internet connection in the room, but you need to bring your own cable to connect to it. Last week I borrowed somebody else's, but I got my own today.

I didn't really pay attention, except that I didn't want to pay to much money, these cables are so expensive! I bought the cheapest one I could find, a short one. Only when I arrived in the hotel room I realized that three feet is really very short! So now I'm sitting on the floor.

I went for dinner with four colleagues in a restaurant in the hotel across the street. I had pasta there, with a salad. I spoke with Sasha on the phone when she was changing planes, she'll be home around this time.

It's nice to enter a room for the first time, and I liked unpacking my stuff. If everything goes as planned, I'll stay 10 more nights here.

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travelling

Friday evening

Mon, 04/25/2005 - 7:05pm

So Friday night I went to my new hotel, and met with Sasha there: a great start of a great weekend.

The hotel were we stayed, the Wyndham Condado Plaza, is located closer to the city than the Holiday Inn I was in during the week. It's a very large hotel, with a casino downstairs, a couple of restaurants and about five swimming pools.

Friday evening the weather was pretty bad, just like it had been pretty much the rest of the week. In the afternoon, when Sasha arrived, the weather was good though so she got a nice welcome on Puerto Rico.

We went to the city by cab and when we arrived there it was raining. That was unfortunate but we were obviously in a good mood and it didn't spoil our evening. It helped that the cab stopped right in front of a small shop where they sold umbrella's. We looked around for a place to eat and after a while we found a very nice restaurant, "Amadeus". There we had a nice dinner with some typical Puerto Rican ingredients such as fried plantain, and enjoyed the Friday evening.

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travelling

Sea side

Sat, 04/23/2005 - 3:23pm

Together at the seaside in Puerto Rico.I finished work for today, that means we'll go into old San Juan in a little while to see what's there to discover.

Working is much nicer at the poolside or lobby of a hotel than in the office. This morning we went to the sea. There is a small beach nearby, but most of the shore are rocks. Big waves are crashing on them.

The weather is great today, so before we'll go out we'll have lunch at the pool.

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travelling

First day off in San Juan

Sat, 04/23/2005 - 12:11pm

I moved to a different hotel for this weekend, because the hotel were we originally stayed was booked for the weekend. A nice change to check out a new hotel, and Sasha checked in before I came home. It's much nicer to be on a tropical island together with her than alone.



Although I've been here about a week, I didn't get a chance to see much of the island yet -- something we'll make up for this weekend. There is some work that I need to do (that's why I'm in the lobby now, using a wireless connection for my e-mail), but we'll definitely go out and see the places around here. Pictures later.

Thursday evening I went out with 3 colleagues. First dinner together, then drinks on top of the Intercontinental hotel overlooking the ocean, and then to a surprising bar: a very interesting evening.

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Sasha arrived!

Fri, 04/22/2005 - 6:06pm

This morning Sasha arrived in Puerto Rico!

She took an early flight and checked in the hotel around 14:00 o'clock. I'm still in the office, but looking forward to the weekend!

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To bed

Thu, 04/21/2005 - 12:11am

To bed.It's been a long day today.

We were in the office around 8.30 o'clock, and we stayed till after 20.00 o'clock. We got a lot of work done, obviously.

We went for dinner together again, my two colleagues who I'm working with and I. This time we went to an Argentinian restaurant, a steakhouse. A lot of meat, not very healthy but delicious.

The weather is still not that very good, it's been raining every now and then since I came here. Today around noon we had a rather spectacular thunderstorm. Let's hope in the weekend the weather is better.

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