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In Washington

Wed, 07/07/2004 - 12:33pm

Yesterday afternoon we travelled from Miami to Washington. Our journey took a longer than expected because the plane had a two hour delay.

Luckily enough we were still on time to go for dinner in a very nice restaurant at Adams Morgan. It's a Brazilian restaurant where Sasha has been before. The food was excellent, I had never eaten Brazilian before and it was great. The drinks were also very nice: we had caipirinha, the national Brazilian drink. There was a TV at the bar where a new soccer championship was on, the South-America cup. I'm sure my friend Jerry who's in Ecuador now will see many of those games as well.

We are now at Sasha's work, at the World Bank. The last time I was at the Bank was in October, when I visited Washington for about a week. We will have lunch now, it's 12:30 o'clock here. It's been a great morning.

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In The Bentley

Sun, 07/04/2004 - 12:05pm

A short update from South Beach, FL, where the weather is awesome and the beach beautiful! I'm at a computer in the our hotel now, The Bentley. There's no official internet terminal here but they were so kind to let me use an employee computer.

We spend our days swimming, walking and (when the sun's not too strong), lying at the beach. The hotel has a swimming pool on top of the building, which is very convenient even though the beach is only a few hunderd meters away. The hotel we're staying is located at the "Ocean Drive", a promenade parallel to the sea. We managed not to get burned from the sun -- except my right lower leg that I forgot to put lotion on the first day. I've made quite some pictures but I can't put them online now.

I saw the result of the soccer game between Holland and Portugal at the airport in Philadelphia, as well as the highlights of that match. Disappointing, that's for sure. We are not certain who to support now in the final match that's on tonigh, between Portugal and Greece. We found a place where we can watch the match. There is however a much bigger event going on today: it's July 4th, the American Independence Day which is traditionally celebrated with fireworks and a huge party.

So much for now, back to the swimming pool.

In Miami!

Fri, 07/02/2004 - 5:48pm

Sasha and I are in Miami Beach, Florida!

The weather is great -- it's sunny all day and even the water in the ocean is nice and warm. We're having a wonderful time.

To Washington!

Wed, 06/30/2004 - 2:17am

I'm really looking forward to see Sasha again. I will take the bus in an hour and I'll arrive in D.C. at the end of the day.

Tomorrow morning we'll take a (very) early flight to Miami.

Watching semi-finals from Philadelpha

Tue, 06/29/2004 - 12:46pm

Tomorrow will be the semi-finals of the European Championship Soccer 2004. I'm looking forward to go to the US very much, but I would also love to see the game. I'll make a stop-over at Philadelphia Airport, exactly when the match against Portugal is.

Just out of curiosity I wrote an e-mail to the customer service of Philadelphia Airport:

Dear Sir or Madam:

Next Wednesday I will be flying from Amsterdam to Washington, D.C. with a 2 hours stop-over in Philadelphia.

Now, as you might now, Wednesday will be the semi-finals of the European Championship Soccer, in which my country, the Netherlands, is
participating. This game is exactly when I will have my stop-over at Philadelphia.

My question: is there a place at the airport where the soccer game is broadcasted? Perhaps in a bar, a restaurant? I would love to be able to see it!

And to my pleasant surprise there was a quick response.

Hello Mr. Bosman - Philadelphia International Airport ("PHL") currently has 16 bar/restaurants which should be able to accommodate your needs. If this game is not on upon your arrival, the on-site management should be able to help you. I recommend that you visit our website at "phl.org" and you will find a layout of the airport along with a link to a listing of the locations of all of the bars.

Thank you for using Philadelphia International Airport and please feel free to provide us with any comments on your forthcoming visit.

So, there's a chance I will be able to see the match. But well, in the worst case I won't: a great holiday together in Miami would compensate it more than enough. And of course: Sasha and I won't miss the final match between Czech Republic and The Netherlands.

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Eclipse 3.0

Sun, 06/27/2004 - 12:39pm

Eclipse 3.0 screenshot. This afternoon I took a look at the new version of Eclipse. This is the IDE (software editor) that we are using at Chess, and a few days ago a new version, 3.0, has been released.

I have already worked with beta-versions of 3.0, so-called milestone releases, so I knew what to expect. Still, it is pleasant that there is an official new release, because they usually more stable and mature. This means they are usable as project-standard; I'll introduce it in a new project that starts after my holiday.

Some features that I personally like a lot are code folding, background processing, "create constructor from fields" and the fact that refactoring now also fully takes JavaDoc tags into account.

Van der Sar!

Sat, 06/26/2004 - 8:59pm

Van der Sar, a Dutch hero. A deserved victory on Sweden! Euro2004.com:

"After a dramatic penalty shoot-out, the Netherlands advanced to a UEFA EURO 2004™ semi-final against Portugal following 120 minutes of goalless stalemate in Faro-Loulé"

Together with Jelly, Manuel and Marcel I was watching the match in Van Stoffelen, a bar in Haarlem. A wonderful evening! The match wasn't great, but this has been the first time since 1992 that the Dutch actually won a penalty shoot-out.

Immediately after Robben's decisive goal a huge party started in Van Stoffelen, and we were dancing and singing all through the night. Almost everybody in the bar was dressed in orange clothes. Yeah, up to the semi-finals! Actually, I will be in Washington when the game starts, next Wednesday, against Portugal.

The Netherlands - Latvia

Wed, 06/23/2004 - 3:42pm

Watching soccer.

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Storm

Wed, 06/23/2004 - 1:45pm

There's storm above Haarlem now. The wind is not as strong as predicted, but the weather is pretty bad.

In an hour the soccer game between Holland and Latvia will start. If Germany wins its match, they are through. If they don't, there's still a chance for Holland. Let's hope for the best!

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Last German lesson

Mon, 06/21/2004 - 6:23pm

Teilnahmebestätigung. Tonight we had the last lesson of the German language course. We did a (short) final test on grammar, to measure what we've learned in the last few months. I think the course has been very useful. I have really improved my grammar knowledge, and it was very helpful to have this extra exercise in German conversation.

I would definitely recommend the Goethe Institute if someone wants to learn German. The lessons are efficient and professional but given in a very friendly atmosphere.

After the test we talked about a more relaxed subject: Schimpfwörter, cusswords. We received a Teilnahmebestätigung, and we spent the rest of the evening drinking wine and talking. It's a bit sad that the course is over, it has been great fun.

I took some pictures today: click on Read More... to see them.

Guus Bosman

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