Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from all of us! No worry, we were warm and safe in our rooms (most of us), we did not really go out in the cold. AI has been setting the scene.
Osaka city stroll
Today I took the Shinkansen train from Hamamatsu to Osaka. My flight was only on Sunday so a good reason to explore Osaka today. Last time I was here was more than 15 years ago. Osaka station is easy to reach, first task was to drop my luggage at the hotel and then go for a stroll, direction was Dotonbori. […]
Autumn hike in Kamikochi
Early start today to move to Kamikochi, a location that can only be reached by bus or taxi. We drove to a big parking lot were people got on the bus. When bus was full, it departed over a winding narrow road to the bus station of Kamikochi, there it was full of busses. Also this seemed to be a […]
Rice, Water, Climate, and people – Takayama
Today we, a friend from Hamamatsu and me, drove from Hamamatsu to Takayama, a place located in the Japanese Alps. We shortly passed by Shirakawa but a road was closed and it was too rainy for a walk, so O only had the view on the characteristic houses on a drive-by. We checked in to our home stay room for […]
Beachside Hamamatsu
From Cancun back to Enkhuizen and moving on to Hamamatsu. In 7 days from a timezone 7 hours earlier to a timezone 7 hours later. No wonder the jetlag is more heavy this time. The first evening to my favorite restaurant when I am by myself, some real sushi and sashimi. After working on the Friday I went for a […]
Workshop at Cancun Resort
The beginning of October work took me to Cancun, Mexico. A global homologation workshop. The workshop was 4 days but I had to stay a week because of the holiday flight, it was cheap but above all a direct flight from Amsterdam. The venue for the week was the Breathless Cancun Soul Resourt, an all inclusive resort with 3 pools […]
Volante Motorcycle Tour
On Saturday 13 September the annual Volante motorcycle tour was held. This time I was happy that we could join. I already made more mileage than in the last years. We had an early start as the tour start was on the east side of the country, the far achterhoek, close to the German border. The weather was not great, […]
Bring-your-car-to-work-day
Last Thursday we had a drive to The Hague, we had a big rain shower on the way. It was a little scary for me as my front tires are worn a bit, the inside are like slick tires, somebody needs to check my wheel-alignment I guess. It was quite busy on the roads. Luckily at night I could have […]
Camp weekend at the Veluwe
It was time for a weekend trip! No big distance again but an easy drive to the east. After picking up our friend we went to Garderen, a small place in the national park the Veluwe. The place is famous for the sand sculptures. We arrived at a farm campsite ‘de boerenzwaluw’, after looking around we decided to stay there. […]
Ride-to-work day
It was ride-to-work day so I was lucky to make a big trip to Brussels. We started with the highway but close to the border we exit the highway and took secondary roads in the direction of Brussels. So we had a tour trough some small towns like Strijbeek, Hoogstraten, Zoersel, Lier and Mechelen. From Mechelen we took a small […]