All kinds of everything.........

Paul and Stefan did really well in the 'Dam tot Dam loop', a 16 Km run last sunday with 1:10 hr and 1:11 hr repectively. Leon, Sylvia and myself cheered halfway and at the finish. Monday night dinner at Dick & Robert..a summer barbecue on their terrace....great food and good company. Went to Den Bosch on tuesday evening to see Swantje, who is doing a practical period down there for three months before moving to Amsterdam to do another 3 months. Dinner at an Asian Fusion place...looked great but bland food.
Captain Bert and I took the boat back to Warmond on wednesday...great weather and it took us about 5 1/2 hours inclusive of lunch. In the evening had to play bridge with Pim, Marcel and Bill while Hans cooked a fab meal beforehand.
After lunch with Jeanine in Panama (her treat), Paul and I went to the 'Concertgebouw-orchestra' conducted by Haitink with Webern's 'Im Sommerwind', Mahler's 'Rueckert Lieder' with newcomer Christianne Stotijn singing the mezzo part (great voice...did masterclasses with Jard van Nes and Janet Baker) and boring old 3rd symphony by Beethoven (Eroica).
Paul is organizing a farewell dinner this saturday for some friends in 'the Star Ferry', the new café-restaurant in the 'muziekgebouw aan het IJ', the latest venue for the über-hip inAmsterdam. Some friends are unfortunately unable to come...shame on them. Will see them next year again.