Leidseplein

Sometimes you step back in time: Amsterdam Leidseplein "autoloze zondag" (sorry only for the dutchies) end of september, sitting on a terrace, unusual warm weather.
Wasn't I supposed to be in Spain?
Can anybody guess on who's café we were sitting at?

We were about to leave for the airport to go to Holland when it started hailing with a vengeance: hailstones as big as golfballs. Impressive! 60.000 cars on the Costa del Sol have dents in them, any garden furniture made of plastic has holes in them (we have teak) and the olive harvest this year is ruined...

The next day in Riethoven, the south of Holland... we had an al fresco lunch with the complete family, the sun was shining and the temperatures agreeable... this is not why we moved to Spain!

But... we were happy being there and I think Koen enjoyed it as well.

Culture and Art

We spent the afternoon in Málaga going to some exhibitions.

The CAC in Málaga is a modern art centre which opened about 3 years ago and is slowly but surely accumulating a very interesting collection of art. Entrance is free so we walk in every time we visit the city.

There was another exhibition in a small gallery. Traditional painting but very nicely done.

Room Mate hotel Lola in Malaga

As a birthday present for Chris we went to Málaga by train and stayed the night in a new 'boutique' hotel called Lola (part of the Room Mate Hotel chain)

Recommendable!

I like it when the pay attention to little details...

CHRIS 60

Happy 60th birthday my love!
(and happy anniversary to us both: married 4 years)
copyright: Oystein Johansen

delay

It's been a long time since I had delays on flights but this was a nice one: was supposed to fly at 16.20 but left at 21.00 and arrived in Málaga at midnight. Getting luggage and driving home: actual arrival time 01.30. Chilling with a glass of wine and in bed at 02.30 am. Getting up at 07.00 to go to work. Positive side: I know all the duty free shops on Schiphol airport.