Potala Palace
Just spent the morning visiting the Potala Palace. Basically the Palace was built in the 7th Century and extended in the 17th Century by the 5th Dalai Lama. The place is huge with rooms upon rooms of Buddha’s and other…
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Arrived in Lhasa (with all my bags)
You heard it right. In Lhasa with all my bags. This is a very good thing. Lhasa is the official start of the trip, so now we are in the capable hands of our Guides. Tonight we are all taking…
Greetings from Beijing
Well, me and my bags made it safely to Beijing. Spent the day doing the tourist thing, first up was a stiff hike along the Great Wall of China then shopping in a Jade Museum and lunching in a shop. In the…
Travelling Again
As most of you know, we are travelling again soon.Stephen is leaving on August 25th and will travel through China and Tibet en route to climb Cho Oyu.Caroline is leaving two weeks later and will travel through China, Tibet and…
BCNC National Day Picnic 2007
The BCNC had its yearly National Day Picnic at Paradise Beach County Park in Tiburon on July 29th. This is becoming the ‘spot par excellence’ for this event! We had a lovely afternoon at a well organized event. photos.
Fil’s Goodbye.
Our friend Fil left the Bay Area to be with his love, Nathalie, in Montreal, Quebec. He invited Gina & Sven and Stephen & myself for a goodbye dinner. Although we are very happy for Fil and Nathalie that they…
Caroline’s trip to Belgium and London – July 2007.
On this trip I spent 4 days in Gent, 4 in Eeklo en 2,5 in London. I enjoyed a few days ‘Gentse Feesten’ and caught up with family and friends. Despite catching up with lots of people I had some…
Caroline’s Birthday Party 2007
We invited friends over to help Caroline celebrate her birthday. It was a lovely fun evening, thanks everyone for being a part of it. Here are some photos. Birthday Photos
Lovely afternoon in Sunnyvale
We spent a lovely afternoon bbq’ing with our friends Inge and Marc in Sunnyvale. Stephen was fascinated by the ‘Kapla’ (Kabouter plankjes) building blocks and tried to engineer a wide-span bridge… photos
Geert in the USA
My friend Geert, from Gent – Belgium, came to visit for 3 weeks. I took him on 2 roadtrips and in between he spent time in San Francisco. Our first roadtrip took us from Pasadena (LA), via bits of Route…
Bay to Breakers 2007
It is becoming tradition to do Bay to Breakers with a group of Belgians. Here are impressions of the race, footstock and the follow on meal at 21st Amendment.
Wellington
Caroline caught up with family and friends in and around Wellington while getting to know the city a bit better. photos
Sep/Oct 2007 travel plans for Caroline
While Stephen goes mountain-hopping on Cho Oyu (see our post from Dec 13, 2006), I am planning to do some traveling as well. I have booked 2 tours: The first tour is with GAP Adventures. Here’s the actual itinerary. The…
Palm Springs, CA – Feb 16-19, 2007
For President’s Day long weekend we visited Palm Springs, California. We left very early on Friday morning, at 7:20am and arrived at our hotel just after 6pm. We would have been 2 hours earlier had we not gotten stuck in…
Winterwandeling in de polders
On Feb 4 I went for a lovely walk in the neighborhood of Watervliet in Belgium. Here are some photos of the walk. Voor ‘t geval sommigen zich afvragen waarom jullie deze keer niet van mij hoorden: ik was in…