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Lately I have been dreaming of cruisin' through Europe this summer in a dream car!

When you drive 3000Km like our family did 2 years ago, a comfortable car would be the choice but
for Zoe and me...when it comes to our dream car...it is:....? (Guess which one!)

Spring 2011

all last months of blog lacking, now summarized in a short slide show..

I am excited!

with these words my little girl opened the curtains today to let the sun shine into a new day...her birth day. For weeks she has been talking about the cakes, balloons, candles and all her friends. So today was the big day though the big party will be this Saturday on the beach.

Zoe jumped onto our bed and made sure Papa was not sleeping a minute longer. Actually, I had some work to do as the night before I made buckwheat pancake dough so now was the time to get into the heat and bake them. Hot chocolate sauce and cheery jam and her face was on "Happy".

Her entire day was activity packed and for Zoe, as long as there is good food and friends to share it with, she is entirely satisfied. In this aspect she is a real product of her Asian mum and Belgian gourmet dad...

later, I will post some pictures and further report of the day, plus her own little, short and sweet prayer..

Happy Birthday to me, to me!

Yup...another year added...amazing how time flies by! And whenever I read the news paper obituaries, I realize many of my age have passed on. So, every day now is a bonus and I am going to enjoy every moment of it while giving thanks to God.

This evening, we celebrated at "Marche" in the newly opened "313 @ Orchard" .. nice roesty, salda and finally a sweet cake made by Cheryl and Zoe today!

Here are some pics!

My 4Xth birthday @ Marche Swiss restaurant

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Happy Birthday Jesus !!

and a meaningful time to all of you to ponder on what the birth of Jesus really meant for al mankind.

No tree this time but with balls in a rather ... strange musical performance, to wish you a

Merry Christmas !!


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Cruisin' Europe

Whenever I am on the road and in a car traveling throughout Europe I marvel at the great roads, fast speeds and especially the changing landswcape as you go from country to country and even while changing provinces!

Last 2 weeks, we were in Nuernberg, Rheinfelden, drove home via the German Wine Route and the Loreley, Rhine Route.

Then we visited some friends in Belgium and Brussel and believe it or not we even took a one day trip to Amsterdam by train.

Give us some time to make a selction of the pics and will upload soon.

This is also our last week as a family together in Belgium.

Orval: peace, nature, meditation ...

I did drink the "Trappist beer" in my early 20'ies and it was only now that I visited the place.

The Abbey d'Orval (Vallis Aurelis or Latin for Golden Valley) is located in the Belgian Ardennes, a serene piece of wonderfully created nature.

A mineral water well attracted 1000 years ago the first settlers; monks from the south who built nearby the church building and monastry ( for more details, see www.orval.be ).

The water of the "Mathilda" well still serves the brewery and cheese factory. 24,000 bottles of artisanally brewed Trappist beer are bottled every hour. And they do not keep much inventory!!

Enjoy the slideshow!



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