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Christmas in Utrecht

Posted in Photos, The Netherlands, Utrecht on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Spotted peeking out from shop windows:

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Pimp My Bike – Utrecht

Posted in Photos, Pimp My Bike, The Netherlands, Utrecht, tagged on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Live from the streets of Utrecht town, it’s time to pimp my bike! This time we have two different looks for the discerning cyclist.
The classic red look:

Or perhaps, zebra:

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Pieces of Utrecht 5

Posted in Photos, Pieces, The Netherlands, Utrecht on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Florin, a classic bar

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Pieces of Utrecht 4

Posted in Photos, Pieces, The Netherlands, Utrecht on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s not a pretty statue is it? It was the pink ribbon that attracted me. It’s a statue of Anne Frank though I’m not really sure what it’s doing here in Utrecht…

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Uplift

Posted in Music, tagged on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Well, it’s a marvelous night for a moon dance, with the stars up above in your eyes, a fantabulous night to make romance….
Isn’t fantabulous a wonderful word? I should use that more, it’s Cole Porter type of word, a word created for the song, like “It’s delightful, it’s delicious, it’s de-lovely”.
Van Morrison’s Moondance is a [...]

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Pieces of Utrecht 3

Posted in Photos, Pieces, The Netherlands, Utrecht on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s Johnny!

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Pieces of Utrecht 2

Posted in Photos, Pieces, The Netherlands, Utrecht on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is a bizarre statue, you might not be able to see this but this big woman has got chickens in her hands and under her arms!

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Pieces of Utrecht

Posted in Photos, Pieces, The Netherlands, Utrecht on December 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I awoke on Saturday morning still filled with the high from the previous evening, inspired and ready to take on the world. The sky was blue and the sun was shining it was the perfect day to go out picture-taking.
Camera in hand, I set out to explore my hometown, to find the parts that I [...]

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Talk talk talk

Posted in Photography, Speaking on December 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Sometimes I feel that I go on a bit too much about Toastmasters, like one of these born-again Christians who are always telling you how much better their life is since they met Jesus and all I can do is stop myself from rolling my eyes to heaven at such remarks yet here I am [...]

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Bristling Spines

Posted in Books on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

There was controversy raging at the book group last night, someone had the cheek to suggest that Midori was a slut! And she was quite vocal and strident about her opinion too!
My Midori, my charming, loveable Midori! I was shocked! It was surprising how much discussion Norwegian Wood generated, I thought it might be the [...]

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