... A father and son tradition ...

.. It has been hectic weeks at work. A lot of preparation for different rather important meetings made me feel the buzz again from the days at Sony Ericsson. Late hours and very short deadlines are what make me going. In the end the work paid off since we presented very good projects at the management and are getting the permission to work further on them ...

this week-end has been a thrill in all aspects. I was to go to the MotoGP races in Holland (Assen) this week-end with some could contacts and some customers. I already dragged and convinced my girlfriend to come along to also taste the vibe of worldclass motorcycle racing but much to my surprise my son came along. Last Thursday I called the kids and he although he never mentioned it he asked if he could join.

Since Assen is quite up in the north we planned a first stop Friday night in Amsterdam meeting up with Brenda, Olly and the gang. Unfortunately we could not go for the very very long hours since Riens (my son) had to go to bed rather early , but anyhow there was still plenty of time to be updated on the latest gossip and trends .... The wine, the Greek food and the stories were in abundance ....

The next brought however some sobering up: how to threat a scale in the bathroom. For the record I do not have a scale in my bathroom mainly because of the fact I do not want to be reminded of my weight. Well I could not resist the call of the scale, but I could not oversee the consequences. I will not mention the figure that appeared but it left us both in shock. As you can imagine the diet fever already kicked in :-) .

The next morning we left rather early for the races and it was a glorious day. The weather was superb and all my guests were so excited and impressed. Riens his highlight of the day was the autograph he received from James Ellison and Carlos Checa and the fact he could thanks to the Jeremy Ferguson (My colleague who is running the International Motorsports division) get a look at the bike from up close .


After the race we were amazed again by the Dutch. Along the highway people were putting up their little barbecue and chairs to watch the bikers pass by. It was just hilarious (I will be uploading an image later this week). On every exit people from the neighborhood were sitting on the bridge and the side, they had their sun chairs even their barbecue with them. A phenomena that continued to well 100km outside Assen...

back home and today Sunday it was so nice to see my sun with his signed cap and t-shirt, guess he is bitten by the same virus as me : the virus of speed and bikes, let's hope this all turns out to be harmless ...

Happy travels my friends and hope to hear from you all soon


Toon