the proces

As you can see it is basically an old farmhouse she lived in, with loads and loads of free space around it. Riens even was playing with Renaat (his nephew ) in the same trees my brtoher and I used to climb.

 

Their laughs brought back the memories of the place i grew up till is was about 12 years old. I

On the left you can see the view of the room my brother and i were sharing at the attick. and the land where we had goats and sheep to keep us busy during the whole year ....

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Happy travels

Toon

an unreal world

 

it is strange to be in Dubai, feels so unreal. A ski slope in the middle if the dessert. Of all things can you imagine that people are coming to Dubai and take the opportunity to go skiing .... and than having a large crowd looking from the pathway of one of the biggest malls i have ever seen ... So unreal: a bit like my own life for the moment.

travels

 

Toon

Anything we do ....

that robs of what we would strive for in life is called irrational behaviour or one could also call it stupidity. Do people who act stupid get what they deserve if their goals in life are no longer achievable. First reaction is : of course.

Of course they have not set their every step in life towards the goal they have in life. Single minded focus will get them there, all other things will distract and by consequence be the basis of their failing.  Regardless of the intentions and the actual behaviour in relation to the goal.

If that is the case i indeed fail miserably on all the goals i have set to myself in life. I have to balance of the interest of my family, my kids, my work and my own person ... I will never be able to meet the expectations ...

I know i talk in riddles, but it is the only way i want to talk about it for now because i'm too confused by what has happend and my own actions .... I guess the road i will be travelling now will be along rather deserted landscapces looking for a reason why ...

i wish you happy travels, i will stick to travels alone

 

Toon

getting the hopes up ...

 

There are those days that one is just feeling content. For me this is one of these days and i hope weeks . Why, well a combination of things.

First of all it has been such a pleasure these last couple of days to meet up with some friends from de digital days. Discussing about what will be the next revolution just makes me smile.

it is not the what is said that makes me smile, it is how we as friends talk about it. all discussions seem to feel like a bunch of youngsters making plans for a wondeful adventureous trip. It fills me up with joy, the dreams i can share with the likes of Brenda, Olly or Philip ... and some other people i met during this week, quite refreshing for me ...

so that is not all that gets my hopes up. Also immenent change is adding to the joy. This week-end my brother, sister and I accompanied my mother for signing her appartment. She is selling the house and will move closer to the small city she lives in. At 66 she deserves a bit of peace instead of the constant hassle of maintaining a too big house with a too big garden and too far away from us all ....

Thirdly, we are going on a ski-holiday end of March. Not that this is next week, but in a way it feels like that : Next week Barcelona, the week after i spend in the Middle East, one week home, One week in the States, one week home and than i guess we're ready to go :-)...

but it every up there are of course also some downs ... and although i have 3 ups , the one down is putting it all back in balance. On the downer more news to follow soon .... can not tell yet ....

but nevertheless, also that cloud has a silver line .... all has to do with travelling ....

Happy travels my friends

Toon