Quiet week

The last week was a quiet one, which was good bacause I had a couple of migraine attacks during the week... Now I am feeling much better again:)

Saturday, Siebren and I went to an outdoor outlet. Very dangerous... Of course I had to buy new sports cloths. OK, I kind of need new cloths for running and X-country skiing in winter. Siebren bought some nice hiking cloths.

I've been running a bit last weekend as well, and I have discovered some nice roads for running around Cham. The environment is quite beautiful:)

Saturday night we went out for drinks and food in Zug with friends of Siebren's. Reto who lives in London was in Zug for a visit. We had a nice evening during which I listened to a lot of stories in Swiss German. I have to say that I really understand more and more, but speaking is still a bit of a problem. I have to think too long before I say something.... Keep practicing I guess.

Next week Siebren and I will be in Italy for a short vacation!!!

Zugerberg

Last weekend Siebren and I went up the Zugerberg to walk. I had no idea that it is such a big area for walking. I had been up there before, but thought that it was just a restaurant and bording school. But is actuall yis a huge park with lots of walking trails :) And some places there was a real nive view as well :) Sibren told me that when there is enough snow in winter, there will also be X-country trail :) We followed the sculptures trail. On the way we also met Phillipp woth Nathalie and Lorena :) Pics on the Dutch blog.

Laundry hostage

Here in Switzerland most appartment buildings have a laundry room. All occupants of the building get 1 or days a week during which they can do their laundry. My layndry days are on Monday and Thursday. So, yesterday morning I put in one load of laundry before going to work. The great thing about these machines is that you can delay them ba couple of hours, so when you want to pick up your laundry at the end of the day, it hasn't been wet inside the machine all day. To pay for your laundry you get a so called 'washing card' when you move into the building. You can put mney on these cards and so you can pay. To start the machine CHF3 will be taken off your card, and you'll get that back at the end of the program (minus the amount the program cost). I knew that my card was amost empty, but I thought I still had enough money to do 3 loads of laundry. Unfortunately, by the time I came home last night, the machine had turned off, and I had to have another CHF3 taken off my card to be able to open the door, which I didn't have anymore :( So, I couldn't open the door, and could not take my laundry out, and put a new one in :( So, I went to the woman in our building who can recharge the cards, but she wasn't home. I left the money with her husband with the message that my laundry was stuck. This morning I found freshly charged cards in front of my door, so I could rescue my laundry and free the machine my neighbout whos laundry day it is today!

On the border?

Tonight I biked over the snow line on my way from work to home. At work the bottom of the valley was green, but here in Dorf there is still snow on the ground

Ok, it is a bit funny, but I still feel that September is too early for this kind of weather...


PS. I did not submit an abstract for the ORS. My data were too complicated to just quickly write up...

Snow!?!

If you want to know what Davos looked like this morning have a look on the Dutch BLOG.
It started snowing yesterday afternoon, and by the time I went home, it was still snowing... When I woke up this morning it became clear it had snowed all night.... I have to admit that it looks nice, but a bit early in the season.... I guess it will have disappeard by the afternoon, right??

Bike ride

For the people who want to know if I actually managed to get my ass on my bike last Saturday, well YES, I did!!! It was super hard, and the way down was COLD.... But I am happy I did it.. .Also a bit proud that I made to just over the middle station Hohenweg of Parsenn (at 2300m) :)

Wisshorn

Last weekend, Laszlo and I wanted to hike up fluela Wisshorn. It's a tough one, a little bit lower than Schwarzhorn. Two years ago, we have tried as well, but didn't make it to the peak because it was a bit to scary, and exposed :(

This time we took a different route, which looked really good. Until we came to this flat rock at a steep angle. It looked like we had to cross it, but I was too scared to try. We decided not to take the risk and go back down. So, we've tried twice, and still haven't make it to the peak :( Maybe we should try again with yet again, another approach...

Even though we didn't make it to the peak, it was a beautiful hike :) Pics are posted on the Dutch Blog.

Weather forecast

This is the forecast for the next couple of days...

Sad, sad, sad...

HP7

Almost forgot... I havebeen quite busy reading the last Harry Potter book!!! Most of you know that I am a huge fan of the books, and of course I had to get the book on the first day of its release:) Poor Siebren, he had to share me with Harry for a couple of days... I have read the book twice, and I have to say that I like the ending...

Publication!!!!

Yesterday I heard dat my first paper has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Anatomy!!!!!!!

Up to date

So, now I am up-to-date again... Yes I know not much has happened the last couple of weeks. I have been working a lot because I wanted to get enough results to write an abstract for the ORS conference in San Fransico next March. So, I had a lot of cell cultures going on, and I also had to go in to work on the weekends. For this reason Siebren came to Davos a couple of times. We didn't do too much. I was tired of all the work, and the weather wasn't always good. So, really we haven't done much at all.

Now, Siebren is in Dubai for work, and here in Davos it is cold and wet :( I want to go for a bike ride today, but I'll wait until it is a bit warmer... If that will happen today. I have started my training for the transviamala run, and I will have to keep up the good work I've been doing :) My legs are killing me a the moment though. I have been training the uphill running, but as most people know: "What goes up, must come down". The downhill running is really hard on the muscles, but it could be much worse, I think I have developed a nice technique now.

Yesterday I tried a trail I hadn't done yet. This was really hard, but when I got back to work it felt great!! So, who knows, maybe I'll be fit again soon :)

Other than work and exercise there isn't much new... Siebren and I have decided to take a vacation at the end of September, so I am also busy looking for places to stay :)

Schwarzhorn

A couple of weeks ago, I finally hiked up Schwarzhorn :) This is the highest mountain of the region Davos, and for most people the first mountain to hike up. For some reason I never got around to do this, but now I have :)

Siebren and I hiked up together, and it was actually tougher than I expected, but definitely worth the effort, what a beautiful view!!!

Have a look at the pics:)

A night out in Alkmaar

Since we were in the Netherlands anyway for my cousin's wedding, we also met some old friends on mine for dinner in Alkmaar city centre. It was a fun night, with good food at the 'Notaris'. It was good to be in Alkmaar again, just like the old days. I really like this city:)

A weekend in NL

On 20.07.2007 my cousin Renske got married to Joost! They got married in Nieuwveen which is a small but beautiful town in the Western part of the Netherlands. Yes the part that is over populated, but when driving to Nieuwveen you don't notice it. This is a special part of the country where there is still lot's of green there.

Renske looked beautiful in the dress her mum made for her. After the church we went to this soort of farmhouse where they had the reception, dinner and party. The spot was amazing, all you could see from there was green and water, and small dikes. The party was really nice, it was good to see my family again, and it was a good opportunity for Siebren to meet a large part of the family. Unfortunately, my brother and his wife and kids couldn't be there.

I wish the happy couple all happiness!!

Oops

I just realized that I never put my last postings up in English... But I'll do it now!!!