Still alive!

Still alive!

Hello,

Sorry for the lack of updates… Time has been flying. I’ve been working a lot, I’m preparing for a conference. The conference is in Edinburgh in the first week of September. So far it’s going well, I’ve made a lot of progress and hopefully I’ll be able to prepare a good talk and poster.

Paul is working almost day and night on finishing his thesis so we haven’t been on many adventures. My parents visited for a weekend, so I’ve been sightseeing with them instead šŸ™‚ And last weekend we went to London to visit Paul’s parents for the weekend, and we went to the Innocent Village Fete in Regent’s Park.

I’ve got lots of photos to share, they keep piling up but I haven’t had a chance to sort them out properly and post some here. So for now just some photos that I did edit/resize, they are taken in the garden of Paul’s parents. Last weekend was apparently the Summer of 2007 šŸ˜‰ It was great weather and I really enjoyed sitting and eating out in the garden… I miss having one!! Priority nr one for our new place: a GARDEN (and nr 2: a shower, I’m fed up of always having to take baths, they are not as refreshing). Anyway, here are the photos:

Flower Flower

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The last one is actually taken by Paul, I really like it!

And as a last photo, this is my new car:

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Hmmm…. I wish… keep dreaming!! I love those cars, I’d really like to have one. I’ve always been crazy about Volkswagens. First the Beetle and later on the campers. It would be so much fun to have one! Every now and then I go through a phase of seriously looking into buying one, but then always someone comes along talking me out of it (usually my dad). Yeah they break down a lot and I’m not exactly a car mechanic so having a 40 year old car is probably not the best idea. I still hope to own one one day šŸ™‚

That’s all for now, I’ll try to post some more photos next week! Have a good weekend!

Hanneke

Fireworks at the Lord Mayor Celebrations

Fireworks at the Lord Mayor Celebrations

These photos are taken last Saturday, at the fireworks show at the Castle… The show only took 10 minutes, but it was spectacular!

People waiting for the fireworks to start…

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And there they were…

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Finally a photo of me taking pictures of the fireworks šŸ˜‰ And in the other one you can see the smoke after the fireworks had finished. This is a long exposure and turned out quite nice!

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We also walked over the fun fair in Chapelfield Gardens. I took those photos of the swing…

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That’s all šŸ™‚ Scroll down for more photos of that day, taken at the parade.

This week was a bit of holiday for me. Paul’s mum came to visit and we went to see Holkham Hall and Holkham Beach yesterday. Today we walked around the Norwich, and as the weather was (finally!) really nice, I got some very nice photos. I will post some of those next week.

Have a good weekend!

Hanneke

Lord Mayor Celebrations – Parade

Lord Mayor Celebrations – Parade

Hello!

These are the photos I took at the parade last Saturday…

A little girl waiting for the parade to start, and the pipers opening the parade.

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This is the Norwich Samba Band… they are quite good (musically), and the dancers look great! But my reason for not liking them is obvious in the second photo… it looks like most of them were forced to play, such grumpy faces! Come on, smile!! šŸ™‚

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A girl from a Steeldrum Band and the Norwich Club of Mini Owners…

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Blue blue blue…

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A cute girl in one of the gymnastics club that were in the parade.

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And some crazy people… The old man on the right was playing in a samba band!

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Some more samba music and dancers… at least they know how to smile šŸ™‚

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Also notice the woman in the band who carries a sleeping child on her back…

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The weather was very nice and the light was so warm, I stayed around to take those photos of the castle!

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