Great friends

My cousins Luca and Boaz love to hang out together, as they do here at Nana & Opa's house in Groningen. We all suspect that they will roam the streets of Amsterdam North in later years as partners in crime, charming everybody they meet.

Final lecture

After the symposium the crowd moved the Academy Building of the university for dad's final lecture. To his amazement the Aula was filled to capacity (300+ people) by students, colleagues, friends and family.

Farewell symposium

Today my dad officially ends his career as a professor at Groningen University. In honour of his event a symposium was held at the faculty. Two friends, Richard Buxton and Ken Dowden, and a former student held lectures for the invited audience of colleagues, friends and family.

Winter's back!

We're having an old school winter this year. After the Christmas snow we thought that would be it, but the climate has surprised us once more with a blanket of snow. England has been suffering from the heay snow fall the last few days. I wonder how much we will get in Holland.

Happy New Year!

As is the Dutch tradition, 2010 was welcomed by the mass use of fireworks. For almost two hours the skies over Amsterdam were lit up. Happy New Year!