Scottish Tardis

 

For the first time I have seen a genuine Tardis, and a Scottish one at that! In fact, Glasgow seems to have quite a few of the traditional police box made popular by the tv show Dr Who. Perhaps not that strange in the city that has the oldest organised police force in the UK. As a fan of the Doctor, Brian (and Leah too) wanted to be immortalised with this sci-fi icon.

Glorious Glasgow

  

After a day in Edinburgh we head off by train to Glasgow, the industrial capital of Scotland that used to be a centre of trade and industry for the British Empire, in particular during the Georgian and Victorian eras. This is still very much visible in the magnificent architecture of those times, unfortunately interspersed with late 20th century concrete monstrosities.   

Bonnie Scotland

 

My friends Thalia and Leah, with whom I studied in Israel, had planned a trip to England and Scotland. As I had not seen them for many a year, it seemed a good excuse for a trip to the land of kilts, whisky and Nessie! 

Arriving at what would seem to be one of the smallest international airports in the world, the rolling hills of Scotland surrounded me. Twenty minutes later I was in the heart of Edinburgh, the Scottish capital. A beautiful city with a proud history, great architecture, friendly people and cozy pubs.

Babysitting

This week I had the pleasure of babysitting my youngest nephew Matthies for a couple of days. He was a bit under the weather and thus was unable to go to daycare. Luckily Uncle Ben could step in to entertain this bundle of fun as well as his older brother Luca. While both kids are fairly easy to handle and a lot of fun to play with, Uncle Ben went home every day a worn out man...old age comes with faults, as the Dutch saying goes...

New Aruban Prime Minister

The governments of the constitutional parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have agreed to dismantle the Netherlands Antilles and create two new countries in the kingdom: Curacao and St Maarten. With all government leaders in The Hague it was a good opportunity to meet the new Aruban Prime Minister Mike Eman.

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Mobile blogging

I have tended to blog from my laptop, but now that I have found a good Blogger app for my phone I think I might start blogging on the go!

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