Happy Birthday!

Two birthdays on the 19th of February: my lovely sister Melissa and my business partner Anand. The restaurant in Aruba we had dinner at was so kind to present Anand with a little birthday cake...

Pitstop in Curacao

On our way to Aruba we had a lay-over in Curacao. Miraculously the Suriname Airways flight was on time...leaving us with four hours at Hato Airport.

The only way to fly

We're off to Suriname and Aruba again for a short trip, this time for a client that is looking to finance a project. As luck would have it, the KLM made a mistake with the booking and because economy was fully booked, we got business class instead! For the first time in my life as international traveller I have enjoyed the perks of the 747 upper deck: champagne, excellent food served on china plates, fine wines, Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownies ice cream, roomy chairs with in-built massage and movies on demand...it really is the only way to fly!!

Happy Granddad

By day my dad is a distinguished History of Religion professor, but by night he miraculously transforms into a proud grandfather of two charming grandsons.

Global cooling???

Despite Al Gore's passionate pleas and conferences in Bali, the climate doesn't show signs of global warming everywhere. A couple of days ago a friend in Israel was enjoying unusual snow in Jerusalem and took this picture!