Lots of work but also pleasure

Andrew and Femke at Blijburg

The Blijburger

A beautiful old corvette parked outside Blijburg

The last couple of days we have both been really busy with work. Femke came home from a very interesting trip to Liberia, and needed to sum up that, at the same time as she is preparing for a conference in Stockholm later this summer.

I came home from Slovenia and had to write several stories from there. But I also had other stories to deliver and the next issue of Hypoxia to produce. Busy busy in other words.

That doesn’t stop us from having a nice time. Several evenings, we’ve had dinner and drinks on the balcony in the lovely weather. I had some whisky together with the neighbours the other night.

And tonight, we biked 10 kilometers to visit a friend that moved to Ijburg, an island in the outskirts of Amsterdam. It was a nice ride and it was great to meet Andrew again and to see his marvellous flat, high up on a corner with splendid sea-views in two directions.

From there, we biked further out on Ijburg to the city beach of Blijburg. Well, me and Femke biked and Andrew hooked on to my bike and rolled on his skateboard :-)

Blijburg city beach is quite a nice place with a terrace, a big beach and great views. They even have their own witbier, brewed by Brouwerij de Leckere.

Later on, we also had a drink at terrace of the stylish bar Dok 48, just next to the marina.

Now, it’s time for a quick look at Red Bull X-Alps, then bed. Tomorrow, more work.