10 Aug 2006 Stuw Amerongen To keep the water level high enough for ships, the river Rijn has three moveable dams which can keep the waterlevel high enough. One of them is the Stuw Amerongen which is also equipped with a water-powered turbines to generate about 32 MWh of electricity each year. Photos >> 6 Feb 2005 Winterberg in the snow On a frosty Sunday, we decided to go to Winterberg in Germany with the family for a day of fun in the snow. Photos >> 20 May 2004 1st sail of 2004 with Waterzooi Together with a friend I own a small motorboat, called Waterzooi. On a sunny day we went for the first sail of the season with the family. Photos >> 14 February 2004 Harbour Culemborg During the winter season the harbour of Culemborg, at the 'Lek' river, will be reconstructed and dredged. The sight of the harbour is therefore very unusual: empty! Photos >> 29 December 2003 Appelflappen Together with 'oliebollen' and 'wafels', 'appelflappen' is one of Holland's traditional treats that we bake and eat around Christmas and the end of the year. My mother always bakes them herself in a traditional way in an old barn behind my parents house. Photos >> 25 December 2003 Christmas 'Sterretjes' I celebrated Christmas at my sister's home. After the main dinner we lighted a few 'sterretjes', fireworks intended for children. But how look my sister and brother-in-law also enjoy it ;-). Photos >> 14 October 2003 Business trip to Japan Together with three colleagues, we were in the area of Nagayo and Yokkaichi for business. Luckily we managed to free up one day for pleasure and walk around the city a bit and visit the Nagoya Castle. Photos >> 4 February 2003 Short daytrip to Paris I had to be in Paris for a couple of hours for my work and took the opportunity to take of couple of typical Paris scenery photos from the area I had to be. Photos >> 22 June 2002 Stad Amsterdam Sailship in IJmuiden The unique Stad Amsterdam sail ship today sailed from the harbor of IJmuiden for a short trip on the Northsea with a group of handicapped people from Bartimeus. Photos >> 25 April 2002 Soccer game PSV - Willem II A soccer game between PSV Eindhoven and Willem II Tilburg from the KPN Telecompetitie (Dutch primary soccer division). PSV won the game with 6-0. Photos >> 11 August 2001 Texel Airshow 2001 The small airfield at the isle of Texel in Holland organizes a big airshow every three years which brings a large fleet of international planes to the small touristic isle. Photos >> For comments and/or questions, please e-mail: .