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29 september 2006

56 and counting

56 and counting.JPGturkish delight.JPG
daughter and father.JPGtypical children of their father.JPG
owkee this is jeroen.JPGkedi.JPGtoday we established TolStream.JPG
lia behind the computer in the sunroom.JPGnils jorn and alisa neering.JPG
pasa.JPGbackyard abbenes.JPGlia on the move.JPG

Time is flying. Although Johan intended not to celebrate his birthday Michiel Suzanne and jeroen decided not to listen to daddy. So we had a nice evening. I got a very nice present: The first custom made TolStream T-shirt.
We enjoy being in Holland because lots of friends and family find their way to Abbenes.
This month Septenber turned out one of the warmest Septembers since decades. Maybe we might expect a long hot winter..
Love from Lia and Johan

24 september 2006

Settling in Holland again

abbenes municipality haarlemmermeer.JPGthis area is famous for its flowers.JPG
carpenter johan at coffeebreak.JPGrelaxed in our turkish greenhouse.JPG
movers move in at number 1575.JPGdutch sunset at the kaag.JPG
marijn helping his sister jade on the slide.JPGmerle lia and mike.JPGjade walking in the rain.JPG
with mother at the pool.JPGpasa kedi and lia.JPG
grandmother is back in town.JPGtoast on the new house.JPG

We are sorry being so sloppy with updating our site. Anyway the movers arrived (finally) and we managed to convert a house in Abbenes to our home. Abbenes is a small hamlet close to Schiphol airport. You might see it from above flying in to Amsterdam. Nice open areas and beautiful views. Totally different to the packed Istanbul scene.
Lia started her new job as account manager with Retail Property Management (RPM) in Delft and Johan established his own company: TolStream.
As you can see we enjoyed the company of lots of people who wanted to see us again. Especially the grandchildren are very happy. Our home has a big yard. So we got last week two 3 months old kittens. Pasa is a little guy and Kedi is his sister. You will see more of them.

Love from Lia and Johan from a sunny Abbenes (23 degrees and counting...)


07 september 2006

Costa Rica Nicaragua and Panama

Hello everybody. We are back in the air after a great trip to the Middle America's. Enjoy the pictures. First of all we put the images on our site and next update we inform you about our settling in in Abbenes.
on top of the rain forrest.jpgdangerous zone do not enter.jpgclose couple.jpg
excuse me.jpgnice to take this picture ourselves.jpg
close up of one of the millions.jpgcosta rica just before sunset.jpg
don t mess with me baby.jpgif you like exotic flowers.jpgtypical granada nigaragua.jpg
let the horses rest for a while.jpglia enjoying sunset in the sunset bar.jpg
who wins this little bat.jpglia in camouflage.jpgis this jungle or what.jpg
spectacular view.jpgrain forrest.jpg
frog buddies.jpgfun coming up.jpgclean operation.jpg
see the eight bats in a row.jpgwe had tons of rain in those tropical rain forrests.jpg
ceramique in the hotel.jpgwelcome in boca del toro panama.jpgcolourful market in granada.jpg
our group travelled with this mini bus.jpgreal paradise.jpg
real indians in their village.jpgok i know you are there.jpg
group picture.jpgit takes 24 hours door to door.jpg
While our furniture was shipped to Holland we spend most of the month August travelling through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Due to tropical weather those countries are a huge botanical garden with millions of different plants and animals and the nice thing about this is ... all of this is not fenced.
We booked our journey with Fox and our group counted 10 people. We travelled around in a mini bus and Douwe was our guide during our tour. He is an botanical engineer and could tell us many interesting things about the beautiful nature. We spend the nights in hotels. Lots of rain forrests but also we spend several days at the Pacific and Caribien beaches. Late August we returned to Holland. You can see various aspects we caught in the images. Out of more than 1.500 pictures we show just a couple...
Next update (coming up) we tell some more about Abbenes and surroundings..
Love from Lia and Johan


breakfast in boca del toro.jpgat the banana plantage.jpgbeautiful birds as well.jpg
we had to walk across the border to panama.jpglittle nosebear likes the lady.jpg
we saw corals and fish.jpgjumping fun.jpgtaken from a speed boat.jpg
at the edge of a working vulcano.jpglook at my brother.jpg
difficult to take a shot of a jumpimg dolfin.jpgas you know he can be dangerous.jpg
a border crossing not to forget.jpgon a horse with no name but no desert.jpghuman zipper in granada.jpg
blue jeans red frog.jpganother fellow.jpg
caught in action.jpganimals everywhere.jpg
he sings too.jpghow low can you get.jpg
these men are fishing with their bare hands.jpgno hurry so lets walk today.jpg
water all around after the rain.jpgmud buddies rene and johan.jpgswing it out babies.jpg
nice flowers all over the place.jpgpanama jack.jpg
two active vulcanos at lake nicaragua.jpgnice hotel s.jpg
what you see is what you get.jpgwatch the nife on the bike.jpg