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After the arrival of [profile] karen_by_night, we wandered off again... shoarma for lunch near the Leidseplein, shopping in Waterlooplein, wandering around....



We eventually wandered over to the Rijksmuseum... where I saw may favorite two paintings from their collection: Vermeer's milkmaid (I thought of [profile] patgreene often... it is arguably her favorite, and she introduced me)


And Steen's goose:


Kathleen was a bit lagged coming out of the dark, quiet museum, but held up very well.
We took her to a pancake-house for her birthday dinner, then she and Sarah fell asleep early...


Yesterday was relatively uneventful, returning to Rio Tinto. A two colleagues (HC and Alois, from Munich via the Univ. of Oklahoma) were nearly killed or severely injured when a metal block bounce on to their hood and through the windshield on the A--66 freeway. Thankfully the windshield wiper caught the 2kg block...

Today... back to work. Installed a repeater in the hotel, helped configure a new RAID-5 terabyte backup server, filed monthly reports for August, remotely. And went grocery shopping in Nerva's only supermarket... El Jamon, naturally ;^)


On my way home, I saw a couple of donkeys near the campground:...


...made dinner in the cottage: orange-glazed pork loin chops, tortellini tossed with oregano and parmesan, ham croquettes as a starter, plus bread and an excellent wine, all for about E12.

Date: 2005-09-13 03:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deedeebythebay.livejournal.com
Vermeer is one of my favorite painters. And the rose from the other set of pictures! Wonderful!

Date: 2005-09-13 03:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mactavish.livejournal.com
That goose, though . . . I might need drugs to sleep tonight ;)

Date: 2005-09-13 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cyan-blue.livejournal.com
Lovely pics! And it sounds like you're quite the chef.

Date: 2005-09-13 05:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com
(grin) I'm doing paella tonight, just for myself and a co-worker. At home, I don't get to cook much, or entertain, and here I'm free to do both :)

Date: 2005-09-13 08:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] patgreene.livejournal.com
Vermeer's Milkmaid is not only my favorite painting in the Rijkmuseum, it's my favorite painting in all the world. And Steen's goose -- I remember that one now. *smile*

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