weekend

Had a lovely weekend with the family near Eindhoven in the south.  Family Dings have a weekend like this a couple of times a year and involves cafes, walking in the forest, cafe, then dinner - this time a lovely Italian meal.  We slept at Rene's younger brother Jack's home (and Svetlana) and in the morning chatted over a late breakfast, then played different games with Anneke, their nearly 7 year old daughter.  The 72 memory cards from Tweety and Sylvester were polished off by Anneke in no time at all (amazing visual memory) and then whilst we snacked more games came out, and of course Rene showed Anneke his DS with a camera and special effects (as well as games) on it. 

Around 3:30 we headed to the station and upon arriving there found the Den Haag line was disrupted by track work (surprise!) so we took a Schiphol train towards Amsterdam (heading north instead of west) and of course we had to change at Utrecht to go west to Den Haag, then Rene had a thought to call ahead and see if any friends might be heading to our old cafe, and sure enough, we arrived at Ledig Erf at 5:30 and met Paul, his long time friend, and later Geert and Rosemarie - who both visited us in Brisbane - arrived separately and they were hugely surprised and happy to see us.  Great three hours!  Oh, I must mention Paul's girlfriend who also arrived there to go to Paul's place for dinner - she is a fascinating woman to chat with. 


Rene and I had a quick meal before heading to the station for the late journey back to Den Haag - a very nice weekend indeed!