Each championship I promise myself not to get involved in anything to do with football.

And each time I fail (sorry, Michiel!).

After last night's match between Italy and The Netherlands, I am feeling orange all over again. Man, what a game! Counters left and right, good team play and a fairly pleasant interaction between the players individually.

I can only refer to a great post by Merel Roze: Nabeschouwing Nederland-Italie.

[poor translation by myself]

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Minutes before the battle would begin the barman asked me if I wanted to join the betting pool.
'Yes!', I said, never missing the opportunity to win a game.

Strangely enough he warned me against adding my bet.
'The only remaining score you can bet on is 3-0 for the Netherlands', he said.
'Ah, well, never mind then, hahaha', I said, despite feeling like winning.

Blor-row {verb}: 1) to receive with the implied or expressed intention of posting the same or an equivalent, 2) to appropriate for one's own use

: to blorrow a blog

While I have been out of a 'blogging' mood, I have been having fun with my camera.

From April 30 till May 5, Katrin and Jana joined me for a short vacation break in the Hague. Together we visited the center of town (of course, as it's only a short walk away), the Keukenhof, the beach at Scheveningen (bordered between the North Sea and the Hague) (try to pronounce it now, Jana!) and Park Clingendael (also situated in the Hague).

You can find all the pictures on my flickr page (link). For the individual pages, go to:

• Keukenhof May 2, 2008
• Scheveningen Beach May 3, 2008
• Park Clingendael, and its Japanese Garden May 4, 2008

I also spent Mother's Day/Pentecoste with my family at the beach, this time at Kijkduin Beach May 11, 2008.