TAKE THAT, ROCK!
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I should’ve attacked it with me snorkel. Instead I knelt in the sand, silently pulling that face that is specially reserved for toe stubbing.
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I was in Zaandam, Netherlands 20 years ago, and I stayed in a small hotel. When I arrived, no one was there. After a while the owners’ daughter came home and opened the door for me, and checked me in. She was really nice. They gave me a room on top floor (the hotel had like 5 rooms) which had a roof window, boiler room behind the wall, and it was 30° C outside, sun blazing through the window. That place really was an oven. After one night the owners gave me their daughter’s room, which was big, had a really nice bathroom, and the view from the balcony was great. I was lying on the king sized bed watching football on TV when one of the owners knocked on the door, and handed me a beer can that had Holland’s football team colours on it. I’ve never had that kind of a service anywhere.
At the time Dutch driver Jos Verstappen drove for Tyrrell in F1, and his team mate was a Finn Mika Salo. The hotel owners said I look just like Mika Salo, so maybe that’s why they treated me so well 
On topic: I will travel to Helsinki on thursday. Very excited!
There will also be stops to Munich, Venice and Cervignano del Friuli.
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Man!!! Everything in 3 days??
Thursday: Oulu - Helsinki - Munich - Venice
Friday: Venice - Cervignano
Saturday: Cervignano
Sunday: Cervignano - Venice
Monday: Venice - Munich - Helsinki - Oulu
How would that be for possible forum meet-up in the future @thimbleweedparkforum? 
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12 hours is a loooong flight 
NO, GET UP! You have to catch up with the gazillion-hundred-zoid posts on the forum!
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Welcome back! 
Haha, thanks Muldy-moo.
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Beach at Mauritius
Some bird
Birthday! (apparently people know me well 
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These dudes came to say hello on our balcony
Tour of Chamarel rum distillery - I thought this looked particularly steampunk!
Rum tasting
Entrance to our hotel
Mauritian grog
Beach entertainment
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Nice! 
Seems like you had a good time.
I just had to “inspect” your toes if that was before their unfortunate meeting with the rock or after, but they seem fine.
Yeah, you would like that Quentie, wouldn´t you?
Yeah, I believe that was before they got all rock-punchy.
“Wiggle your big toe.”
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“YaaaAAAAAAARGH!”
I know that was a ref to his foot fetish but it made me think of that too 
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No noteworthy dinner to share, nor any new books, so here are some mountains instead.
Glad today’s rain was a good excuse to not ride my bike to work after two days of hiking 
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Good idea, since I´ve previously established on this thread:
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Personally, I’m more in favour of the sea. Lying on the beach with a good book as companion would suit me just fine. Unfortunately, mountains are much closer than the sea, so for a weekend trip, mountains it is.
That had been the great thing when I lived in the States; just an hour’s drive to the pacific. (We used to drive half an hour in our lunch break to grab a cup of coffee from a shabby booth in the next town, so an hour to the sea could still be considered very close). Sure, you’d freeze to death if you’d tried to go swimming, but nevertheless it was great to listen to the sound of the waves, seagulls, and to let the dog run, drink saltwater and vomit into the car on the way back (first time, only).
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No way! When I go to the beach, IT’S SAND CASTLES TIME!
Heck, I’m happy I have children now because I have an excuse 
adults making sand castles look silly unless it’s for the children (or a competition).
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The art of Sand’n’Build adventure!
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