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Sicilia: Teatro Antico

On the last day we went to Taormina to have a look at an old Greek amphi theater. It is still in use as a theater, now for modern pop concerts. When you're seated in the theater and look towards the stage and over it, you have a really amazing view over the bay with the Etna vulcano behind it.

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Posted on July 28, 2005 at 10:24 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Sicilia: Dancing at the swimmingpool

Vincent was showing off his dancing skills at the swimmingpool.




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Posted on July 28, 2005 at 09:45 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Sicilia: Syracusa

We went to visit Syracusa, a city to the south of Catania.





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Posted on July 28, 2005 at 02:55 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Sicilia: Etna

They say you haven't seen Sicilia if you didn't climb Mount Etna, so of course we went to see the vulcano. We drove all around it to approach it from the Catania side. Already quite a drive in the Renault Clio along the windy roads up to the base camp. Here you can visit two pretty big craters. From there we took the cablecart to go up higher. Quite scary, and we didn't even take the open chair lift. From there an off-road SUV truck took us again higher. The view from the mountain is spectacular, while you are arounded by pitch black lava sand. Finally the guide took us for a long walk to the edge of some big craters with smoke coming out of the depth. The sand is really warm and when you dig a little you will find stones that are so hot you can barely touch them, amazing.

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Posted on July 28, 2005 at 02:48 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Sicilia: Alcantara

We went to Alcantara, a valley with a big waterfall and a river running through it.




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Sicilia: harbour

The village of Giardini Naxos is not that spectacular, the harbor is nice.




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Posted on July 28, 2005 at 02:36 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Sicilia: Taormina

On the mountain next to our villages there is a very pretty place called Taormina.




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Posted on July 28, 2005 at 02:09 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Sicilia: resort

We have a nice bungalow appartment in the Giardini Naxos Beach resort. There is a little orchard right in front of us full of lemon trees.


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Posted on July 28, 2005 at 02:03 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

The hunt: Porsche trackdays, Zandvoort

We went to the All Dutch Porsche Zandvoort Days. Never seen that many Porsches together, impressive. Not only were there many cars, a lot of them were extremely rare. Especially Kees' 944 Turbo of course ;-)

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Posted on July 16, 2005 at 12:58 AM in Cars | Permalink| Comments (1)| TrackBack (0)

Duinrel

Vincent and Noa went to playpark Duinrel. Of course they do fight every now and then, but they can be really really sweet as well.

Posted on July 16, 2005 at 12:51 AM in Victor & Wanda, Noa, Mica | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Flowers

Hester really likes plants, flowers and gardening, just like oma Nell. They did quite a good job, as you can see.

Posted on July 15, 2005 at 11:38 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

The hunt: 996 Cabrio, Rotterdam

Together with Serge we had a look at this 996 Cabrio in Rotterdam. No tiptronic unfortunately.

Posted on July 6, 2005 at 12:54 AM in Cars | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Lara

Vincent and Lara were playing in the garden today. There were lots of snails around. Or should I say escargot?

Posted on July 2, 2005 at 12:08 AM in Vincent | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Opa is back again

Opa is back again after another stay in Indonesia. Of course, not for long, the next flight is already booked. So Vincent immediately took advantage of this rare opportunity and grabbed opa for some track time to improve his already impressive driving skills.

Posted on July 1, 2005 at 11:46 PM in Opa Maurits | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)