12/31 New Years Eve, Christmas card
a few pics of our New Year's Eve at our place with Cora and this year's Christmas card
12/10 Christmas fair in Ahrweiler
a short and relaxing vacation of almost a week in Ahrweiler (D) and we also took Robin along for the first time. The pics are from the Christmas fair
11/18 work outing Marlies at cafe Ha-zus
work outing from Marlies' department: a short hike with questions and games, then some food and entertainment at cafe Ha-zus in Heerlen
09/30 - 10/02 ProgPower 2005
familiar, fairly small but awesome festival in the south of Holland, this time we went with Conny and Paddy, who met their idol Arjen Lucassen there. And we saw our old friend Gary from Australia again!
08/28 family pictures
we visited Marlies' dad for his 87th birthday which was on the 24th. His girlfriend Amalia, Marlies' brother Ton and his family (wife Rita, sons Martijn and Sander) were also there. Ton always takes great portraits... time for a photoshoot! (pics: Ton)
08/01 BBQ at Els and Maurice
Our friends Els & Maurice in Eindhoven organized a BBQ when their American friend Cristen was there. We were there with Erika, Niek and their two kids, Ramon and Kirsten, Noortje and Mirjam and of course Cristen and Maurice, Els and their son Brian.
07/15 - 07/17 weekend in Ahrweiler
we went back to Ahrweiler in the summer and of course it looked much greener and nicer with the flowers and all!
07/04 interview with Helena Michaelsen
shots taken during and after Marlies' interview with Helena Iren Michaelsen of Imperia/Angel, for Morrigan's Pit. It was organized by Theo of Rock Inc. in hotel Landgraaf
06/29 BBQ with Cora
Cora came by for BBQ, drinks etc
06/28 in the garden of the Brouwers
Nico went to the Brouwer's across the street to take some pics of the flowers in their garden with his new camera
06/24 - 06/25 Bang Your Head & Hechingen-Stein
a short weekend at the Bang Your Head festival (both days only until 5pm because of a backproblem of Marlies) and pics from our hotel in Hechingen-Stein
06/03 Metal Church gig
In Helmond (NL) we saw the great Metal Church and met some friends (these live shots are with our small compact camera, not Nico's 'real' one ;))
05/28 BBQ with Paddy and Cora
Paddy (without Conny who had to work) and Cora came by for a relaxing weekend and BBQ in our 'outdoor living room' (pics: Cora)
05/24 Mays 50th birthday
Marlies' co-worker May turned 50
04/30 Koninginnedag (Queens Day)
April 30th was the birthday of Queen Juliana, but her daughter Beatrix kept this date when she became queen, for this national holiday with traditionally lots of games and fairs. These pics are from the games in our neighbourhood, right behind our yard
04/29 work outing Marlies at the Rembrandthuis
work outing from Marlies' department, dinner and entertainment at restaurant the Rembrandthuis in Brunssum
04/10 interviews with Lars Ratz, Sabina Classen and Hank Shermann
04/10 pressday of Rock Inc. in Landgraaf, where Marlies interviewed Lars Ratz (Metalium), Sabina Classen (Holy Moses) and Hank Shermann (Force Of Evil, Mercyful Fate) for Morrigan's Pit. Great people, fun day!
04/01 aerial pics of our house
aerial pics of our house and neighbourhood from around April 2005, these are screenshots taken from a program at work called Argus
02/24 visiting Milan
a few weeks after Milan was born, we visited him in the Ronald McDonald house and the neonatology ward. Due to lack of oxygen during childbirth, Milan is severely handicapped and his future is very uncertain :(
02/11 - 02/15 winter trip to Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
our first trip to Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the Eifel. We had an apartment in the historic old centre of Ahrweiler and it was so cool that I offered to make a website for it :)
02/10 Megadeth meet & greet
We are very proud of our friends Shawn and Glen Drover, who recently joined the legendary Megadeth! Glen got us a pass for Antwerp (B) and we had a chance to catch up with them, and meet Dave Mustaine. I always wanted to show him my PAINTED t-shirt of him