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Selamat Tahun Baru 2008

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Bologna

It´s a hard life, but somebody had to go on that business trip to Bologna.

Posted on October 28, 2007 at 10:46 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Crete

Greece, we're coming!

Posted on August 10, 2007 at 11:52 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Indonesian lunch

Like every year, the restaurant at work closes again during summer, so time again for Indonesian lunch.

Posted on August 10, 2007 at 11:21 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Lady Di?!

Hey, who this, Lady Di? Oh no, it is pretty princess Hester!

Posted on August 10, 2007 at 11:12 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Tripod & Self Timer test

Posted on February 14, 2007 at 10:56 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Lisboa

We're back from a few days in Lisboa, where we had a great time. So many nice things to see, like Jeronimos Monastery, Torre de Belem, Ponte 25 de Abril (or twin-Golden Gate as Vincent calls it), Parque das Nações, Ponte Vasco da Gama, Castello São Jorge, etc., etc. Obviously 5 days of continously watching crappy old buildings was a bit too much for Vincent, but fortunately this year the Dakar rally starts in Lisboa, so lot's of car stuff to see as well.



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Posted on December 31, 2006 at 12:00 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Selamat Hari Natal dan Tahun Baru

Posted on December 24, 2006 at 04:26 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Photo

Posted on November 17, 2006 at 12:28 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (1)

Vendelpad

When we moved from Rijswijk to Zoetermeer, we first lived at Vendelpad 24. So when we went for a big bikeride, we stopped by at the Vendelpad to show Vincent.

Posted on November 16, 2006 at 11:59 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Bath

During a business trip to Bath, there was plenty of time to check out the city, which actually is very pretty. There was also an opportunity to see Stonehenge, which is close by. The Stones are interesting but not quite as impressive as, say, the Pyramids.

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Posted on November 16, 2006 at 11:45 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (1)

Garden

Look at our garden, isn't it full of flora and fauna.

Posted on November 16, 2006 at 10:47 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Indonesian Lunch

During the summer the restaurant is closed. So after Lithuanian, Polish, Portugese, Greek and Italian lunch there was no more escape, time for Indonesian again.

Posted on November 16, 2006 at 10:11 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Italy: Achensee

On our way back from Italy home again, we spend a view days with Thomas and Steffi on their vacation address in Achensee, Austria. Quite a contrast, from buzzing Italy with it's terra cotta and yellow colors of Tuscany, to serene Austria with it's quite mountain areas with green grass and blue lakes with waterfalls. At any moment we were expecting Julie Andrews to start dancing around the pastures singing her well known Sound of Music tunes.



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Posted on August 10, 2006 at 11:56 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Italy: Siena

A typical winding road through the characteristic colorfull hills of curvy Tuscany, took us via Valletta and San Gimignano to Siena. After visiting the cityhall, situated on supposedly one of the largest piazzas in Europe, we went to Catedrale di Santa Maria. Like most other cathedrals it is more commonly referred to as the Duomo. It is quite special because of the black and white marble striping, used both inside and outside throughout the whole building, which really sets it apart. After burning candles for Opas and Omas, we also climbed the tower, to be rewarded with the typical Siena rooftop view.



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Posted on August 10, 2006 at 11:31 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Italy: Maranello

If you ask Vincent for the highlight of the vacation, you'll get a very clear answer: Ferrari! We actually planned not to go there, because the area of Modena and Maranello was too far from where we were, about 3.5 hours. But we were easily bribed by Vincent's persistent convincing skills. But it was worthwhile. The beautifully recently redesigned museum had everything: current F1 cars, classic GTO's and Dino's, extreme supercar Enzo, the older F40 and F50, the more recent F612 Scaglietti, F360 Modena, F430 Spyder, and even a brand new F599 GTB Fiorano. Of course Vincent had to enlarge his already respectable collection of remote control cars to include a F430 Spyder, hand selected in person from Maranello.



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Posted on August 10, 2006 at 11:14 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Italy: Firenze

We had to see Florence, eventhough it was quite a long drive, almost 3 hours. Brunelleschi's Dome on Piazza del Duomois is a beautifully architected building. The famous scultpure of David by Michelangelo is on Piazza della Signori, in front of the historic cityhall. Well, sort of, it's a replica, the original is now in a museum. We saw the Ponte Vecchio as well, which is nice provided that you view it with a 300mm telelens. The ancient historic bridge is pretty from a distance, but turns into a touristic commercial juwelery center from up close! Fortunately you can get icecream. Just bring 30 euros.



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Posted on August 10, 2006 at 10:09 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Italy: Lucca

The village of Lucca is a small but pretty place with lots of narrow streets, close to Pisa.



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Posted on August 10, 2006 at 10:02 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Italy: Pisa

We visited Pisa, about 1 hour north from where we were staying. Of course everybody knows the bend tower of Pisa, we have all seen it on pictures, but it's so much more impressive to see it in real live. That's always the case, like with this. And also with this. And this. Etc.



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Posted on August 10, 2006 at 09:23 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Italy: Marina di Bibbona

This summer we spend our vacation in Italy in a little place called Marina di Bibbona, situated on the Tuscany coast. We rented dual bungalows together with Victor & Wanda. The houses were next to each other and shared a big terrace which was really convenient.



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Posted on August 10, 2006 at 08:34 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

We're gone...

to check out Tuscany: Pisa, Florence, Siena, etc.!

Posted on July 13, 2006 at 01:07 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Caribean Sunset

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Happy Mother's Day

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Back

We're back from Curacao, too much food, too many drinks, in other words: great!



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Posted on May 21, 2006 at 11:30 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Gone

We're gone, checking out Curacao. It's a tough life, but somebody's gotta do it...

Posted on April 24, 2006 at 01:20 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Selamat Hester

It's Hester's birthday, selamat!...

Posted on April 13, 2006 at 09:59 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Oil painting picture

Posted on April 8, 2006 at 11:19 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Moon

There's a Moon over Sweet Lake City, tonight...

Posted on January 27, 2006 at 10:51 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Curacao

We're coming...

Posted on January 21, 2006 at 11:16 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Iraq

Just found out about another Roumimper cousin living in the United States. Pam Eisenberg-Roumimper told me that her brother Rick Roumimper is in Iraq with the US military army. He writes amazing stories about what is really happening out there in his online journal on mr_guu-nny.blogspot.com. You gotta check it out!

Posted on January 9, 2006 at 01:05 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Winter

Snow and ice are back, it's winter time...

Posted on January 9, 2006 at 12:08 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Old picture

Look at the old picture we found, don't you remember the round table with extendable middle part, the table cloth that we had forever and of course the cup and saucers that were a wedding present, only to be used for special occasions...

Posted on December 3, 2005 at 09:49 AM in Jacques & Hester, Tempo Doeloe | Permalink| Comments (1)| TrackBack (0)

Alfred

Checked out the best place to live in the world, Oslo. Not a bad place indeed, pretty expensive though. Way too warm as well, supposed to be sub-zero, but it was about 12. Had dinner with good old Afred, well, sort of.

Posted on November 6, 2005 at 09:35 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Birmingham

Checked out Birmingham, stayed in the Chesford Grange Hotel in Warwickshire just down the road from Stratford-upon-Avon but didn't manage to go there. Don't tell Shakespeare.

Posted on November 6, 2005 at 08:33 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Anniversary

Five years ago

Posted on November 1, 2005 at 10:59 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

San Francisco & Mill Valley

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Posted on October 10, 2005 at 12:21 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Santa Cruz beachhouse

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Disneyland

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Sweet Suite!!!

The pretty girl behind the frontdesk in Bally's, Las Vegas, asked if we would like to have a free upgrade. Little did we know when we politely said: Yes please. You really gotta see this, to say it's fantaaaastic is a huge understatement!!!

Watch the Movie (sorry, it's big, 27Mb).
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Posted on September 29, 2005 at 07:15 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (2)| TrackBack (0)

Grand Canyon

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Las Vegas & Hooverdam

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Yosemity

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Salinas & Monterey

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Redwood City & San Francisco

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Mill Valley, Sausoslito, San Francisco & Tiberon

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Rodeo Drive & Beverly Hills

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Universal Studios

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Hollywood

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Venice Beach & Santa Monica Boulevard

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Posted on September 15, 2005 at 05:07 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Downtown Los Angeles

The hotel is in the business area in Downtown Los Angeles. It has a very cool roof terrace with a skyline view and a swimmingpool overlooking the city. And the room has a huge bathroom with a sitting area in the shower from where you can look through a window to watch television while you're in the shower!

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Posted on September 15, 2005 at 04:59 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Fortytwo

Don't panic, today I have seen the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything.

My towel was at Venice Beach ;-)

Posted on September 11, 2005 at 12:00 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

Toys

Boys need lots of toys, so here are some new ones. To please the ears, there is this ultra super cool set of Canton Vento speakers, combining German precision engineering with Italian styling. Two enormous floorstanding front speakers, a center speaker and 2 bookshelf sized surrond speakers on stands. Of course a subwoofer is included, the size of a small fridge. And what's Sound without Vision? So to please the eyes, there is the Hitachi 42PD7200, 42 inch / 106 cm HD Ready flatscreen plasma TV.

Posted on August 21, 2005 at 11:08 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)| TrackBack (0)

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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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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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)

Hester and her famous cousins

We visited Tante Dicky again and had lot's of fun as usual. Of course it was a lot of fun when Tante Dicky was still running the Boltini Circus, but her backgarden with playpark Oud Valkeveen is just as much fun.

Hester was happy to have the opportunity to get her picture taken together with her famous cousins. Cousin Joost de Bruijn is running around the world for his Supperclub business. He found some time to meet us just after he returned from Kiev and before he goes to San Francisco, it's a tough life ;-). Joost's son Thijmen had a lot of fun playing together in the park and around the house and what were they playing: making soup!

Cousin Ferenc Lorch came by after his hockey match, he was injured so Hester had to look after him again like last time. Now wasn't that exciting, touching Ferenc' legs like so many other famous pretty girls ;-) Ferenc works as a camera man, photographer, actor, etc., he found some time for us in between his appearance in an MTV videoclip, photographying Gorbatjov with Lech Walensa and, most importantly, some nude models.

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Posted on June 7, 2005 at 10:15 AM in Jacques & Hester, Tante Dicky & Oom Albert & Ria | Permalink| Comments (0)

Meeting Ford Prefect!

For those of you who know about building Inter Galactic Highways through Hyperspace, drinking Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters, putting a Bable-fish in your ear, understand Vogon poetry read by Zaphod Beeblebrox, have experienced the Infinite Improbability Drive, etc., you already know that the ultimate answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is (you're not going to like it): 42. For those of you who don't have a clue what this is all about: Don't Panic. Go away now and start reading the book and find out all about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

Now that we've all read the book, we all know who Ford Prefect is, the guy who chose his name because he thought that automobiles were the dominant lifeform on Earth, and that the name "Ford Prefect" would be inconspicuous.

Finally you will understand our excitement when Vincent and I went to an oldtimer car show in our own familiar Dorpsstraat downtown old Zoetermeer. Because what happened: we met the real "Ford Prefect" in person! I had to restrain Vincent from buying it, because it was even for sale. Imagine him driving that car, they would all point at him and say: You sass that hoopy Vincent? Now there's a frood who really knows where his towel is!

Posted on June 3, 2005 at 09:58 AM in Cars, Jacques & Hester, Vincent | Permalink| Comments (0)

Roland Garros 2005

As all healthy men know, Roland Garros is not about tennis at all. After many thumbs up remarks about last year's lucky butt shot, we decided to turn that specific body part into this year's photo theme. As you can see, Joost' well trained eyes are perfectly fit for the spotting job ;-)



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Posted on May 28, 2005 at 09:18 AM in Jacques & Hester, Joost & Marlies, Robin, Yannick, Norbert & Karin, Geoffrey, Jamie, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (0)

Selamat Hester

It's Hester's birthday, selamat!

Posted on April 13, 2005 at 11:49 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Pyramide

We're back from an excellent holiday in Egypt. The weather was great, warm but not hot, no sweater needed in the evenings. There were a number of pools for swimming without sand in your pants. The secluded beach was great for building sandcastles and doing salsa dancing. The resort was situated in a bay area with a coral reef only a few meters off the coast with a 50 meters pier to take you to the other side of the reef for great snorkling and duikelen. The numerous bars had all kinds of drinks, especially the Cuba Libre with lot's of local rum was put to the volume test. The different restaurants had pizza's and omlet made to order, barbecued meat, fresh fish everyday and most amazing of all: they had great rice, almost as good as in Indonesia! All of this served with first class service by our personal waiter Tarek. The animation team was great, especially Tatjana & Svetlana and their mini mini skirts made it quite obvious that the animation was not only for kids ;-) But the highpoint was of course our trip to Cairo. We went to the Gizeh plateau with the great Pyramids and the Sphinx, had a camel ride, ate lunch in a boat restaurant on the river Nile, visited the Egyptian museum with Tutankhamon, the hieroglyphs, mummies, etc., and saw Cairo's old Medina city center and the Citadel.

There's only one problem: Vincent now wants his own huge pyramid!

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Posted on March 24, 2005 at 09:05 AM in Jacques & Hester, Vincent | Permalink| Comments (0)

Egypt

We're leaving for a holiday in Sharm-el-sheikh, Egypt, to enjoy the Reef Oasis Beach Resort. We're especially looking forward to the kids club, mini disco and children's entertainment team that should keep Vincent busy and give us some rest ;-)

Posted on March 7, 2005 at 11:14 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

ABN Amro 2005

Like every year, Johan and I went to the ABN Amro tennis tournament again. This time we saw no. 1 ranked Roger Federer win his semi-final match, to reach the finals which he would eventually win.

Posted on February 18, 2005 at 09:55 PM in Jacques & Hester, Johan, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (0)

The family

Posted on December 31, 2004 at 06:17 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

First

On the first Christmas day Hester prepared a delicious dinner with shrimp coctail as a starter.

Posted on December 25, 2004 at 12:32 AM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Somewhere over the rainbow ...

Today 14 November 2004 is a very important day, let's take the rainbow as a sign for success...

Posted on November 14, 2004 at 11:17 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Roumimper Cousins

Finally we managed to get together again and had our little Roumimper Cousins reunion: Allan, Ferry, Jacques, Harold & Victor. We used to hangout when we were young, coming along with our parents when they got together. Now that we're older, we hardly ever see eachother anymore, except when there's a funeral. We had dinner in an American Steakhouse, where the waitresses Renee & Fabienne will remember us as as the McMimper clan ;-)

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Posted on October 3, 2004 at 10:08 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Garden

It was nice weather for a change, so we sat outside in the garden for a while...

Posted on August 29, 2004 at 10:17 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Dreamteam Dinner

We had dinner with the tennis guys, or as we like to call ourselves: The Dreamteam.

Posted on August 22, 2004 at 04:40 PM in Jacques & Hester, Joost & Marlies, Robin, Yannick, Norbert & Karin, Geoffrey, Jamie, Roy & Lia, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (0)

Zandvoort

The tennis and squash guys gave me a free ride on the Zandvoort racing track last year for my birthday, so I went there last Saturday. It was a lot of fun and even usefull to learn how to control your car in very difficult circumstances, like when your driving on the extreme wet or even on ice. Amazing how applying the correct breaking, steering and throttle techniques at the right time can help you control a car that seems completely out of control.

Posted on August 16, 2004 at 12:20 PM in Cars, Jacques & Hester, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (2)

Party time!

Posted on May 16, 2004 at 11:59 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Vienna

Just got back from Vienna, where we found ourselves in an extreme multi-cultural group: an Israelian guy with Georgian/Russian roots, a Danish guy with Ghanian roots, a Belgian guy speaking Dutch and French, a Slovenian guy with Serbian-Croatian roots, a Spanish guy who used to live in Marocco, a bunch of Americans, Austrians and Germans and on top of that a Dutch guy with South African roots and a Dutch guy with Dutch/Indonesian roots.

Posted on March 7, 2004 at 11:30 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Krajicek's tournament

This year, the ABN AMRO tennis tournament was led by Richard Krajicek for the first time, which probably was the reason for the strong line-up. Johan and I watched Sjeng Schalken vs Raemon Sluiter and John van Lottum versus Juan Carlos Ferrero. The Spanish supporters were chanting against the Dutch, that was fun.

Posted on February 19, 2004 at 09:23 PM in Jacques & Hester, Johan, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (1)

Tahun Baru

Selemat Tahun Baru to everyone from the Roumimpers in snowy Zoetermeer. Let's forgot about 2003, the sad year in which we lost Opa Frans and Oma Hedwig. Let's hope that 2004 will be a better year.

Posted on January 2, 2004 at 05:09 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Old home

Daddy used to live in Helmond, we passed by his old home at the Reggestraat 41, were he used to live with Claire from 1989 to about 1992.

Posted on September 22, 2003 at 10:42 AM in Claire, Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Surprise Porsche!!!

The surprises aren't over yet: today daddy got to drive a Porsche! First a 996 Carrera 4 Tiptronic, limited Millenium edition of which only 911 were built! Later a 993 Carrera 2. Another surprise arranged by mama where Noppie and Kaatje were involved in the plot. Roy said he was going to come around to help fix some stuff around the house. First daddy took me for a bike ride around the lake early in the morning, when the mobile phone rang. Roy was at our house already, on time which is rather suspicious, so we went home quickly. We were just home when Noppie and Kaatje rang the door bell, daddy opened the door and there was the Porsche: Very, very cool!

First daddy drove with Norbert and Geoffrey in the back to Zevenhuizen and back just to get used and feel the awesome power. Then daddy and mama went to the Rottemeren area to have lunch at Bergschenhoek on the lakeside. Then they went in the direction of Utrecht and drove to Schoonhoven along the Lek, to Oudewater and back via Gouda to Zoetermeer. And all the time there was that beautifull sounding 3.6 engine's in the back.

Afterwards we took the car back to the owner Kees, who took daddy for a spin and showed how serious driving should be done. He regularly does trackdays on the Zandvoort circuit and is working on his racing license. He accelerated flat out (remember 316bhp, 0-100 in 5.0s!) and then went full on the brakes, really incredible power.

Now Kees not only has a 996 C4 tip but also a beautiful cobalt blue 993 C2, which he offered to be driven as well. There was a surprisingly big difference between the two cars. Both of course have tremendous power, but the 996 was far more refined and sophisticated, of course it has the 5-speed tiptronic and clutchless manual. The 993 was pure, direct and raw power, clearly a real driver's car, it was the varioram version with 285bhp instead of the earlier 272bhp model. Can you imagine the tough choice he has to make every morning: 996 or 993?!

What a terrific day this was, see more pictures.

Posted on September 13, 2003 at 10:00 AM in Cars, Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Surprise Dinner

Surprise, surprise! Daddy thought he could get away with getting 40 and quitely forget about it, but no way. Very secretly, mama had arranged a dinner for daddy tonight. The execuse was that just Noppie and Kaatje were going to be there for dinner, but of course daddy isn't stupid and immediately said: yeah right, plus all the other friends. They took daddy to restaurant Bogor and there they all were: Roy & Lia, Joost & Marlies, Rob & Carla, Norbert & Karin, Eud & Petra, Robbie & Suus and Roel. It was a nice evening and in the end they decided it was time for a big match. So the Tennis guys will have to play squash against the Squash guys and the Squash guys will have to play tennis against the Tennis guys. Of course the result is clear, daddy will win ;-)

Posted on September 12, 2003 at 11:23 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Roland Garros 2003

Oui, oui, oui, Paris, Paris. This year we saw Martin Verkerk play his first round match wich he only won just, having matchpoints against. At that time we didn't know yet that he would reach the finals!

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Posted on May 21, 2003 at 08:36 AM in Jacques & Hester, Norbert & Karin, Geoffrey, Jamie, Roy & Lia, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (0)

Roland Garros 2002

Another Roland Garros, unfortunately with a lot of rain. Highlight of the trip this time was of course Joost having a Haagen-Dazs icecream together with Anna Kournikova ;-)

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Posted on May 21, 2002 at 08:28 AM in Jacques & Hester, Joost & Marlies, Robin, Yannick, Norbert & Karin, Geoffrey, Jamie, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (0)

Roland Garros 2001

Paris and Tennis, excellent combination, this is the second time we went there. Luckily we were back on time, just 2 weeks later Vincent was born prematurely. If I'd known that I'd probably not have gone...

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Posted on May 21, 2001 at 08:09 AM in Jacques & Hester, Joost & Marlies, Robin, Yannick, Norbert & Karin, Geoffrey, Jamie, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (0)

Hester & Jacques

Hester Roumimper-Veldhuijsen & Jacques Roumimper

Married 1 November 2000

Nassau, Bahamas

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Posted on November 1, 2000 at 12:00 PM in Jacques & Hester | Permalink| Comments (0)

Roland Garros 2000

This year we tried to go to Roland Garros but we didn't manage ;-(. Hester and I went on holiday to Martinique, which is overseas French territory, which is why on our way back we had a stop over in Paris very early in the morning. There we changed our flights from Paris to Amsterdam to late in the evening, giving us almost a full day in Paris. So we tried to get Roland Garros tickets on the black market, which normally should be quite easy to do. Unfortunately, just as we arrived there the police were arresting all the ticket sellers. So all we could do was peep through the fences and have a nice lunch.

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Posted on May 21, 2000 at 09:13 AM in Gouadeloupe, Jacques & Hester, Martinique, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (0)

Roland Garros 1999

For the first time to Roland Garros. Biggest achievement? Sleeping in one bed with Rayon Kosoredjo!

Posted on May 21, 1999 at 09:31 AM in Jacques & Hester, Joost & Marlies, Robin, Yannick, Norbert & Karin, Geoffrey, Jamie, Tennis | Permalink| Comments (0)