My uncle Dirk lives in Elten, just over the German border. Though Dirk is my father's brother, after my parent's separation they stayed close. It seemed a good idea to my mum to catch breakfast in the German city of Kleve, then go on to Elten and visit him. I gladly agreed of course.

There's two ways of getting from Nijmegen to Germany: via Arnhem and the motorway is one, but via Groesbeek and the forest is quite another. The clip underneath shows some of it. Lottie, if you're watching this, look at the horsey fields in the last part of the video too! Excuse the heavy downpour though! :o)



I should've taken pictures of Kleve and at my uncle's place, but I forgot completely. In my defense, it rained a lot, so grim pictures wouldn't have done it justice. Anyway, my uncle seemed well and the banter between the three of us of covered Dutch, English and German culture, politics and of course the family quite thoroughly in two hours. We travelled back via the motorway due to the incessant rain, and my mum and I decided on having a drink at LUX, the filmhouse/pub in Nijmegen. I've included a picture with a glass of Leffe Dubbel, heheh. Oh and do you recognise the jumper? Check the old school photos I posted two days ago! After a drink or two my mum went home, and I went to the pancake-restaurant to have dinner and ice cream with my sister Marjo. The video underneath is me trying to prove she'd been blowing out little clouds of cold air..





Then last but not least.. I also mixed a video of old pictures and clips, to re-create a video blog entry for May 31, 2006. I think it turned out funnier than the original. You can find it by clicking here.. And seen as that's the 3d video with this post, and it's 4am now, I'm calling it a day!