On Sunday morning we left at 11.00 am for a road trip to Hanging Rock National Park. That's near Winston-Salem and the trip was supposed to take about two hours. It took a bit longer since someone wasn't giving me the right instructions, but we had a lot of fun in the car. It's a beautiful trip, especially the last part where we left the highway.

I didn't realize that the park is in Danbury, which is where I went tubing with the Jaycee's -- we passed the cafe where you can rent tubes.

It's a beautiful park. We took a moderate trail to the top of the Hanging Rock, from where we had a great view over the surroundings.

Entrance of the park.

Joost & Guus.

Looking at nature.

A tree, growing under a rock.

The hanging rock.

View from the top.

In the evening we went to Southpoint Mall, to see a real mall. We had dinner in the Cheesecake Factory.

I'm in New Jersey for two days. There's a training day tomorrow near our office that I'll attend.

My flight in the morning had over an hour delay because of the rain in Newark.

Yesterday evening I saw an outdoor Christmas tree. Either it's been decorated the whole year or they are very early.

The weather... it's raining!

On Saturday morning Joost and Ankie arrived in Durham. They started their trip in New York a week ago, and traveled by car via Washington to North Carolina.

We had coffee the four of us, and then we went for a walk in downtown Durham, and did some shopping. Joost and Ankie took a lot of pictures -- architects have an interesting view of the world.

Later we went to Duke University, where we made a walk over campus. We also visited the Gothic Reading Room which has an exhibition on the history of Duke University.

Joost and Ankie arrived.

Photographing downtown.

Looking at the chapel.

Inside Duke's Gothic Reading Room.

Architects often choose different subjects for their photographs...

...but they did include the famous Duke chapel.

We went for a walk in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.

Our close friends Joost and Ankie arrived today in Durham. They are on a journey along the East Coast, and traveled from Washington D.C. today.

We went to Duke University and downtown Durham and in the evening we all went to the Emily's and Christoph's house warming party. It was a very nice day -- it's great to see them.