Monday afternoon on the parking lot at work I discovered a crack in the windshield of our car.

It was about 6" to 8" long, and from the marks on the windshield it was clear that small stones or other debris had hit it. This probably happened when we were driving from New Jersey this weekend.

I brought the car to a glass repair shop on Tuesday; it took about an hour.

Today was election day in the Netherlands, and the Embassy in Washington DC has released the results of Dutch votes in the United States. Four designated four poll workers counted the votes, sent in orange envelopes, at the Embassy.

There were 1,767 valid votes counted (87 blank or invalid); here are the results:

• VVD 557
• PvdA 372
• D66 316
• GroenLinks 195
• CDA 109
• PVV 100
• ChristenUnie 41
• SP 35
• Partij voor de Dieren 25
• SGP 8
• Partij voor Mens en Spirit 2
• Piratenpartij 3
• Trots op Nederland 3
• Een NL 1

Worldwide there are 46.396 Dutch citizens who live outside the Netherlands and have registered to vote; about 2,000 of them in the United States.

With 96.5 percent of all votes counted Thursday night, the VVD led the PvdA to become the largest party, with 31 seats.

Update 6/10: vote count has been adjusted after release of final results by the Dutch Embassy.

Sunday was a travel day. In the morning we went for another long walk along the Delaware & Raritan canal. We packed our bags, made some sandwiches and drove from Somerset, NJ to Alexandria, VA. We went to Sasha's place and moved her belongings to her new house for the summer.

Through a friend Sasha had found a new place to stay, much closer to her work. And it's definitely a great location: it's in the middle of Georgetown, a few minutes walking away from M-street.

Monday morning early I drove to Durham. I usually have several conference calls on Monday mornings and taking them from the car worked well. I drove to my office in Raleigh. In the evening I had dinner with Belen, Esteban and Hernan in Durham; that was a great way of coming home to North Carolina.

A quiet street in Georgetown.

Things are pretty hectic around here. I'll be in New Jersey for a project for a few more weeks, and Sasha started her internship in Washington DC three weeks ago. This weekend she's moving to another apartment (much closer to work) so right now we have 4 homes that we could sleep in, in 3 different cities and 3 different states.

Obviously, this involves a lot of travel. Yesterday evening we met in Philadelphia where we had dinner in the train station and then went back home to Somerset. Today we spent a few hours arranging tickets and itineraries for the next few weeks, since we both have to travel for work as well. Tomorrow we're leaving for Washington DC, and I'll then continue to Durham, NC. It's fun to travel, and to see so many different places.

In the afternoon we had time to relax and we went for a long walk/run along the Delaware & Raritan canal, which was great. The weather is beautiful here; very sunny. Then we spend the rest of the late afternoon at the pool, and had a lazy barbecue poolside for dinner.

Philadelphia train station last night.

The train was late. Originally we had planned to meet in Trenton, PA, but since the delay was almost 90 minutes I decided to pick Sasha up a stop earlier.