By Guus , 30 January 2017

I took the Westin's route card and ran over campus, 5 miles. It was a great run with the exception of a little bit along a highway (!) in the dark, that was pretty crazy. Didn't have a light either.

By Guus , 29 January 2017

In the afternoon we spent some time in Georgetown. We had a package to return in one of the stores, so I dropped Sasha and Nora off at the store, and then parked a little further away. We parked on P street, the same street where we lived for a while.

From there we walked down to the waterfront park, where we watched the seagulls and a boat.

Walked back up the hill, a police offer showed off the lights of his cruiser to the boys, who were duly impressed.

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By Guus , 28 January 2017

Leo and Adrian have created their own word, and for the past two weeks we have wondered what it means.

Here is a short clip of the sound.

One day Adrian said "trekker mee" in the exact same intonation, so thought that might have been related, but that was only once so probably not.

Then this morning at the breakfast table Leo gave his book to Adrian and said it again, and so we now think it means something like "here you go".

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By Guus , 25 January 2017

Nice run. Nice and warm.

By Guus , 23 January 2017

I left work early after working the whole weekend and went for a run. Took my old course. Very nice. Much hillier than my new one!

By Guus , 18 January 2017

Good run, two days before Trump becomes President...

By Guus , 16 January 2017

Felt good. Long weekend so an extra day of recovery.

By Guus , 15 January 2017

We went to the Air and Space museum yesterday afternoon. The boys had been to the Udar-Hazy building with Opa & Oma, but never in the main one. We spent an hour and half there.

In the exhibition about GPS there was a life-size cut-out of a fireman. This made a deep impression on Adrian. Later he said "meneer! helm! [gez]ien!"

The boys also liked an early example of a self-driving car, and the statue of the first dog in Antarctica.

Later we went for dinner in the Silver Diner.

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By Guus , 12 January 2017

Felt a little weak this week, a second cold.

By Guus , 8 January 2017

It was pretty cold and the sidewalks were frozen. Great run though.