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Rocoto Red flower

Twan — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:02:17 +0000

Again, long time no post..

Just very busy busy with work and thesis. But still going ok here. And to make it up, a nice purple flower from the Rocoto Red. I grow this plant for the first year and it’s a very beautiful plant. The fruit from this plant is also supposed to be very tasty so.. hopfully this flower will become a juicy chilli

Finally Chile pictures online

Twan — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:59:16 +0000

Last week I was browsing through my picture book which I made from my trip to Chile in 2007 and realized that I didn’t put the pictures online yet.

So, here they are (click on them to go to the album page):

Hike: Blüemlisalp

Twan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:39:33 +0000

Sunday went for a nice hike. Here some pano’s

Meeting: Baselphotoclub – Dornach Goetheanum

Twan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:08:17 +0000

I went to another meeting of the Baselphotoclub. This time we took the train to Dornach to have a look at the very impressive Goetheanum. There were some new/other people and some familiar faces, it stayed dry, we had to run for the train back and had a (or two) beer when we were back in Basel so I think a nice evening.

Meeting: Baselphotoclub

Twan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:01:47 +0000

Last Friday I went to a meeting of the Baselphotoclub. I found this club through the englishforum.ch and thought it would be cool to get out a bit, and use my camera again. I think it was a cool meeting, we ended up walking around Basel a bit, especially around the Wettsteinbrücke and then some of us got thirsty and went for a beer. I added the pics to the gallery again! (but here also an impression)

Blurry night view at the Rhine in Basel

Twan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:58:28 +0000

About 2 weeks ago I went for a quick walk along the Rhine, I took my camera with with the 50mm prime and tried to make some pictures. On the camera screen they looked promising however the big versions are a bit blurry. Anyway, I think they give a nice impression of the Rhine close to where I live.

See the gallery for all the pictures

Shocking news from Basel

Twan — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:42:34 +0000

Last night I woke up around 3.40 because my bed was shaking. Now is my bed not that stable so it does move when you turn around, but this felt a bit different. It couldn’t have been one of my housemates pulling a prank because they were not at home, so.. I thought.. it must have been an earthquake then and as I saw this morning I was right:
German original version: News item from SF
Translated version by Google Translate(to English) News item from SF

The earthquake originated in Germany and was noticable throughout Switzerland. Ok, off to work!

First run in Basel

Twan — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:49:21 +0000

Today I got back from work and thought, hey.. I really should start running again! Last time was more than a month ago (and still in Eindhoven). I had a look on Google maps but couldn’t really find something interesting so just jumped in my running outfit and started. To not get not too enthusiastic after such a while of doing nothing I thought 5km would be nice and knew which round would be this distance(give or take). The sun was shining, and there was a nice breeze so perfect weather.

This is the round I did: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2756295

Some details of Basel

Twan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:14:04 +0000

While enjoying the very nice weather here during the easter weekend I captured some (I’m sure there will be more) details of Basel. These are things that caught my attention while walking through the quiet streets of Basel.

See the gallery of Basel for the others

Sammelaktion für Sonderabfälle

Twan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:07:12 +0000

So, it started yesterday evening, people here in the street where I live started to clean out there storage rooms in cellar and attic, finally could clean up their gardens from furniture that was rotting away and saw a reason to get rid of old computers, ski sets, beds, and actually everything you can’t really imagine. Wednesday the city will collect everything for free.

But it’s not only that people are putting stuff out! When I came back from work today, it was rather busy in my street, fully loaded vans with french number plates, complete families with backpacks and sofa’s with 6 legs were walking around, going through the rubbish that their neighbors had put out the night before (or during the day) to give stuff a second (or perhaps 3rd,4th or 5th life). I think I have never seen something like this, but I have to say it’s funny to see. The entrance to my flat was blocked, and had to lift my bicycle in order to reach the door. I really wonder if this stuff is going to be away tomorrow, anyway, have a look….