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Going to Lanzarote in July
Carmen and I booked our holiday trip this weekend, in July we’re heading to Lanzarote for one week. We’ll be staying at the H10 Rubicon Palace hotel near Playa Blanca at this island, which is the easternmost of the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are an archipelago of several volcanic islands that belong to Spain.…
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Cold and icy weather
The last two weeks or so the weather has been very cold here in Belgium. The past couple of winters were rather warm but this year it’s extremely cold. Media report it’s been more than a decade since it was so cold in my country, last night monitoring stations in several cities recorded temperatures of…
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a good time during the first couple of days of 2009. The year 2008 has come to an end and unfortunately it wasn’t really a good year for me business wise. I was too lazy to finish most of the goals I set for this year, 2008…
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Bought a couple of books
Carmen and I went to Boekenfestijn in Ghent today, a free fair where you can find more than a million of books at bargain prices. Here’s a look at some of the things I picked up: – Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring paperback edition – Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers…
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10 outrageous economic claims for 2009
Saxo Bank has published a list of ten outrageous economic claims for 2009. The Danish investment bank says this is their annual attempt to predict rare but high impact events that are beyond the realm of normal market expectations: The Copenhagen-based online trading and investment specialist’s predictions are an annual attempt to predict rare but…