I know, I wasn't gonna write about it until after all the medical exams had been conducted and the results were in, but I just have to get this out of my system. Today my father and I spent about 6 hours getting to and from the hospital and waiting around in there between 2 parts of an exam he had to undergo, a so-called skeletonscintigram. It really was no fun at all. We left his place at bout 9 am. He had an appointment at 10.30 and was urged to be present at least 5 minutes before.

It all started with the fact that the parking lot where until now we could always park the car for free, to then take the bus that stops dead bang in front of the hospital, had since about a little over a week no free parking any more.  When we arrived in the bus shelter we read that due to a strike of the busdrivers there would be no transport between 9 am and 4 pm and after 7 pm. There we were; what to do. We got back in the car, drove to the hospital and had a heck of a job finding a space for the car in the absolutely packed multistorey parking garage. Eventually we spotted a young couple with a buggy. I asked if they were just arriving or about to leave. They were leaving. We were in luck. Parked the car, got dad in a wheelchair and went to the department where we had to be. Did arrive none to soon, but in time. Followed the first part of dad's medical exam. Between the first part and the second part at least 3 hours had to pass and dad had to drink at least 1 extra litre of water in that time. It was no use driving back to  and from his place again, so first we went and had coffee. Next we went for a stroll and then had lunch at the hospital restaurant. We hung about untill at 13.45 the second part started. At 3 pm we were back in the car and went to his place. We talked a bit and had some coffee and when we wanted to leave to go have dinner at a Chinese restaurant we could hardly find the car: it had got a dusty camouflage and even the windows did not look like windows any more. Everything was covered in a thick layer of Sahara sand. 

We entered the restaurant over a small sort of bridge under which water splashed over a few small rocks and where a few beautiful Koi were swimming about. Of course I simply had to hang over the rail to have a good look at it all and the Koi and I looked each other deep in the eyes and  communicated non-verbally at length.

We ate something you wouldn't normally expect at a Chinese: lamb chops with mifang and Chinese vegetables. It was yummy.

And now: off to bed .............

  

 

 

 

 

 

Het werd tijd om iets te gaan eten, maar de Italiaan zat vol, de wachttijd van een uur was ons te lang en bij Ter Nose was de keuken al gesloten.

 

 

 

 

Gistermorgen waren we een beetje gammel en hadden veel dorst en zin in veel koffie. Zijn in de auto gesprongen en uit gaan waaien op de Zeeuwse dijken bij de Zeeuwse Lakenvelderse koeien en paarden. Kwamen nog wat Schotse Hooglanders tegen en zeer veel vogels, duikvogels want ze zaten meer onder water dan boven. Was ook lunchtijd. Het Zeeuwse landschap was op zijn groenst, de lange grashalmen op de zeedijk waren naar ons aan het wuiven. De luchten adembenemend en de zilte van de zee op kilometers afstand te ruiken. Gezellig weekend was het, en afscheid nemen viel ons zwaar.  

 

Meer foto's volgen later. Moet ik eerst uitzoeken, want ik heb voor de zekerheid geloof ik wel 3 takes met verschillende belichting van alles gemaakt.

 

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In this blog I write about my weekend in our province of Zeeland, where I visited a spacefriend. We had a wonderful weekend and lots of fun. It was my good fortune to arrive on the last day of the famous Schelde Jazz Festival and we ah ...... sort of painted the town red, blush.  Albeit after a scrumptious dinner of seabass and cockles and stuff, mmmmmmm. The next day we went and got lots of fresh air on the sea dyke and in the polders.

Took a load of pictures, but still have to go through some of them to see if they are space-worthy, HA! Watch out for the next batch.

 

... in fact I can't really spare the time, I simply had to take some pictures in my garden, before we go and do odd jobs again. Yesterday at Queen's Day it was also such beautiful weather over here. Outside one could walk over the heads of people, so crowded were the streets. And we have worked very hard at Sietse's place. Together with a comrade of his amongst other things we emptied the radiators of the central heating and took them off the walls. On the one hand because they look terrible and desperately need to be sandpapered and painted, on the other hand so as to be able to paint the walls behind them also. The advantage of an empty house: one can thoroughly tackle the basis. Fatigue begins to take it's effect now by the way. Sietse has a long lie-in and myself I spend my evenings stretched out on the couch. Incapable of moving a finger. Better take it a bit easier this coming weekend.

Today the day was off to such a beautiful start again and so now I simply couldn't resist.