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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 12 & 13: Spring in the Netherlands
From: nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Mon Apr 4 13:32:13 2005

During the past couple of weeks I have not been to Paris or Seville or 
Madrid or any other exciting places, so you will get a glimpse of our 
ordinary life here in Holland. During the Easter weekend, spring well 
and truly arrived here:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12.jpg

My daughter's school organized the obligatory Easter egg hunt in a 
nearby recration area, so I went and took pictures of kids (but not my 
own). Apparently, some of the children took a dim view of the event:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt1.jpg

This little girl thought she was a fox and so needed to dig a hole:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt2.jpg

While this little boy had finally pestered his parents enough to get an 
ice cream, which provided this image of anticipation:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt3.jpg

The one thing Netherlands has plenty of is water, and also bike paths, 
which are also used by rollerskaters:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt4.jpg

For week 13, here are a few images from last weekend. Most of our 
friends are members of the local expat community. Pam is from Malaysia, 
married to an Englishman, in other words, a fairly typical couple in our 
circle. Saturday night she invited us over for dinner. Here she is 
working on the sat? chicken on the barbecue:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13.jpg
(this is actually my favourite picture of the lot)

Here is Pam at work on the grill:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt1.jpg
and in the kitchen, making Malaysian curry:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt2.jpg

The last picture is from a LAN party in my town. For the uninitiated, a 
LAN party consists of a bunch of (usually) teenagers getting together 
and playing computer games over a LAN set up for the occasion. I took my 
son there, and much to my surprise, rather than the stereotypical 
pale-faced geeks, I found a bunch of friendly Dutch kids who made my son 
feel welcome and part of the group. This is more or less what it looks like:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt3.jpg
I did not stay long, lest I embarass my son too much...

The complete PAW index is at:
http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2005.html
and comments & critique are always welcome and appreciated.

Nathan
-- 
Nathan Wajsman
Almere, The Netherlands

General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com
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