And more days pass

Sunday again and I just finished studying for tomorrows exam of my spanish evening class. I took half a day off tomorrow afternoon, so I will have enough time to revise everything and be fully prepared for my first exam since about a year and a half. Really weird to have to study again, but if Iam honest there is no comparison to the courses I ever took at university, so I am quite confident that I will do quite well. ;o) I'll post my result here in a week, that is if it is acceptable (read: very good). :P

The past weeks have been slightly different at work as I was made team leader last week. I've only just started and so far it's been pretty busy sorting out what I should take care of and so on. Anyway, it's kind of a new challenge and I do need those from time to time to not get bored. ;o)

Seems I am off now, we have a certain english guest here these days and a movie is scheduled for tonight. Later more about Grant, exams, films and perhaps some holidays. :P

Euro Disney

Two weeks past due, but here it is, my Disneyland report. :P As I mentioned in my last post our digital camera broke down upon arrival, so we were forced to either not take any pics during the weekend, or to buy a disposable camera. Of course we chose the latter so we had the joy to rediscover how much fun it is to make pictures without the use of a zoom or the possibility to check on a screen what the picture looks like. We have become quite spoiled over the past years with those digital ones I can now say... Anyway, the results are ok I think.

The reason for our trip had been the 30 year anniversary of our parents and we as the children were ofcourse allowed to come too. It really became a super fun weekend, all four of us were absolutely enthousiastic about everything and everybody dared to go in every roller coaster available. The older generation mentioned each time after on that had made loopings that it would have been the last one for them, but that is of less concern. :P The way the park is constructed is just so beautiful and real, that you really feel away from all concerns for a while and I love that. Other amusement parks might be cheaper, but I have yet to find one that is more pretty and grand. The weather cooperated, it was reasonably cold but dry and we even had sme sunshine during a couple of minutes. It was raining in Belgium at the same time, so the comparison is what makes our weather good. ;)

Pulling out the swrd in the stone in 1993 and 2007

It was the weekend before Halloween so orange pumpkin scarecrows were to be found everywhere as they had taken over all of Disneyland. Luckily for us not too many people had decided to visit the parks those days, sothe queues were still managable and we were able to go on every ride we wanted. Even the food was good, something one wouldn't necessarily expect in an americanised amusement park. Especially our candle lit dinner in the Blue Lagoon restaurant was great, a total carribian style place with tasty fish dishes and burning creme brulee (crema catalan).

Day two was also spent in the main Park, as well as in the new Disney Studios park right next to it. This was still under construction, so apart from some shows and rides, there wasn't much too it yet. So we ended the trip buying some souvenirs, going into some rides for the second time and crawling back to the train station with a completely destroyed back, at least from my side.

A taste of victory

Due to some technical issues (this including a broken camera ;) ) my post about my Disneyland trip will have to wait a little while longer, so I tought I could already write about last Tuesday evening. I was invited to Sofies house for a Catan night, together with 5 (ex) colleagues of hers. What us awaited there was a table filled with tasty stuff, cookies, candies, loads of tea and the master piece, a big and incredibly good chocolate cake... The cake was partly meant for the night itself and partly for the upcoming birthday of one of her colleagues, but most of all it was just very tasty. ;)

Regarding the game, four of us already knew it so I teamed up with An Sofie from Sweden who would throw the dice whilst I thought about our strategy. :P And of course, my endless online Catan games with Pablo brought the result I longed for, we won. :P I really enjoyed the night, not only due to my victory of course. Now duty calls, I have to go and help bake three cakes for tomorrow at work. Yep, Kat is getting old, 24 in just a couple of hours....