This morning we went strolling in a small park close to our house, where we discovered purely by accident, the remains of the Siri Fort. In fact the city of Delhi was built during the rule of Ala-ud-Din Khalji of the Delhi Sultanate and to defend the city from the onslaught of the Mongols, the [...]
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Happy New Year…. we are preparing to complete 4 years in India. Unfortunately we could not get the family together for a picture. I therefore collated some photo’s with at least one family member on it. That should do the trick. Gelukkig Nieuwjaar …. We gaan naar 4 jaar in India, maar deze keer konden [...]
Traore and Biba are visiting us for the moment, after nearly 12 years of not having seen each other. Our friendship dates from the early days of our marriage back in Arua, somewhere in Northern Uganda. We will have to talk about that episode in our lives one day. Traore is now the UNHCR representative [...]
Sebastien starred in the school play ‘ Fools’ as Leon Tolchinsky, an ambitious young teacher, arriving in the village of Kulyenchikov where he encounters strange and lunatic characters. He meets with his employer Doctor Zubritsky and his wife after struggling with the local people who turned idiotic. When he is introduced to the Zubritsky’s daughter, [...]
This is a short impression which I wanted to share with you, now more than a month after our 1000km journey on a bike. I actually just returned from a drive into Delhi at 8 PM this evening and planned to take my bike around town to see the new metro stations and roundabouts but [...]
The Holiday is over…. the entire family is back in New Delhi and Monday August 9th the school had started. Sarah, Sebastien, Mamy and Maxi returned one day after the temperature fell in Delhi with about 8 degrees. They were lucky and just managed to escape the heat wave whic Marc had to live through….Useless [...]
Hi there… We are on Holiday in Belgium, although Marc is already back in Delhi after only three weeks. He just had time to cast a vote. We intend to make a separate webpage to share with you some of the things that we have done, so keep on clicking on our page….. and yes, [...]
Sarah’s Great Day…. Today was the 8th grade Moving Up ceremony and Sarah was one of the 101 girls and boys from the American Embassy school who finished Middle School and are moving into High School next year. The moving up goes with a big official ceremony in the school. We all noticed that Sarah [...]
Well not really on top, but pretty, pretty close. Flying to or from Bhutan is always an experience and if you are lucky with the weather, the pilot will take you over the Himalayas and bring you close to the Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Today was such a unique day when [...]
This morning, Sebastien came back from Bangladesh from a 5 day regional school competition. This year he was competing in High School, with much stiffer and harder competition from his mates. He brought back 2 gold medals for the 100m and 400m relay, one bronze medal for the 400 m individual run and a place [...]
