Family weekend etc

Well, that was an interesting weekend last week! On Thursday night, I flew into Amsterdam, and took the train to Groningen. I was staying at my brother' place and while I had some difficulty reaching him, I finally did manage to do so. The next morning I had enough time to look at little Hannah (8 months old now) and give presents to Leah (sort of early for her third birthday next week). As usual, she managed to pick the cheapest nonsensical present to be most excited about and she spent the entire visit blowing bubbles...

I was very happy to also meet up with my other brother, his pregnant wife (next child: September) and little Daan, in order to give him presents for his upcoming third birthday as well! After this first dose of family, Marielle was so nice to bring me to the train station in Assen, where I realised that I had left my jacket, wallet and passport in Groningen. So, with an hour's delay (yes, I am a retard, I know), I finally arrived in Nijmegen at about 16.00, where I was met by Fedor's mother's boyfriend Rob. Together with his daughter, we then continued to Wellerlooi, for the long-awaited Family Weekend of Fedor's family.
I am not the biggest family guy, in all honesty, but I most certainly did have a great time! A LOT of alcohol was consumed and many games were played. I missed out on the Eurovision Song Contest, but it was absolutely worth it.

It was particularly cool to see Fedor's soon sister-in-law (the wedding is in three weeks), who is getting more an more pregnant...

(more photos can be found here)
Anyway, on Sunday, Fedor and I returned to good old Milano, where we had a nother busy week of work. I've been working my ass off to get as far as possible on the paper I am writing together with my friend Idil and I am rather confident we are going to make it in time! The deadline is the end of June, but neither of us has a lot of time available in June... In my case, this is due to my slightly overloaded Conference Schedule during that month, as posted previously. It may be some time before you hear from me again, because I'm not around a lot. Tuesday, it starts with a very early flight from Milano to Tunis...
But don't worry, in the famous words of A.S.: I'll be back...

Ciao,
OJ