Waauw - Eat, learn, move ...

This is one of the reasons i started this blog.
Sharing this kind of amazingness and inspirational beauty.

Eat
http://vimeo.com/27243869
(hmmm locusts, ...)

Learn
http://vimeo.com/27244727
(Dancing, cooking, ...)

Move
http://vimeo.com/27246366
(London, Paris, don't recognise the rest at first sight)

What do YOU recognise?

...from a wonderful movie.

Here's a strange news article..
about a garden gnome that gets stolen, travels all around the world and is then brought back with pictures to prove it..
A cool idea, but certainly not new,
it surprises me the article doesn't mention the movie:
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain
(imdb, wikipedia (obviously already mentions this news feat))
A wonderful and truly inspiring movie, i'm glad someone did the gnome thing!

Good night!

This is fun!

I tried the world challenge twice

This Traveler IQ was calculated on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 03:59PM GMT by comparing this person's geographical knowledge against the Web's Original Travel Blog's 2,927,022 travelers who've taken the challenge.

The first time i did the world challenge i got up to level 10 with 357601 points;
the second time up to level 11 with 444278 points.
Have fun :)

Antwerp

It's a well know fact that Antwerp in Belgium is the best place in the world, just ask any Antwerpian and he or she will completely confirm that ultimate (almost dogmatic) truth!!

Many many many many (ok you get the point) wonderfull activities are organised here, there's a massive amount of cultural heritage, you'll find the best beers in the world here (and that's definitely not Carlsberg or even worse: Heineken, real Antwerpians/Belgians wouldn't even give that to their dogs, if it would be ok to give beer to your dog)

For instance, here's a nice upcoming activity: a culinary high note

Recently our local television channel held a contest to find the new "Ode to the city" aka "Ode aan't stad" it will not surprise anyone that many candidates showed up with songs about how much we love this wonderfull metropolis, here's two:
Zot van A (in Antwerpian/Antwerpish)
Stad on de beik (in antwerpian)

the first one won, here's the videoclip

De strangers (a local treasure) have a song to praise our wonderfull city
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHIsGTlpcIA
and another one: Antwarpe 'k zien a zoe geire


and here a nice commercial about Antwerp
't stad is van iedereen (in dutch)

this link also ended up in the draft of this post ... don't really know why ... it's in antwerpian ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB2KRXcWx-Y

Antwerp is so wonderfull i could write many posts about it every single day into eternity and beyond. But this will have to do for today. If this post is to big, the internet will probably crash because too many people will want to download too many things about Antwerp at the same time.

See you in Antwerp!

october --> february

Some main points that have happened since last time.
Hopefully i'll find a time in the future to elaborate on each of them.

For now i'm still working with people in retirement homes for the University project.

When that's over i'm going to finish my teacher's ed, i still have to do the practical part, 20 hours of actual teaching.

From 3/2/2008 through 10/2/2008 i've been hiking through the French Jura.
It was great!
a report (in dutch) with some pictures can be found here

Last tuesday was the first session of a training in Mindfullness i'm following. Very interesting sofar!

And today is the first day of the rest of my life!

Destination - EXTREME Japan

Sadly i'm going to need too much time for the master's thesis to be able to go to Spitsbergen this summer ...
sigh,
we even had a website about our trip
But finishing my year is simply a million times more important, i really have to finish the mater's thesis, it's really sad, but it's the right thing to do

Anyway, where should you go on a holiday ??

My Score: Extreme Japan
I scored 51% culture, 61% social, 63% activity, and 69% adventure!

You want it all. The great thing is, in the Land of the Rising Sun, you can HAVE it all. Japan has a rich culture that goes back thousands of years. But did you know that along with enriching your mind, you can also get your adrenaline going? How about climbing Mount Fuji, sea kayaking around the Noto Peninsula, surfing, diving, rafting, paragilding, horseback riding or cycling among unique scenery and terrain. If you go in a group, this will give you a great chance to form relationships easily with others on the tour and having more friends around will make the whole experience all the more rewarding and memorable. You can then balance out your adventures with some Japanese theatre or exploring the exciting markets and city streets. You may have never considered such a destination, but maybe you have learned something. If you had fun dreaming about where you might go, don't forget to rate my test. Thanks!

Link: The Where Should YOU Travel Test written by thinkandcome on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

If only i knew someone from Japan to tell me where to go ... ;)

Where the Hell are Matt's Outtakes??

remember Matt?? Suuure you do!
He's got another one online and again it's amazing ;)

a fading blog? or maybe just doing real things

well well not much activity on this blog,
but just maaaybe that's because I'm very busy

sunday-evening the first meeting of the group "svalbard 2007" was a fact,
a fine bunch of people, some are ofcourse still a mystery to me but that will change soon enough
in order to get some of the equipment or food sponsored we decided to clean up svalbard, at least a part of it, we'r going to participate in "clean up svalbard" and are counting on outdoor-stores to support us for this.

A website of our own is being built as i write here
www.cleanupsvalbard.be

and I'm going to restrain myself a bit concerning personal information, especially in the area of 'not posting stuff that's too personal', everybody can come here after all, i'll find plenty of interesting other stuff to post, don't worry :)

Vercors 2007

Brave as they are, five young people set out on a walk in the snow, leaving civilisation behind (ok, I'll cut the drama-part)
Joris and Willem spent the previous months preparing every little detail of this trip what resulted in a very smooth journey! In my name as well as most likely Goedele's and Tess's, THANKS GUYS!

Some of Willem's pictures can be found at the link the following location:
www.flickr.com/photos/wvdoorne

Nothing to do but walk in the snow, gaze at the scenery, eat, drink, sleep and take care of the others. Who offcourse also took care of me, we had a very mutualistic relationship going on there, thanks guys/girls, let's do that again!

No internet, no cellulars, nada, nothing, just a few people against the elements, if that doesn't charge the batteries, I need to get myself a new battery.
Man am I looking forward to Spitsbergen 2007, I can hardly wait!

This is just in ..

I'm in, I'm one of the lucky 9 who will get to spend 20 days on Spitsbergen this summer.
I've already been there in the summer of 2005, which proved to be a lifechanging and inspiring journey, so the hopes for "Spitsbergen 2007" are high.
This time it's going to be a hiking-trip, the better part of the 20 days will be spent walking through low- and high-arctic tundra, truly a wonderfull scenery. A small group of men, facing the elements (well at least some of the elements), and most likely, polar bears ...
Am I excited? One could say that :)

(Spitsbergen ? Where the hell is that anyway??)

Where the hell is Matt?

On the blogroll I just added Matt Harding's blog,
his blog at www.wherethehellismatt.com.
Just another guy who went out there and did something amazing,
and then once more!
On his website you can find the 2 wonderfull movies he created under 'dancing'.
For those who need some encouragement ...
the second one is very close by, just one click on the YouTube thingie below.
But please also check out his first one at his site!!



The background music is also very nice by the way!!

("Sweet Lullaby Dancing Remix” by Deep Forest, this is the internet,
more information about it is all around you.)

So who's joining me on a trip to kjeragbolten ;-) ??

panic

bijna een dag voorbij zonder een post,
en toch zat ik hier redelijk wat aan de pc
oops there I went in dutch again,
almost a day wihout posting, we can't have that in the first week now can we?
Why panic?
Because there's an area in France (Vercors) where I'll be spending a very fine week
with some very fine people, walking through the snow ...
but this damned climate change just might cause some problems here ...
and not enough snow means no pulka's (sleigh to be pulled along)
and EVERYTHING in the backpacks,
no probs there, but that means we actually might get tired :)