Congrats to the United States of America!!!

Hey guys,

our friends in the United States voted. I'm sure it was a good decision, at least a historical one.
I see you in Europe or hopefully in your country soon.
Cheers.

Christoph

CONGRATULATIONS SPAIN!!!

Hi all, and especially my spanish friends,

well, Jaime told me he is a happy guy now...I can't really say that I was happy during the game...but I was already a while after the game. If Germany couldn't win, Spain is the second best choice for me... You guys deserve it, that's for sure!!! A long time ago that Spain won anything...I think none of you was alive by that time ;-)

Well, still, the WorldCup is to take place in just 2 years...so we'll give it another try.

Cheers.

Christoph

Dear Blekerslaan-ians!

Hey!

(This is my first post (don't really know how it works...)!)

Just wanted to say I had a great time seeing some of you all again!
After a troubled period from anywhere to everywhere I have finally moved to a permanent place in the Netherlands/Groningen again and I'm happy.
(basically a side-street on the way from Blekerslaan to the city centre when going out; just when passing the police station...the street on the right, with the coffee-shops and all).
Anyways,
The '08-reunion has just passed. Had much fun (thanks all).
See you next time maybe (in another place?)? (I like sun too!, not only Gro.-rain/wet snow!)

All the best/greetings/hugs/love or whatever, ofcourse also for the people who were not there/couldn't make it.

'Sala Hantle' and 'rustig aan',
"Nqa"!

Peter Sello

Back in New Orleans...

Hey all,

I wanted to let you all know that I will be posting all of my pictures on my Facebook profile (James Lukens). If you want to save them, just right click (save as) the full screen version. I should have them up by the end of this evening. Also, if you want any videos (they're not very good), I can probably send them individually by email.

I had a wonderful time, and I'm already looking forward to the next reunion!

Cheers,

James

Like in the good old days...

Hi everybody,

the Easter Weekend is over, most people already left Groningen to go back to work etc.
It was really so nice to be there again with the 2004/2005 crew and to meet the new 2007/2008 people. So here's some pics from the weekend:


James, Hanjo, Dan (Tiff's husband) and Tiff at Molly's...



...Dan eating the first time a "brodje kroket" out of the FEBO wall...


...group picture on friday night (not everybody was already there)...


...friday night in the common room...


...saturday afternoon in the Vismarket...



I don't have the pictures from Saturday night and Sunday, so if anybody has some, please send it to me.

I'm gonna take the opportunity to say "thank you" to everybody who went to that meeting from Germany, Hungary, Spain, Ireland, the USA and of course from Holland.

And of course a huge "thank you" as well to the Blekerslaan people from this year. They were so nice and patient with sometimes more than 15 people from the past in the common room doing some party, we went out with some of them, so it was a great weekend.

Too bad, that some of you guys who wanted to come missed it, so make sure that next time, you'll be there.


Thanks to all and take care.

Christoph

More pics...

Hi everybody,

well, most of the people arrived, Javi, Karen and Denise are coming in today...so far everything turned out pretty well...I will just add some pics for you:






There you are...

Cheers from Groningen!!!

Christoph

BAAAAACK AGAIIIINN!!!

Hi guys,

WE ARE BAAAAACK!!!!!!!!! Well, it's kind of the same as it always was!!! New people, new paintings on the wall, but the atmosphere is great!!
The first 2 pics, more to come:


you see, the beer is already there...




And some of the new people (who are all very nice by the way) and Hanjo!

We will probably set up our base here in Blekerslaan, so if you come, just come here...


See you soon and those who are not coming...don't be too jealous.

Christoph

Meeting in Blekerslaan

Hi everybody,

I'm gonna arrive in Groningen thursday afternoon (16:10) and I will go to Blekerslaan then to say "hi" to the new students there and tell them that we might hang around in the living room a bit ;-)

Anyway, James, Tiff, just tell me when you arrive in Groningen and we meet either at Blekerslaan then or I can meet you at Tivoli. Just text me what time and place you prefer, I'll be there.

Ah, by the way...this is where we are...Tivoli is very close to Hanjos place where Frauke, Flo, Lia and I will stay just about 150 meters...and we all know of course, that Blekerslaan is not far either!


I think my dutch number isn't working anymore...use the german one, ok?

See you soon!!


Christoph

Less than a week!!!

Hi everybody,

wow, only about a week to go!!! To see who's gonna be there on which days I launched Excel...here you go:



Taking a closer look yields the following distribution:


Well, you might notice that I was a bit too much involved in all that statistic stuff at university recently...

Anyway! Looks like saturday is the day when all of us are gonna be there!!! So with Frauke and Karen we already have set up a meeting point and time to see Karen and Denise who are arriving on saturday:

Saturday, 19:30. In front of the "3 Gezusters" (I hope you remember that bar...).

But I'm sure we will meet before ;-)

For those who arrive friday: What do you think about meeting at Blekerslaan at noon or in the afternoon?? And: Is anybody else maybe already coming on thursday??? Molly's is waiting for us as I heard...

See you soon!!

Christoph

3 weeks to go...

Hi everybody,

how are you?? Well, I can't wait to just go to Groningen and see all of you. And from a lot of emails from you guys I know you feel the same...

So who are we so far?

For sure:
Flo, Lia, Jaime, Maura, Javi, James, Tiffany and her husband, Karen, Denise, Frauke, Peter, Hanjo, Cheryl

And maybe some more, I'm working on it...

There is a small problem with the sleeping topic. I asked the student manager at Blekerslaan and he told me that he didn't have any room for us...too bad, but well, we should try to find something else then.

Hanjo offered some places on the floor of his appartment for us, some already booked a B&B.
We can try again at the hostel, although I already emailed them and they said they were booked out...anyway, sometimes they don't really know what's happening in their own house...

If anybody still has some friends in Groningen where people could stay or knows some cheap places to sleep, just post it here and let's see what happens...

See you soon and if you have any further questions, just tell me!

Christoph

Some more...

Hey people,

guess who's coming as well...

...right...Tiffany with her husband!!!

And Javi of course as well!!!

So come on now!


Cheers

Christoph

Carnival in Cologne

Hey everybody,

of course I was in Cologne for the Carnival again this year...
Jaime, Javi, maybe now you recognize the square better than in the last video...



Next year, I hope some of you guys will be there as well.

VIVA COLONIA.

Christoph

YOU BETTER BE THERE!

Hey all,

I really hope that everyone is doing their best to make it to the reunion! It's very likely that I'll buy a plane ticket in the next week...

Reunion 2006 - video online

Hi there,

here's the video from the last Reunion two years ago...have fun.
So everybody, hope to see you in march then.

Take care and

Viva Colonia!!

Christoph