More rowing

This rowing season Paula opted for a different boat. In her first season she rowed with a ladies 4, single oar boat, and last season with the ladies 8, single oar boat. She is now training in a smaller boat for 2 ladies, with double oars. This is called 'sculling'. Paula is competing for a place in the racing boats of the club, and had her first trial race of the season, with the evidence shown below. In addition she has moved to a new room, with some of her rowing friends.

Paula racing in Hilversum

Montevideo

Due to a reorganisation and the merger with British Gas Piet and his team landed another project, this time a number of concessions offshore Uruguay. Part of his new tasks are a number of engagements with the Uruguayan government, to discuss progress and forward looking plans. With two colleagues he flew to the capital Montevideo, and stayed there for 3 days. It is quite a boring place, with mainly modern buildings, and little obvious history. The city is well organised and very save, but certainly not a tourist destination; the apparently nice beaches are located on the wide Plata river, with brown, muddy water. The highlights were the excellent wine and food, and the very friendly people in the Shell office and the government. Below are some pictures to give an impression.

Yacht Club Uruguayo 

Playa de Los Pocitos in the early morning light

Plaza Independencia

Playa de Los Pocitos

Kite surfing on Playa Malvin

Isla de las Gaviotas

View on Montevideo from Punta Carretas

Punta Carretas

No more school

A few weeks ago Dorien received her IB diploma, which was the final school event for all of us. As the exams, taken in May, are internationally marked results were not known until July, when most of the kids were on holiday. Therefore the school organises the diploma ceremony in September, which also acts as a reunion of a now scattered year group. As you can imagine the kids are spread out over a large number of universities in several countries, and most of them, like Dorien, have started their studies already. Dorien has done very well, received her bilingual English-Dutch diploma, and has started her civil engineering studies with enthousiam.

 Dorien and Mary

 Dorien and friends; Roos is standing next to her

 Dorien is receiving her IB diploma from her mentor

Traditional hat throwing of the Year of 2016