Na emails aan ‘n handjievol Warmshower hosts in Den Haag – ‘n antwoord. Van Heleen Neggers: Ja – kom bly gerus oor! En watter teenoorgestelde toeval toe ons uiteindelik by … (continue reading)
Travel
When I was her age, shortly after finishing school, my first and furthest journey was tossing my Lejeune bike and little canvas rucksack onto the back of a flatbed fish … (continue reading)
We’ve come to see if there’s perhaps a river flowing to her future. We’ve found pretty patterns etched in water’s dreams falling from above. Tomorrow they will become a river… flowing … (continue reading)
To stand alongside the infamous cobblestone sections of historic roads as the annual, epic one-day classic race from Paris to Roubaix flashes by… a lifelong dream for me! When sport, … (continue reading)
In Flanders, a “Koerskafee” or “Fietsbar”, is a THING! Basically a café or pub with bicycle road racing (“koers”) as its main theme. The decor will be drenched in cycling … (continue reading)
Dreams do come true… On a borrowed bike I spent a few weeks in Flanders – a haven of cycling religion… A proud, fit, athletically built Belgian guy, with a … (continue reading)
By die kaartjie-toonbank van die WW1-museum in Ieper vra die man: “Ah – uit Zuid Afrika?“ “Ja” – sê ek. Hy verduidelik by een van die tentoonstellings op die boonste … (continue reading)
Yannick (42) knows how to accomplish a multitude of feats that would take most of us a lifetime to achieve only one! Have a look: Google Yannick Daoudi. Dividing his … (continue reading)
In die tagtigs was ek student op Stellenbosch. Pa had nie ‘n kar nie, en ek moes dikwels die spoorwegbus gebruik om vakansies of langnaweke terug by die huis op … (continue reading)
Today – Egor boards a plane and flies back to his hometown, Tomsk – in Siberia. In late August 2019 this remarkable young Russian set off on his bicycle from … (continue reading)
Daniël meeting up with Axel, from AppAcademy, Amsterdam, at the annual dotSwift conference in Paris. … (continue reading)
Willem has left. The house has gone quiet. Snippets of memories start to form…words that have been spoken toil and echo in the mind… in a Belgian accent. It’s been … (continue reading)