Time Out
This year we were the guests of our Dutch colleagues who laid on not only a splendid agenda of sightseeing, coffee and the occassional beer, but also a visit by Sintaklaas in the full Dutch tradition.
Sinterklaas appeared to be rather too well briefed about each of us but nevertheless presented us each with a chocolate letter as a gift and went on his way across the roof tops of Holland.
Thanks to Hans, Hans and Antoine for arranging fine weather in addition to the day's activities and to Alex for taking the photos of the day.
Remit and Estates Today helped Watford Ladies FC organise their annual 6-a-side tournament - Andrew organised a team of photographers to take the team photos and shots of the matches which were uploaded to a website where they could be viewed and bought by the players and their families.
In all, 8 volunteer photographers took 6,500 photos, 1,800 of which were uploaded to the site. All the profits are going to fund grass roots football at the club. 100 teams took part ranging from local U9 teams to premier league senior squads from Birmingham City, West Ham, Fulham, Tottenham and Watford.
In February each year, Hans Gerritsen takes time out to travel by motorcycle through remote parts of the world. This year, Cambodia.
In his own words:
We started in Seam Reap which is close to the huge temple complex of Anchor What.
After 2 days in and around these temples, we drove through the whole of Cambodia in 10 days.
The road conditions were, let's say, challenging (50% off-road) but the local people are very kind and helpful.
Driving through the capital Phnom Pen is an adventure on its own. After surviving the hell of Pen, we drove down to the coast and the Vietnamese border and back to Pen.
We saw all the highlights from a motorbike perspective and I can advise this to everybody, you see, feel and smell a country more intensely than driving in a car or minivan.
Cambodia is a beautiful holiday country with a beautiful coast line, impressive temples and very kind people. And what is even more important to a Dutchman, relatively cheap.
Christmas 2009 party in Dusseldorf
Thanks to Rudi from our Munich office, we all met in Dusseldorf for a trip to the Christmas markets and plenty of Gluhwein.
Here are a few snaps from our trip - see if you can recognise the faces.
Hans made a jolly Father Christmas, and we were all charmed with the traditional wooden toys and Christmas decorations in the markets. The weather was a bit nippy, but nothing a traditional German feast of pork, potatoes and sauerkraut couldn't handle. We can also heartily recommend the hot chocolate with lashings of cream and a tot of rum that the market traders were providing.
All work and no play….
We do get out from time to time and this page is where we tell you about our team’s interests, our days out and, of course, our Guide Dog puppy.
Have a look at our bookshelf, too.
