Fontainebleau, je t'aime!

oh la la...
what a nice easter weekend we had in Font! (Bleau for the continentals :)

Such an amazing sea of boulders, so varied, as if each on them has been well designed to be climbed in two different ways and descend on the other side. And there is some much to do, even for newbies like us! hurray!

(The Peak District here generally makes us feel like losers)

We camped for four nights at a lovely campsite full of Dutch climbers and French families, together with Jamie and Clare. The weather treated us very well, though a bit chilly at night...

pictures here!

Marike Jager (2)

I mentioned Marike Jager in this blog - had heard of her during my undergrad in Maastricht, mostly through my friend Anne, seen her live once in a while... she won a prestigious award in the Netherlands for singer/songwriters and soon after published her first cd.

That one soon became Jon's favourite cd of my whole collection :)

... now she's got a live concert online to listen to, hurray!

Kirsten's Kiddie Party

Our climbing buddy Kirsten (very first pic) absolutely refuses to grow up and therefore threw a Kiddie Costume Party this weekend.

try to spot Jon and me if you can... (it's tricky!)


always good times at costume parties: the late night costume swapping