Trip to Wrexham UK

So, we're working in Wrexham now. It is a nice town, and the hotel is also very nice.
Got to repair many things on the old kiln before it will run though, tomorrow we will try to heat up the 1st time.

Tractor pulling and farmers day!

On Sunday it is the annual tractor pulling and farmers day in Vessem, the town where I grew up. It is always a large festival with many beers! Unfortunately I'm in Wrexham for my work, better luck next year.
On the picture is the "hay tractor" they put near the road announcing the festival!

Trip to Wrexham next week

Here's the hotel they booked for me, looks nice......






There's also a catholic cathedral in this city: St. Giles.

Balloon flying by

Last weeks we had very bad weather, yesterday evening however was a nice evening and we could sit outside during most of the evening. There was a balloon passing by, that means the weather was good, otherwise these things don't go flying.

Gearing up to the trip to Wrexham next week

Next week I will go to Wrexham UK for re-commissioning an old kiln. It has a more or less modern control system however, built by us in 2001. So that is not too bad.
I'm more worried about the status of the kiln however........
Here's a view on the VME computer system with I/O cards.

Awesome guitar players

Funny: blending an I-phone

Check it out at: http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone

A day at the Zoo: Dierenrijk Europa

Here's a pink pelican....







A sea dog.







A colorful duck.







Close up duck.







The "otter".







Hello little monkey!







Flying monkey!







Hello little "bambi".











Moooooooh! Scottish highlander.







And the moose!

Tomorrow: tagliatelle!

Tomorrow we'll have freshly made tagliatelle pasta. Here it is already lying to dry for tomorrow. On the left you see a slice that is drying before being cut.

Yearly triathlon in Hooge Mierde

Here are some pictures of some triathletes....First they swim, then they go with the bicycle.....










And then they run!

Braised panga fillet with penne and tasty toms

Panga fillet:
400 gr panga fillet fish
4 big roma tomatoes (without skin, cut to pieces)
2 toes of garlic from the press
freshly cut parsley
pepper
salt
olive oil
250ml water

First fry the garlic short and softly (max. 1 min) in the olive oil. Add tomatoes with salt and pepper and cook in for 10min. Add 250ml water and cook in for 5min. Then add the fish and braise it with lid on the pan on low fire for 10-15min. Before serving add the parsley.

Tasty tom tomatoes:
Ingredients:
8 tasty tom tomatoes, cut in halves
1 toe of garlic from the press
1 el of thyme (dry)
Biscuit powder (panneermeel)
Olive oil

Preheat oven to 180degr.
Put the tasty toms with the cut-side up on a oven-plate. Divide the garlic over all tomatoes (just a little bit per tomato). Divide the thyme over all tomatoes. Put on each tomato some biscuit powder and add quickly some olive oil on top of them. Put them in the oven for 20min.

Serve with penne!

Brassband

When we visited the Castelhoeve in Castelre we were treatet a brassband concert, but the more beer they drank the slower they played.......

Old but still going strong!

Old Farmall tractor, but still going strong......