I couldn’t be any more perfect. I got back from London last Friday evening and had a few beers with a couple of friends of mine. I hadn’t seen them for quite a long time, because of my crazy schedule the last few weeks.

Today, I had a wedding anniversary of my grandparents yesterday (they have been married for 65 years now, what an achievement). Normally wedding anniversaries aren’t all that exciting, but this was actually pretty good, as I hadn’t seen most of my family for quite a while. So it was good catching up with them.

After getting back from that party (it was in the afternoon), I drove from Elburg to Amsterdam to go to the Tuschinski cinema to watch the Bourne Ultimatum, which was a great movie. The newspaper apparently had some raving reviews. I didn’t think it was that good, but all-in-all it was entertaining. I like watching movies in the theatre (I kind of have to do that anyway, because I don’t have a television anymore). It always has this great atmosphere, especially in a nice theatre such as the 85-year old Tuschinski in Amsterdam.

The weather forecast showed some excellent winds (up to 25 knots or 6bft, and good temperatures, around 20 degrees).

I first had a soccer match early in the morning, which we unfortunately lost (it was the first match of the season and we haven’t had a lot of practice since we started two or three weeks ago). I won’t be able to to join the soccer team all that much do, which is a pity. I’m going to be abroad a lot in the next few months and frequently have to fly on Sundays, which means: no soccer for me anymore.

After the game I went to Wijk aan Zee to meet with Lars, Pyke, Marc and several others. The wind was great and the waves were very big. It was only my second time out on the sea with lots of waves (I’ve ben out of the sea a lot already with my kite, but the places I went usually were bays that protected us from getting pounded).

I just love my 8sqm Jekyll (from Gaastra). I have two kites, the 8sqm and a 12sqm Cabrinha, but the Jekyll is so much more flexible and quick to steer, but yet very stable.

I should have some pictures soon by the way as Marc’s girlfriend took some. I’ll see if I can post them up here or so…