I have decided to see my friends more often. Yesterday my friend Marjolein came to visit me for dinner. I know her for 14 years. She was one of my first collegues. I cooked green curry chicken for her and pad pak ruam. We drank a lot of wine and listened to a lot of music. She came together with her new boyfriend Abdelah. Turns out that we like the same kind of music. It was late when they headed home.

Today I was with Katja. I met her a couple of years ago. She is the friend of a friend and she loves Thailand. Katja visited me in Chiang Rai, when I was living there. We like to walk together and walked some daytrips before. This time we took the train around noon to Dieren, a small village in the east of Holland, near Germany. From there we walked 11 km through forest and heather fields. After 2 1/2 hours it started to getting dark. We reached the next train station of Rheden in time. Back in Amsterdam we ate some Thai food in snackbar 'Birds' on the 'Zeedijk'. Pla shoo shee this time and som tam... Yummie!

if you will have more time for your friends, you started very well this new year. i know holland people are very friendly and love nature, nices photos

Nice photos, looks cold, burrr. Cold here about 10C in the morning

Nice pics........

Always nice to have good friends...........

very nice photos

good started baby!! I think i will like your friends and we would do some activities together...

walking through the forest look like fun , i would love to do that as well.. awesome pictures..

love the pond and greeny moth on trees.. katja narak dee.. chop chop !!

maybe u can leave me with her some day for " girl things "

WoW! ja Joeri.

I'm glad got to know you're doing well. ))

...........you just sounded very...........calm.

Which as a matter of fact... is scary.

Hey... that is cool Joeri. Made me miss Holland so much hooo hooo, hoping I can visit there soon so fit me in to ur schedule of meeting friends ok? I am in China right now....frezzing cold but good shopping haha. Take care and send my love to Jum from me

I need at least three pubs in given route to do that...Oh the serenity...get you eh

cant see any pics... but I just happened to catch up with a friend who I haven't met for like 10 years. It was just nice to hear something good from some friends.

i see them now... nice pics.

thanks for all comments... yesterday I was very happy that I went for that long walk.. Also I was very tired when I came back home... Wanted to share some of the pics and as OoO observed I was maybe a bit short in my sentences.. That was because the journal was deleted one time because I pressed the wrong button... hahaha

Then it's always a nasty thing to do all the writing and pasting again... But I genuinely enjoyed being out there in da fields. Have to do this more often for sure!

hope you don't mind my late comment, it's my habit to comment late hehehe. Very nice journal, Yuri.Thenks for do it double time for us

ohh sorry for being later yes u made me missing holland badly too Joeri ....that place is also located in Limburg area? seem alot of forest out there....