Based on a Scandinavian concept, the restaurant offers 3 different choices: a warm & cold buffet, a salad bar or a sandwich bar.
There will always be a vegetarian option and the promise of healthy, wholesome food.
The ISS chef offers food that has to fit the 4 four pillars: Quality, Sustainability, Experience & Service.
The weather was so warm that I decided to get a total hair-cut. Enjoy the pictures :)
The Acerta Brussels Ekiden is a relay marathon run by 6 runners per team. All teams start together at 1PM as a team they will span the mythical marathon distance. The distances (in order) are as follows: 5 km + 10 km + 5 km + 10 km + 5 km + 7.195 km (total 42.195 km).Marathons and long distance running are immensely popular in Japan. A popular form, especially around New Year's, is the Ekiden. It's from "the land of the rising sun" that this form of athletics has made its way to us.
In Japanese, Ekiden is combination of two words: "Eki" meaning place and "Den" meaning delivery. In the olden days important documents were transported across Japan by different runners at lightning speeds.
The Ekiden is based on this classic courier service. The bundle of documents is represented by a sash, the Tasuki.
Six people form a team in which every team member runs their own distance.
The relays are done by handing over the special relay sash, called a tasuki, which is worn diagonally from the shoulder over the chest to the hip. An Ekiden is always an exciting competition, as the success of the team is dependent on each of the six runners.
Every member of the team has an important function.
This is the reason the competition is popular in a business setting.
My team, "Go For IT", came in second place within our company, with a speed of approximately 11,16 km/hour.
His name is Caramel and he joined us yesterday. A two-year old rabbit with good manners and a happy face. What more can we want. I think he will settle in very quickly :)
We visited Aschaffenburg, Vienna, Györ, Budapest and also the Puszta.
We also went to the Salt mines in Poland, visited Krakow and ended up in the East of Germany
In the pictures Mariann, Zsolt and Gary
I am notoriously bad at remembering names, so I hope somebody recognizes them.
Here is the picture: (sorry for the blood hehe)
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In the Summer of 2015 I am planning a trip to Norway. And normally I always try to learn at least a bit of the local language. I tried so with Estonian (failed dismally), Hungary (a bit more luck) and Turkey (long forgotten, but at least I didn't starve when I went across the border.
And now I will start to learn Norwegian. Which is a bit problematic, as I don't know *which* Norwegian to learn. According to wikipedia, they have Bokmål, Nynorsk, Riksmål and Høgnorsk.
I understand that some are for written use, and others for talking, although apparently most Norwegians write one thing and speak another thing (often dialect).
So which one should I learn? It helps to say that I have a basic understanding of Danish vocabulary and pronunciation (but not grammar), so something that would use that as a basis might be practical.
