Tuesday July 14, 2009 @ 19:49
Grandpa and the Ardennes.
Hello,
Just got back from a weekend in the Belgium "Ardennes". On Friday morning some more bad news was waiting, when we found out my grandpa had passed away....
He was 87 and recently he had to be placed in a home because he started having problems at his own place.
My grandma passed away 5 years ago and he had a broken heart. It's better this way for him but it's still very sad. I spend a lot of vacations with him washing windows. That was his job since he was very young, a pro window washer and he had a great opera voice to go with it so in the city he was known as "the singing window washer" 
I worked with him in my school vacation time from when I was 9 till 18, 3 days a week. Tomorrow is the funeral so that won't be easy once again...
We took the planned trip to the Ardennes though and had a very good time with my dad, brother and Mark. We did a canoe trip on Saturday, which of course ended with water fights non stop . On Sunday we build dams in a little river plus we visited a big outdoor labyrint.
Unable to post pictures once again...
Leaving for Finland this Friday for the Open tournament there.
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Michel Drenth (Emmen) wrote at Wed Jul 15, 2009 @ 13:13:
Hey Niels,
Sorry to hear about this aweful loss. Always hurts to lose someone close to the heart. I wish you and your family all the best.
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