Only one week from now I will be sitting on a bench at the seaside of Tel Aviv. The weather (no news anymore) looks very promising. :-D

Goal of this stay in Israel is a wonderful vacation and next to that to come back with a few great series of photographs.

For that reason I bought myself the greatest tripod and tripod head I could find for a decent amount of money. I have been buying tripod the last years, but all were not that expensive. In fact, not at all… That’s also why I bought more tripods. Never very satisfied about it. Not stable enough for portrait pictures, parts falling off or is just just wobbly.

Not this time. Advised by a fellow photographer (that’s you, Johan ;) ) I bought the Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod with the 804RC2 head…

Oh my G_d… This is finally a piece of equipment…

(sturdy, but extremely flexible - you can’t imagine, seeying it here standing just there)

So once and while you take preview on the weather you gonna have while being in Israel.

Today this peak was a little to much for me…

The weather in The Netherland in no more than 5 degrees celsius…

Check This!:

No, I am not talking the rock band… Freddie is dead :-( , so there is no Queen anymore.

Yesterday I have been shopping for presents for the little daughter of my best friend. While checking some little things, I saw some things that didn’t ring a bell and I went on.

While moving a meter away I saw a hair stye that I did recognize, even from behind. But I could not directly place it. The head did turn around and a friendly smile met my eyes. I couldn’t believe it, but the eyes belonged to the Queen of The Netherlands: Beatrix.

I am not a fanatic royalist, but I am happy to live in a country where it is possible that the queen can go to a shop and buy things for her grandchildren and that she does that too!

Good for You, Bea!! ;-D

Do I feel aggressive today? YES, VERY!

The repairs of my car are expensive and take too long! That hurts, but I can live with that!

To park my car in my own street I need a permit between 18:00 and 00:00. I don’t like that (at all), but I can live with that!

Last night I had my garage rent car standing in my street. Permit displayed and a small note that this was a rented car.

I got a ticket of 50,50 euro, about $76!

It is very good that I didn’t see the guy, because I would kicked his ass, probably more!

My car is still at the garage… Another night…

As I did write before, I was planning to buy a MacBook Pro. This was planned for over a few weeks, but MediaMarkt, a big electronics store here was giving a discount of 15,97%! And that is a lot of money on a MacBook Pro 15+” 2.4 Ghz.

I became so sick and tired of using Windows computers that I wanted to switch as fast as possible.

I am happy with my switch?! Oh yeah!!  This is my best decision since years. I makes that I am more mobile (battery life), but the best news is that I am finding new ways to do the things I am doing, faster, better and in better quality…

Need I say more?!

I suppose I will never be that religious, but it is almost time to buy a lovely MacBook Pro. I wanted to wait about two weeks, but circumstances have changed.

The 15+ inch is big enough and not too heavy for traveling. It will be the middle one. Choice made!