Last updated on: November 25, 2004.
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Or better, what did we do.
On Friday some of us started with setting up the gear, while
others already had a headstart and headed over to the 1st bar.
By the time they were at the 3rd or 4th we joined them and the
night on the town really set off.
Given previous experiences, we all appreciated the law of
nature that before you start drinking, you should eat first. So
we did.
By about 11pm we were ready to continue the quest of bars and
clubs in Rotterdam.
At The Consul we met up with Michael and Susan.
When walking in I accidentally (honestly :) bumped a woman who
was ehhh, very friendly about that :)
Next stop was a bar/club which name I can't remember. I've asked and have been told about a dozen times, but somehow I keep thinking of Def Leppard, which is not at all like the name of that bar. When walking in a woman jumped up and greeted me in eehhh somewhat intimate way. She apparently thought she knew me better than she did :) The pix also show the female bartender, two friends at the bar and Melle pointed at something that he probably thought was an UFO :)
@ the Office Anne & Keesjan |
@ The Consul Keesjan, Okke, Michael & Anne |
DL Woman @ table | DL Woman a bit closer | DL Bartender | DL Friends |
Next was a club called Vibes. When we entered it was still
rather quiet, but of course the masses followed us shortly :)
Some of us really got out there and danced, others just wiggled a
bit and took pictures of the local scenery.
We only left Vibes to move on to a somewhat shabby joint. I won't
repeat here what happened there, I'll just say that when one of
the guys started to pet a dog telling it how 'lovely she was', we
thought it was time to leave :) back at the office Marnix and
Anne played a Lan-game or two, but retired to bed soon after.
DL Flying ? Melle |
Vibes Dancing
? Anne, Keesjan, Michael |
Vibes Bar-Flies | Vibes Melle |
Vibes Couple & Dots | Vibes Girl & Dots |
Vibes Girl's Girlfriend | Vibes Still
Dancing ? Marnix, Anne, Michael |
Vibes Yeah Baby! | Vibes Aarrgg Baby! | Vibes Melle... | Vibes Nude
pics (Melle starts stripping) |
Vibes Still
Dancing Michael |
Vibes Still
Dancing Marnix & GGF. |
Vibes Still
Dancing Marnix... |
Vibes Still
Dancing Okke... |
Vibes Swing Baby! | Back @ the Office |
Pics are courtesy of Marnix, Melle & Anne.
(Try to figure out who made which :)
Saturday was the day of the 'Fast Forward Dance
Parade'. Basically a couple of hundred of thousands of people
dancing in the streets on music played on big rigs that move down
the street which are populated by dancers.
We of course had to be part of that. So after Saskia, Onno and
Michael (who'd been 'sensible' the night before and had walked
the mere 15km home :) had arrived we walked down town and joined
the big party. Again some danced like there was no tomorrow (even
while taking pictures :), while others simply enjoyed the
atmosphere of the event.
After the last truck had passed and the last tone sort of had
died we headed back towards the office. Not to stop on our way
for some refreshments or to hang out at Melle's local bar though.
And of course we met him and his girlfriend there :) As if I
didn't already looked weird enough Saskia decided that my T-shirt
wasn't letting enough air in. A problem that was easily 'solved'
:)
Back at the office it was time to do some serious R&R, so we
watched 'Haunted' with he beamer Onno had brought (almost like
the big screen).
Although we'd planned to also do some gaming that weekend, the
dancing of the night and day before had taken it's toll, so at
around 10pm we packed it in and went home where some didn't quite
finish partying yet :)
All in all a fun weekend again. See you at the next BYOCG ?
Pics are courtesy of Marnix.
Below are the pics, sort of in random order, made during the Dance Parade.
Pics are again courtesy of Marnix.