Phoebe (my 3 1/2 year old daughter) and I are travelling “to Europe” tomorrow, for three weeks – should be a grand adventure! (so now you know what Open Query profits get spent on ;-)

Of course we’re there to see my family, friends, and expose the Phoebster to a bit more Dutch lingo and culture; she understands it quite well but generally doesn’t want to speak it (although she has done it ;-) so perhaps being surrounded by Dutchies (who’ve received specific instructions to not flip to English – Dutchies are useless for people trying to practice Dutch, any hint of foreignness and they switch to English or another common language) will help. Language = culture = heritage. And knowing a 2nd language is important for development; it doesn’t matter much which language but might as well do one that has a connection for us.

While in NL, we might also visit my friend and former MySQL colleague Roland Bouwman; see if our respective kids can play together ;-)

OQ operations will continue as normal while I’m away, the systems are in place and others are round to handle client issues – although I probably won’t be able to resist to occasionally check my email and such. Bad Arjen. Or perhaps just a sensible thing to do in a small & growing company. That’s my current angle. We’ll see.
Merry xmas & happy new year to all!