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29.06.2009 We have been on holidays to the lovely Danish island of Bornholm for 2 weeks. We took our bikes and Sarah's chariot and went cycling most days. We cycled through forests, along the coast, past very old round churches and past poppy fields. We also did a boat trip to the neigbouring island of Christiansø. Sarah enjoyed the beaches with fine white sand and seeing lots of horses, cows, chickens, sheep, rabbits and birds. Our holiday home was in a pine forest with lots of birds (jays, woodpeckers, tits, finches, crossbills) and rabbits coming to visit every day. We really enjoyed these holidays and didn't want to come back home... Pictures are in the photo gallery.
05.06.2009 Time for another update!
Also, we have been at my brother's wedding party last weekend! It was a fantastic party. The ceremony took place in a lovely garden under big trees and the party was in the same garden in a big tent. Sarah was running around and danced until 23.30h!!! She was amazing. On Sunday we visited a fellow student of mine and his family in their new home near Hamburg. About a month ago we have been to the UK to celebrate the graduation of Nick's sister. It was a lovely long family weekend. Have a look at the pictures in Sarah's photo gallery!
24.04.2009 Sorry for not updating our homepage for such a long time! We
have been quite busy. In March Nick has been to Poland (on business), to the UK
to try and sell his house there, and to New Zealand. I have been busy writing
my publications. My first paper has been published in the meantime (in
Biomacromolecules), my second one has been accepted for publication in
Biotechnology and Bioengineering and the third one I submitted a few days
ago to Water Research. I have also been busy applying for jobs twice a
week. With the current economic situation it is very difficult to find a job
here. I had one interview at a biotech company, but unfortunately I didn't have
exactly the right background. We also looked abroad: Nick has been offered a job
in New Zealand, but because I haven't had any success with my applications
there, it looks like we are staying here.
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I have been offered a job at a company called
Nutricia not
far away from where we are living. Nutricia is part of the Danone group and
produces baby food (e.g. Milupa) and medical nutrition. I will be a product
technologist for tube feeding liquids. We were just celebrating this offer in
the evening a few weeks ago, when we got a phone call from a company in New
Zealand. They had offered Nick a job some weeks ago, but because I hadn't been
able to find a job there, we had decided to stay in Holland. Now they had a new
vacancy for a job that was my dream job! So we spent 3 whole days thinking about
whether to stay in Holland or move to New Zealand. A really tough decision. In
the end we decided to stay here. We think that it will be better for Sarah,
considering the great quality of child care and education here, the proximity to
families, the European culture and history etc. So I will start working at
Nutricia in August, 4.5 days a week. That means that Nick and I will alternate
with a free Friday every week and Sarah only has to go to crèche 4 days a week
as before. Now I only need to buy a car ;-(. Public transport links here are
generally very good, but unfortunately not in this case (over 1 h versus 20 min
by car). 
Nick in Gdansk, Poland
Katja walking in Wales with Maja and some friends
Katja in Chester
Katja in Liverpool
Nick in Palmerston North, New Zealand