To Netherlands, UK over xmas and new year
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!
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