Today Jan celebrates his 44th birthday. The party was last night, and it continued until 3:30 am. Because it was Henk’s birthday two weeks ago, and we were all in Cologne for bear-weekend, the party was also for him. Together they had invited about 30 people, and most came. It was a great evening, just talking and having fun.
Jan got a lot of presents, and donations for a new sewing machine (you need the right tools for the job, after all). Henk also received quite a lot of presents, so they were well pleased.

Today we are a bit tired and the worse for wear. We had some other friends over fot coffee this morning, but other than that it was nice and quiet today. This evening we’re going to the Shako for what will be the last meeting of the Netherbears, as the Shako will close on January 1st. So the Netherbears will have to start looking for another place to have a regular bear-afternoon.