Weblog nr 6
December 21, 2005

I had to leave Abuja in the middle of the talks. My father passed away at the age of 96. I returned to The Netherlands to attend his funeral. We organised a special service in the Oude Kerk (The Old Church) in Scheveningen, the village where he was born. During the service I delivered an address in his memory. He had been a schoolteacher, the whole of his life. In my speech I paid tribute to his teaching. He loved his profession and enjoyed the classroom.

See below his picture, together with our grand-daughter Carolina, one of his great-grandchildren.
The picture was made some months ago.