Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life! I'm a Violinist and doing what I love is often interestingly contrasted with the reality of getting to do what I love...
25 Aug 2021 2 minute read 2 comments bengy
The World Conference Centre in Bonn, Germany was originally the Parliament House of West Germany back in the Cold War days. It actually has a pretty interesting history, in that it was the location for the first session of the West Germany p...
24 Aug 2021 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Unsplash You can find previous Brain Dumps here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18. So, after a strong burn on completing...
23 Aug 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Muziekcentrum De Bijloke Pre-pandemic, I used to come to Gent quite a bit more often than I have in the previous year or so. Well, a lot of that has to do with all the cancelled concerts and the fact that most of musical life has been at best...
21 Aug 2021 3 minute read 3 comments bengy
Another of my list of places that I've stayed at during my music tours. I'm in the fortunate position of not needing to book my own accommodation when I am away for tours, which can be a bit of a mixed blessing... the best part is that I don't...
18 Aug 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
After a year and bit of pretty sporadic travelling overseas and internationally, I'm starting to travel more and more for work... even to the point where projects start running into each other back to back again. In a way, it is nice to be back...
17 Aug 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
So, one of the necessary evils for selling a house is to make photos for the house listing... We've already let a couple of people who were interested in a private sale have a little personal tour of the place, but in the the end we went with a...
16 Aug 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
As always, finding that perfect weekend movie that will satisfy both a 5 and 9 year old (and hopefully the parents as well) is always a challenge for us. Generally, we have the usual problem that what one child will want to watch is not wanted by...
14 Aug 2021 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Our dear little Cubetto robot from Primo Toys has had a nice long life in our family, entertaining both our oldest and youngest daughter. However, in the last year, he hasn't been able to track a straight line when following the commands from t...
13 Aug 2021 3 minute read 4 comments bengy
Unsplash Sigh... after so much time playing around on the internet with digital assets and smart contracts, one forgets how most of the world actually works! I had a bit of a shock when I was doing some stock market purchases a few years a...
12 Aug 2021 3 minute read 0 comments bengy
Sigh... this is an ongoing project that has been half finished for quite a long time now. Just tracking and cataloging all the coins and precious metals that I've managed to add to my little hoard over the past years. Now, it is probably a good...
