Yesterday I sold my bike. The separation was difficult and when I am now looking at the pictures, I might start to regret the sale. Reason for it was the expensive transport which came close to 500 Euro for a bike which is worth about 1500 Euro’s. I also discovered that the Indian spare parts [...]
Delhi is sizzling with a high day temperature. The maximum recorded last week was two degrees above the average at 43 degrees Celsius. The minimum in the morning was 30 degrees Celsius, three degrees above the average for this time of the year, yet we still call the mornings pleasant. The high humidity level, recorded [...]
Last weekend was filled with again another Regional Track and Field Competition for Sebastien. The school is now part of the MESAC together with 5 others: the American Community School, Abu Dhabi ; the American School of Doha, Qatar; The American School of Dubai Dubai; The American Academy, Dubai; The Cairo American College, Egypt and [...]
These were the exact words of the Field and Track coach after the 2011 SAISA track events, we were wondering why he mentioned the ‘Derveeuws’ as a family but we know for sure that Sebastien contributed again to another victory of the American Embassy School by doing extremely well in all the events he competed [...]
This morning we went strolling in a small park close to our house, where we discovered purely by accident, the remains of the Siri Fort. In fact the city of Delhi was built during the rule of Ala-ud-Din Khalji of the Delhi Sultanate and to defend the city from the onslaught of the Mongols, the [...]
Happy New Year…. we are preparing to complete 4 years in India. Unfortunately we could not get the family together for a picture. I therefore collated some photo’s with at least one family member on it. That should do the trick. Gelukkig Nieuwjaar …. We gaan naar 4 jaar in India, maar deze keer konden [...]
Traore and Biba are visiting us for the moment, after nearly 12 years of not having seen each other. Our friendship dates from the early days of our marriage back in Arua, somewhere in Northern Uganda. We will have to talk about that episode in our lives one day. Traore is now the UNHCR representative [...]
Sebastien starred in the school play ‘ Fools’ as Leon Tolchinsky, an ambitious young teacher, arriving in the village of Kulyenchikov where he encounters strange and lunatic characters. He meets with his employer Doctor Zubritsky and his wife after struggling with the local people who turned idiotic. When he is introduced to the Zubritsky’s daughter, [...]
This is a short impression which I wanted to share with you, now more than a month after our 1000km journey on a bike. I actually just returned from a drive into Delhi at 8 PM this evening and planned to take my bike around town to see the new metro stations and roundabouts but [...]
The Holiday is over…. the entire family is back in New Delhi and Monday August 9th the school had started. Sarah, Sebastien, Mamy and Maxi returned one day after the temperature fell in Delhi with about 8 degrees. They were lucky and just managed to escape the heat wave whic Marc had to live through….Useless [...]
