Archives for August, 2008
Den Haag: There and back again
Saturday, August 30th, 2008
I saw Hellboy II yesterday with Carlijn in Den Haag. What a wonderful movie! I thought it missed some of the originality and humour of the first instalment, but was nonetheless a surprising movie with a lot of action and special effects. Carlijn disagreed and thought the second instalment was better than the first.
I had [...]
Lake District 2008
Monday, August 18th, 2008
After getting myself together on arrival at home, getting some sleep and doing some household chores, I’ve taken the time to organize the pictures I took and reflect on the experience of hiking in the Lake District.
Though it was (very) wet, cold, and sometimes very lonely, I had a wonderful time being by myself! The [...]
Pre-holiday thrills
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
I’ve just finished my last working day before hiking across the Lake District. Tomorrow is left to get a haircut, buy some last-minute things and pack my backpack. Then on Friday morning Easyjet will fly me to Liverpool!
I’ll take Norwegian Wood by Murakami with me for company, and I’ve bought this lovely Moleskine journal to [...]
Cronenstein
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
I’ve visited Cronenstein park yesterday evening. I had wanted to make pictures during the “golden hour” (when the sunset spreads a golden light), but I was just a little bit too late. That didn’t stop me, though. I think I’ve made some pretty pictures using the fading sky as a backdrop for silhouettes:
I [...]
My name is Marco Hokke. My blog is about the things that interest me and things I might forget if I would not blog them.