When I am not at work...

I like taking pictures, mostly of architecture and scenic views, like this one below of the Vasco da Gama bridge in Lisbon, Portugal, where we have lived for one year. This picture is actually composed of about 11 pictures that I took standing on the EC-tower on the Expo '98 campus.
(Large formats can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vasco_da_Gama_bridge_panorama.jpg)

Vasco da Gama bridge, Lisbon

This is the view from our balcony, on winter evenings:

Some more pictures I took in our new surroundings, here at Madeira Island:

Pico do Areeiro Levada da Calheta
Aloe Vera Ilheu da Cevada
Ponta do Castelo

My wife, Alexandra, and me bought a house in Eindhoven that is about 100 years old. We've been spending the past couple of years restoring it rather rigorously. My father's carpentry teachings came in handy here...
But as we moved to the island Madeira in October 2006, we have now sold our house in Eindhoven.

frame me at work Removing an ugly lowered
ceiling to reveal the original.
 
Replacing rotten casing. bedroom before bedroom after

Well, what not to replace...?

On the far right,
the end result.