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thingsThisWeek #028 & #029

25 July 2025 ·

Due to a lack of time, I’m again combining two thingsThisWeek posts. Here are my reflections on the past two weeks.

  • I was in Barcelona for three days. It was my last work travel before my summer holiday started. My three days in Barcelona were quite packed with meetings and dinners, but I still managed to get a run in while I was there. I love running in Barcelona as the city is easy to navigate and the beach is always nearby.
  • My son left for Italy 10 days before we are going. He’s going to work on the agriturismo of friends of ours. It’s the first time he’s travelling without us, and by the time I’m writing this, we’ve learned that all has gone well and that he’s enjoying himself a lot in Italy.
  • My wife, daughter, and I drove to Frankfurt on Tuesday evening (a 4-hour drive) and to Sud-Tirol from Frankfurt on Wednesday. I’ve worked from our hotel the last two days of this week while my wife and daughter enjoyed their first 2 holiday days in the spa here in the hotel.
  • I managed to finish my work properly this year. I’m leaving the office today without any email left and all my to-dos done. It’s giving me a good feeling to start my holiday like this.
  • The next three weeks, we will travel through Italy to the Marche and Piemonte regions. We’ve visited the Marche multiple times, but never visited the Piermonte. I look forward to all the wine and dining we will be doing here (the Italian kitchen is my favorite), and I will continue putting effort into my hobbies: running and photography. See you again in three weeks. If I post anything during these weeks, I will use the tag: Italy.

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Camiel Schoonens

I am a husband and proud father to three children, an Apple fanboy, a runner, a reader, and a photography lover. In my spare time, I’m always looking for a software or hardware side project to tinker with.

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