The meeting after Hamm !!

[Gijs & Sabine]

After the show in Hamm, which was absolutely great :), Chloe, Steve (her partner), Julian (her brother), Inge and Cairn (Inge's son) were coming to our place to stay for the night and have a relaxing sunday.

So when we finally arrived at our place we took care of all the reptiles we've bought. And I can asure you, when they were all standing together, there were quite a few :D

After that we had a drink and a nice chat, and it didn't take very long before we all feld really tired. So we prepared all the airbeds and went to sleep. Aspecialy for our English friends it must have been an exhausting day.

The next morning we went up quite early and our guests woke up between 10:00 and 10:45 am. The weather was just fantastic so we could sit outside all day. Sjoerd (reptileparadise) arrived around 11:00 and Kuno and Iris (jewel-dragons) at 14:00. We have had a day of watching the snakes (and other reptiles) and sit back and talk to eachother.

Here is a picture of all of us in our garten.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/gijssabine/P1010231Small-5.jpg
pay attention to Steve (on the right) he was almost falling of our wooden terrace:D Lucky he didn't fall, but the picture is very nice.

In the late afternoon we went to a nice restaurant, here are some pics:
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/gijssabine/P1010236Small-3.jpg

So from the right to the left:
Steve, Iris, Kuno, Sjoerd, Inge, Cairn, Chloe, Gijs, Julian and Sabine
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/gijssabine/P1010237Small-3.jpg

[Lori P]

OH how FUN!!! It's so great to put faces to the names! I know you all had a wonderful time-- how special to be able to get together for things like this. Thanks for the pics!!!!!!!!

[Gijs & Sabine]

And these ones are specialy for James :p
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/gijssabine/P1010239Small-3.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/gijssabine/P1010240Small-2.jpg


This weekend was just great !!! I'd say we do it again:)
I wanna thank Chloe, Inge and their family for the great time we had! And ofcourse Sjoerd, Kuno and Iris for coming as well, it was so much fun.
Unfortenately there were some members who really want to come as well but they were not able to come :( Maybe next time......

[Elliot]

I'm sure James will love it!:rolleyes: Hope you all had a great time, and that all your new additions do well!:)

[Lulu Bennett]

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q85/gijssabine/P1010240Small-2.jpg


you might want to try the yellow pages there :D

[enigma200316]

looks like you all had fun, and of course James will love the pics,
however I didn't see no but squeezing........lol:)

[adamanteus]

I didn't see no but squeezing........lol:)

I'm not sure....check the picture of Sjoerd and Inge again!:eek:
It looks like you all had a really good time. I was supposed to be there but unfortunately I wasn't able to get there this time.:(

Thanks to Chloe and Inge for bringing my pickeringii home to me. And a big thankyou from Molly to Sjoerd for the Argiope bruennichi. Perfect timing because it's her birthday tomorrow!

[reptileparadise]

Hey everyone...
It was great meeting you guys!
The picture of Steve is hillarious! Great timing...
I had a nice day and would like to thank Gijs and Sabine for their hospitality and the snakes ;)
I also wanna thank Chloe, Steve, Julian, Inge and Cairn for the great day!
I hope to see everyone again and maybe some other members next year / hamm :D

Also a big congratulations to Molly!

Regards,
The Giant!

[Snaky]

It's a pitty that I had to miss the day, it looks like you all had a great day. Maybe next time I'll be able to come, fingers crossed.

[Sid]

Veery nice photos.. Thanks for sharing with us.:D

[drache]

great photos
I can tell you all had a great time

[Stefan-A]

Oh well, maybe next year.. ;)

[zooplan]

Nice pics.
I´m snoopy for the pictures of you tiny new baby snakes.
When I´ve arrived at home after a visit of my family in Soest I were really tired and had a quiet Sunday as well.:rolleyes:

[jewel-dragons]

hi there.... it whas a very nice day.... nice to speak to some people who i never seen... but only know from the internet... also nice to speak with people who share the same love for watersnakes...

gijs and sabine thanks for the good soup :-) and the others many thanks for the very nice food in the restaurant "de parel"

it was very nice to meer you guys.

but next time you have to visit my stand at Hamm :-)

bye bye Kuno and Iris Mooren


(ow i am the ugly person with the metallica shirt)

[chloe]

Thank you Gij's and Sabine for putting us up, putting up with us and making us so welcome. It what a great weekend.

It was lovely to meet Sjoerd and Kuno and Iris as well and all the other garter snake enthusiasts at the show.

[Lulu Bennett]

(ow i am the ugly person with the metallica shirt)
where?? i saw the matalica shirt but no ugly?!

[jewel-dragons]

where?? i saw the matalica shirt but no ugly?!

:D


joker.... ;)

[CrazyHedgehog]

It was fantastic!!

Sorry for my absence, the other common garter gave birth yesterday, (I thought it was a very large male!!) and I was busy using all the teporary tanks for quarentine... so a bit of swapping and cleaning etc to make way for another 20 unexpected babies!
I really must get the hang of sexing correctly! and then lots of sleep

Anyway, we had a wonderful time, Gijs and Sabine were so kind to put us up and look after us so well! thankyou both so much...

It was great to meet Kuno his lovely wife Iris and of course the truly massive Sjourd! (at 19 he is probably still growing!!:eek:)

thankyou all for making us so welcome!:)

[chloe]

A picture from Gijs and Sabines Snake room

http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//576/medium/snakes07_203.jpg

[chloe]

Gij's and Sabines Snake room, its amazing!
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//567/medium/snakes07_192.jpg

[Lulu Bennett]

I have seen loads of pics of their snake room but i still stare at the pic and say nothing but 'WOW!'