INDIA!!!

So the last entry was like "yeah whatever: Germany" and "been there!", right? Well shame on you but also check this out: THE PIRATE IS IN INDIA!! The wife/manager of bandleader Lucas van Merwijk, she goes by the name of Roosje, kindly offered to take care of the Pirate for a while. At least that's what Rob tells us. I think there was probably a bit more whining and pretty pleeease? and ultimately (attempts at) intimidation followed by illegal stowaway action involved. However he did it, he did it: here is a picture of the Dread Pirate Gavroche in India.

Awe.

Forever

On his way home the pirate picked up some vitamin C.

Moussee

Next morning at breakfast the pirate met the latest addition to the Drums band: Mousee Patee.

Petition

It was the weekend of big protests against budget cuts for the arts sector. The pirate signed the online petition, arts lover that he is. (Whut?)

Hotel

Good for pillaging! With pillows!

Kiel and attack!

Last weekend the pirate was in Germany with Drums United. Going bear hunting.

Finally

I was eaten by a headless fish. Maybe it was the other way around but I don't remember.
Must do that again sometime.

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The Pirate will be going to France this summer.

Stay tuned for baguette fights...

Stinky feet!

They didn't get much better after the herring and onions either.

Finally! Wimmin!

Well ulloooo there darlin'. Whatsyourname?
Did you see her totally checking me out? No I am sure it wasn't the fresh herrings and onions that I had ceremoniously planted my feet into...

THIS is NOT a loose woman!

He is the cook guy. According to the lady, who eats his grub regularly, he is pretty good. I believe her.
Hey Pepe!

Drummer dude

Bit of a weirdo if you ask me but mostly harmless. Probably. Goes by the name of Juan. I think. Whatever, where's the booze an' eats an' loose wimmin?

Herring-do

Last week at the lady's (the lady=the Pirate's current host) workplace there was a kind of convivial do. Something with dead fish and rotted grapes.
"It was herring and wine! Pirate!"
Yeah whatever. Herring party Schmerring party. Anyway it was booze and there were some cool dudes and chickies so it don't matter what it was. Here's me taking care of the other drinks.

Behind this is Maarten

The Pirate is faster than lightening!

A day at the office

What a joy!

Anotherrrr sea!

The Aegean Sea or however that is spelled in English. Hah! Another sea to sail and wreak havock!!!

Pets?

He slaughtered most of them (see earlier post) but enslaved these two. Just for fun. He got rid of them when it turned they wouldn't bring him his slippers. The joined the pile.

Carry on carrion

Big Fish

Slaughtered

The Pirate slaughtered many a fearsome beast! Arrrrr!

And, of course, the keys

to the banana plantation, so to speak.

The monkey and the banana plantation

a.k.a. the Pirate and the winery

Oh gods...

... no literally: Oh Gods! That is Mount Olympus behind that layer of clouds. :-)
(I am sorry, the camera phone did not pick that up properly. But it is there!)

Greece!

Here in the quiet back streets of Thessaloniki... Correct that: in the formerly quiet back streets because then the Pirate came along. So much for quiet.

Shooting game

We're having pheasant tonight. Yum!

Zoo: shoulder parrot

"Does this parrot make me look fat?"

Peep!

Pirate! Don't peep into other people's stalls!!!!

Sunday morning

We went swimming. I thought that was harmless enough. That he as a pirate would be an excellent swimmer. And that he couldn't do much damage that way.

Turned out you are not allowed to swim with your hat on. And the Dread Pirate's hat STAYS ON!
Sheesh.

Huh. Huh. Huh.

The Pirate does hiphop.
The Pirate does live band.
The Pirate does everything!

Holy sh-t!

The Pirate is in TROUBLE!

We always thought the sirens would do him in. We just didn't think they would eat him.

Celebrity sighting!

In fact it was a two-way celebrity encounter. On the one hand there was the Dread Pirate of course. On the other there was Texas radio host Sara Hessel.

Now you guess who was more excited. ;-)

(It was great to see you again Sara. x)

Geocrash

- Pirate?
- Yep! What?
- Pirate I have a confession to make. I screwed up.
- Ah that's okay lass, we all screw up sometimes. Some more than others of course...
- Yeah. Well.
- Honestly, whatever it is! Spit it out! Relieve your heart! Share!
- Sheesh Pirate, you seem like a different man these days.
- I am! Been readin' me some self-help stuff. Gotta get in touch with me feelin's!
- Whuh? You? Why?
- Ahahaaa! The wenches of course. Them likes 'm all wimpy, see?
- Right. Of course.
- So what was so horrible for you to tell me?
- Um. Remember last Saturday when I was away and didn't put you in my bag so you were just lying there in my other bag?
- Took a snooze. I remember that. So?
- I kind of went geocaching. Without you. In a kick-ass trench in an old war zone. Fire arms pits and all. It was pretty cool.
- ...
- Pirate?
- [APOLOGIES, THE ENSUING STRING OF WORDS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR PRINT. NOT EVEN ON THE INTERNETS. AND THAT IS SAYING SOMETHING]
I think the Pirate is really in touch with his feelings now.

Loot!

Muahahaaa! Mine! Aaaall mine!

A quiet day

Incidentally, the Pirate just heard today that he might be going to Italy this Summer. Woot!

Where to next?

The Pirate has slept off his Queenly hangover by now. He was restlessly rummaging around in my bag. I fished him out and said "What is wrong Pirate? Why so restless?" He sighed.
"Oh," he said, scratching his beard, "it's nothing."
"Oh okay," I said and began putting him back in my bag.
"No wait!" he said, urgently. "I am restless because I need a new adventure! Something worthwile. Something to sink my teeth into!"
"Right." I sighed too. "I am sorry Pirate," I told him, "I am not going on faraway travels or anything I can take you along for some time. We can go to Greece in a few weeks but that is about it."
He patted my arm. "That's okay," he said "you have the Little Crew to take care of. I understand." I looked at him with surprise. "What?" he asked "I can be understanding you know!"
I had to admit I didn't see that coming. So he sulked for a bit and then we talked about what we could do for a bit of fun. We made a list. Then we decided to strike out and also take request from our appreciative audience.

What would you like to see the Pirate do next?

Double Tall Extra Hot, Hold the Weapons!

Ha! This brokeback barista is no match for Maurading Marie!!! Stir sticks be damned!

Behold!

The Dread Pirate Gavroche's Ambassador of Adventure: The Mighty Maurading Marie! While the Dread G is sailing the seas of The Rest of the World, Maurading Marie is taking on the sunny shores of CaliforniYAY!

On guard!

Ullo honey,

How you doin'?

(Okay so the broad in the last picture was not Robbie's belle. This one is.)

The Pirate hates it when wenches continue writing jury reports while he is making his moves. He gave up. Can't beat Awesome Robbie anyway.

Checking out the local wenches

Pirate was not too impressed. Until he found out what Robbie is hitched up with these days. Weyhey!

Arrrrr! A MAN's ride!!!

Let's hear those engines!

Friesland

Friesland in the North of the Netherlands is a funny place. It is flat, it has cows, and it has Frysian people. And as it turns out it also has booze, partyhats and MANly transportation vehicles. The Pirate felt right at home.

Today wad Queen's Day and the Pirate joined the festivities while Robbie had jury duty. For the floats parade.

Good morning!

Very original. ;-)

The Pirate just left with Robbie to celebrate Queen's Day in Friesland. Yay Robbie!

Let's make some noise!

The Dread Pirate Gavroche is a world traveller. He started out on the Californian shores but in the mean time he has travelled far and wide. He has been to such lands as Japan, several European countries, South Africa, and back in the US. He was just in Shanghai. He will be going to Greece soon.


The Dread Pirate has a blog. This one. This is where his shenanigans are recorded and displayed. It is the aim to make the entries more frequent, giving visitors (you!) more insight into the Pirate’s daily life.

The Dread Pirate’s current host is a thirty-something (female) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She seeks help – from you! – to improve the Pirate’s blog stats. So please help out: mention and link in your own blogs, twitter and fb, subscribe to blog and/or RSS feed, tell your friends, tell your friends to tell your friends, bring him up in your daily conversations and business presentations, whatever you can think of. The Pirate will be delighted and promises not to raid your lands. (A pirate’s promise…)

In return, the Dread Pirate Gavroche takes requests. Need a picture of the Pirate in a certain situation or context? Anything goes, within reason, as long as it will not damage the Pirate or his host. Bring it on!

Thanks. :-)

Bye Shanghai?

Yes. At the airport. Bye! And this was a totally complete travel blog of my visit of course.

Skyline!

Preeettyyyy!

Shanghai Art Museum

Art? Wazzat?

You are not going to believe this...

Or maybe you are: the Dread Pirate Gavroche is in Shanghai!
More soon.

And the other one

Cheers!

Meet the neighbours

:-)

The hunt is on!

Naturally the Pirate immediately set out to search for the missing weapon.

The horror!

The Pirate's sword is missing!

So the Pirate and I were happily commuting away

when all of a sudden I saw it: