Meine van Essen born on 17 februari 1966 in 's-Hertogenbosch, better known as Den Bosch or Bois-le-Duc After several removals - Assen, Hoevelaken, Wistedt (near Zeven, Germany), Nijkerkerveen - I settled in Utrecht in the middle of The Netherlands Study Human Geography and behaviour and policy oriented Environmental Studies at Utrecht Universiteit (1986 to 1992) Employed as researcher / consultant Environmental Studies at Utrecht Universiteit Ministry of Traffic and Water, dept for Flooding Control Ministry of Traffic and Water, Programme for Research on Contaminated Sediments Traffic Test, road traffic consultancy bureau Bureau for Traffic Enforcement, Ministry of Justice - here you'll get a free traffic lesson ;-) Spare time: offroad motorbiking, connecting small roads and trails, making small things for my bike (if something is too expensive or not good enough I make it myself), camping, mountainbiking, good cooking and eating, maintain the website and above all play a lot with the most beautiful girl in the world, my daughter Klaartje (* 23 juli 1998) Motorbike license obtained in 1994, 4-wheel version in 1996 Motorbikes BMW F650 (1994 until 1999) KTM LC4 400 egs-e (1999 until I get old and slow that I have to ride a quad) Favourite music K's Choice and a while later Reef, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Herbert Grönemeyer, Raymond v/h Groenewoud, Joni Mitchell and everything that sounds well from Raï to Flamenco and Dance Languages I believe I can speak and write Dutch German French Keeping an up to date website I use an iMac G3 and a combination of the superb iCab browser and BBEdit Light. Pictures are manipulated with GraphicConverter.

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Finally the name MenK... It comes from Meine-en-Klaartje - 'en' is Dutch for 'and'. All other variations are to be forgotten...

Live is one great Adventure.
Just when you start getting comfortable something exciting happens...