Vegas of Santa Barbara, Vegas of Santa Barbara, Vegas of… It became Santa Barbara. We had two days off and that called for a road trip. We fantasized about a fat Porsche (pronounced Porsché) ‘with no roof’, but it turned out to be a sad little thing that we paid way too much for. But that didn't dampen the fun: it had a route planner where you could also type in venues. so the letters N.O.B.U. were quickly found. And before we knew it, the gas pedal was firmly pressed down and we were heading towards Malibu.

There we were being incredibly Samantha in Sex and the City The Movie (she lived there with her actor, remember?) before we drove on to Santa Barbara. We ended up in a hotel that used to belong to Charlie Chaplin. Did you know he had a hotel? I didn't either. But it's true, and they still had a room available with two queen-size beds.

We could cozy up together in the room. without having to lie spooning right away, that's a bit much.

The room was on the ground floor (yes, this is important information) and had a particularly large, round window (yes, you need to know this too) with a view of the street. What might be the most important thing you need to know is that right in front of that window, and I mean exactly in front of it, there was a bus stop.

Anyway. Before we were going to eat, Anouk took a nice bath. I read a little book, she took her bath and came out of the bathroom, well, how do I put this nicely, not quite fully dressed. Let's just say the top was done, but the bottom was not quite. Or actually not at all.

Whether I should close the window for some privacy. It wasn't necessary, no one was passing by here anyway. But Anouk, this is the main road. The only main road. Not necessary. Just at that moment, a bus stopped. Right in front of our window. Because yes, there was the bus stop after all. It was a passenger bus. So one with people in it. And a driver. And he looked like, cuckoo, at our Anouk.

Anouk did the only thing a model can do at such a moment: make the best of it. So thumbs up, a big wink, and dive behind her bed. She thought she had cleverly avoided it, until she saw the life-size mirror behind her where the driver was now still enjoying a particularly clean view.

Let's just say the driver had a great day and we were crying with laughter.