The van Oppen family grew up in the south of the Netherlands. The Van Oppen's are: Paul - dad and Philips guy, Esther - communications consultant and now full time mom (and incredible at that) and our lovely kids Julia & Jonas. Since 2001 we have moved across to the far east - Shanghai, China. Browse this site to learn about the school the kids are attending: http://www.ycis-sh.com/ShanghaiPD/Default.aspx ( the Pudong campus) http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Family/Van-Oppen-family/Wapen-van-Oppen-adjusted-copy/5388948_gLG8o-300x300.jpg http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/ 2009-11-16T19:18:23Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. 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& Esther van Oppen's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-18T23:33:35Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Abba-assembly-June-2009/MOV023/568170734_cgcM6-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com">Paul & Esther van Oppen</a> </p><p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Opera-Tunists/8428396_KACHc#553817881_yd5HF" title="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video"><img src="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Opera-Tunists/MOV010/553817881_yd5HF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video" title="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T02:25:13Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Opera-Tunists/MOV010/553817881_yd5HF-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com">Paul & Esther van Oppen</a> </p><p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Opera-Tunists/8428396_KACHc#553817499_SeMpN" title="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video"><img src="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Opera-Tunists/MOV008/553817499_SeMpN-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video" title="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T01:58:21Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Opera-Tunists/MOV008/553817499_SeMpN-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com">Paul & Esther van Oppen</a> </p><p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Opera-Tunists/8428396_KACHc#553799360_7o4Df" title="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video"><img src="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Opera-Tunists/MOV004/553799360_7o4Df-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video" title="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T01:45:07Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Opera-Tunists/MOV004/553799360_7o4Df-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com">Paul & Esther van Oppen</a> </p><p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Jonas-plays-the-violin-and/7777954_w4Wfj#503308357_j8fPJ" title="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video"><img src="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Jonas-plays-the-violin-and/MOV031/503308357_j8fPJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video" title="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-31T22:36:41Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Jonas-plays-the-violin-and/MOV031/503308357_j8fPJ-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com">Paul & Esther van Oppen</a> </p><p><a 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video" title="Paul & Esther van Oppen's video" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-31T22:36:41Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Jonas-plays-the-violin-and/MOV032/503298847_zsmNw-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com">Paul & Esther van Oppen</a><br />Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 2</p><p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/House-61-Seasons-Villas-2009/7614756_QtwoX#493863805_BWBu9" title="Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 2"><img src="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/House-61-Seasons-Villas-2009/MOVhuis61CUT2/493863805_BWBu9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 2" title="Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 2" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-31T20:30:55Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/House-61-Seasons-Villas-2009/MOVhuis61CUT2/493863805_BWBu9-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com">Paul & Esther van Oppen</a><br />Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 1</p><p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/House-61-Seasons-Villas-2009/7614756_QtwoX#493863269_AYqwQ" title="Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 1"><img src="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/House-61-Seasons-Villas-2009/MOVhuis61CUT1/493863269_AYqwQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 1" title="Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 1" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-31T20:30:55Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/House-61-Seasons-Villas-2009/MOVhuis61CUT1/493863269_AYqwQ-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com">Paul & Esther van Oppen</a><br />Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 3</p><p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/House-61-Seasons-Villas-2009/7614756_QtwoX#493857438_kHZTe" title="Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 3"><img src="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/House-61-Seasons-Villas-2009/MOVhuis61CUT3/493857438_kHZTe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 3" title="Tour around our house in Seasons Villas, part 3" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-31T20:30:55Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/House-61-Seasons-Villas-2009/MOVhuis61CUT3/493857438_kHZTe-640.mp4 <p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com">Paul & Esther van Oppen</a><br />Julia in her classroom at the start of Viking Day. February 20, 2009</p><p><a href="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Viking-day-at-Yew-Cheung/7403888_2sRUR#477000927_Kqmoh" title="Julia in her classroom at the start of Viking Day. February 20, 2009"><img src="http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Viking-day-at-Yew-Cheung/Vikingday-start-of-the-day/477000927_Kqmoh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Julia in her classroom at the start of Viking Day. February 20, 2009" title="Julia in her classroom at the start of Viking Day. February 20, 2009" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-31T20:53:43Z Paul & Esther van Oppen http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com http://vanoppenfamily.smugmug.com/Video/Kids/Viking-day-at-Yew-Cheung/Vikingday-start-of-the-day/477000927_Kqmoh-640.mp4