.menu {
   width: 643px; /*640*/
   height: 30px;
   position:relative;
   z-index:100;
   border-right:0px solid #000;
   font-family: "Century Gothic", "Arial Black";
   font-size: 14px;
   font-weight: bold;
   left: 14px; /*18 */

}
/* hack to correct IE5.5 faulty box model */
* html .menu {
        width:655px;
        w\idth:654px;
}
/* remove all the bullets, borders and padding from the default list styling */
.menu ul {
        padding:0;
        margin:0;
        list-style-type:none;
}
.menu ul ul {
        width:149px;
}
/* float the list to make it horizontal and a relative positon so that you can control the dropdown menu positon */
.menu li {
        float:left;
        /* width:149px; */
        position:relative;


}

/* style the links for the top level */
.menu a, .menu a:visited {
        display:block;
        font-size:14px;
        text-decoration:none;
        color:#fff;
        /* width:138px; */
        /* height: 30px; */
        height: 27px;
        border:0px solid #000;
        border-width:0px;
        /*background:#000000;*/
        padding-left:1px;
        /* line-height:29px; */
        line-height: 26px;
        font-weight:bold;}
/* a hack so that IE5.5 faulty box model is corrected */
* html .menu a, * html .menu a:visited {
        width:149px;
        w\idth:138px;
}

/* style the second level background */
.menu ul ul a.drop, .menu ul ul a.drop:visited {
        /* background-image: url(images/bgitem.png) 130px center; */


}
/* style the second level hover */
.menu ul ul a.drop:hover{


        /* background-image: url(images/bgitem.png) 130px center; */
        color: #00b5d5;
}
.menu ul ul :hover > a.drop {
        /* background-image: url(images/bgitem.png) 130px center; */
        color: #00b5d5;
}
/* style the third level background */
.menu ul ul ul a, .menu ul ul ul a:visited {
 background:#e2dfa8;
}
/* style the third level hover */
.menu ul ul ul a:hover {
 background:#b2ab9b;
}


/* hide the sub levels and give them a positon absolute so that they take up no room */
.menu ul ul {
        visibility:hidden;
        position:absolute;
        height:0;
        top:27px;
        left:0;
        width:149px;
        border-top:0px solid #000;




}
/* another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul {
  top:30px;
  t\op:31px;
}

/* position the third level flyout menu */
.menu ul ul ul{left:149px; top:-1px; width:149px;}

/* position the third level flyout menu for a left flyout */
.menu ul ul ul.left {left:-149px;}

/* style the table so that it takes no ppart in the layout - required for IE to work */
.menu table {position:absolute; top:0; left:0; border-collapse:collapse;;}

/* style the second level links */
.menu ul ul a, .menu ul ul a:visited {
       /*  background-image:url(images/bgitem.png); */
       color: #FFFFFF;
        /* height:auto; */
        height: 15px;

        line-height:1em;
         /* line-height: 20px; */
        /*padding:5px 10px; */
        /* margin-bottom: 5px; */
        width:128px;
        /*border-width:0 1px 1px 1px; */

        }
/* yet another hack for IE5.5 */
* html .menu ul ul a, * html .menu ul ul a:visited {
  width:150px;
  w\idth:128px;
}

/* style the top level hover */
.menu a:hover, .menu ul ul a:hover{
      color:#FFFFFF;
     /* background:#000000; */

     }

.menu ul ul a:hover{

color: #00b5d5;
}

.menu ul li a.activeLink{
 color: #00b5d5;
}

.menu :hover > a, .menu ul ul :hover > a {

color: #00b5d5;
 /* background:#000000; */
}

/* make the second level visible when hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul li:hover ul,
.menu ul a:hover ul{
 visibility:visible;

}
/* keep the third level hidden when you hover on first level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul ul{
 visibility:hidden;
}
/* make the third level visible when you hover over second level list OR link */
.menu ul :hover ul :hover ul{
 visibility:visible;
}



.menu ul li.activeLink {
    color:#c40000;
}

.menu ul li{
       /* 1 line-height:26px; */
       line-height: 26px;
       padding-right: 2px;
       /* background-image:url(../images/bg-trans.png); */
       height: 20px;
       /* height: 16px; */



 background-image:url(../images/bg-trans_nieuw.png);

}