Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Sailing the harbor-Newport Beach

Like the old times...sailing the harbor with friends! Thank you Albert for making the time!



Tuesday, 6 May 2008

All that blooms at the Montage Resort...

...was beautiful!!!






At the Montage in South Laguna

We met our good friends Harvey and Yuliya and her mom who was visiting from St. Petersburg, Russia for drinks and a light lunch on the patio. It was our first time there and we were stunned by the beautiful vegetation and scenery created there!!!





California!

Just returned from a whirlwind 9 days in our old homestate. There is no place like it.

More pics to come soon.

Monday, 21 April 2008

80's Party... Munich style

Carlo and I got all dolled up for an 80's Party / 30 Birthday party for one of his co-workers this past Saturday.





Sunday, 6 April 2008

Our Attic Project

Just wanted to share a few pics of our newly arranged upstairs, with my work area, as well as a silly attempt at a self portrait with the self timer. :-)

This project-to use the upstairs in a smarter way-has been a never-ending struggle! Since the ceilings are so slanted, it's been hard to find the right configuration.
In order to make good use of the natural light and to have a comfy place to read we moved the dryer and cabinets in the dark corner under the roof next to the stairs.






Fuerteventura-mountain trek

Our mountainbike trek took us through some pretty vast, open spaces. All you could here were the waves in the distance, pounding ashore, an occasional goat, and the ever-present wind. Amazing.

After 12 km we had reached a fork in the road and realized that we would not have the strength to bike the last 8 km to the tip of the island without running the risk of not making it back! We tied up the bikes to a sign and got a ride from a really nice older couple (in their rental car) who were nice enough to take us down and back up to the bikes. Without them, whose names we never knew, we would have not seen the pounding surf and lighthouse... :-) A very welcome solution to our dilemma!









Fuerteventura-snapshots