Raining, raining raining, Same old story in Portland and everyone kept telling us that it was going to stop on the 4th of July as that’s when summer starts. We decided anyway in anticipation that we would take Alfred to Sun River for a few days as we spent some time there in 2007 when … Continue reading »
Jul
01
Jun
02
New York for a long Week End
Nicolette’s dad Alfred is coming to Portland to visit us for 6 weeks. Since he is flying in from South Africa via New York we decided that we would take the opportunity to spend a few days in the big apple with him. So its off the NY we go. We booked on Jet Blue … Continue reading »
Mar
08
Skiing in Ischgl
Well we are just back from Skiing in Austria so I can update my Blog. Wow!!!! What a time we had? meeting up with Bouchie, Suzi and the SAFA gang of old and some new mates was terific. There was a lot of alchohol consumpsion, I must say but nothing that was not expected. Have a … Continue reading »
Jan
01
Cancun Mexico, 2010
We visited Cancun Mexico for 8 days over Christmas to get some sunshine after our initial three months intro into the US (Portland specifically) where unfortunately the sun has not been shining too much. It was fantastic!! I am sure you saw my Face book updates. We stayed at the Aqua LIVE resort on the … Continue reading »
Dec
18
Ski Season has started
Well as we now live like two hours from “proper” ski fields we thought it only appropriate that we invested in some equipment. It was with a sad heart that I had to let my 1991 rear entry Solomon S72 die. But one cannot complain about the value I got out of them. I now … Continue reading »