Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Kiitos




We are doing a drive-by of Enschede. We woke up at 3:30AM (finland time, aka GMT+2) to get ready, get to the airport, and take a flight to Amsterdam at 6:15. We were in the rental car by 9:20, Amsterdam time, or GMT+1 for the time buffs out there (Mike wisely suggested asking for a "real" wagon after the pseudo station wagon [what we call a hatchback] first offered by Hertz, and we suceeded).
Then we made our way to Enschede with the intention of picking up the pups and driving straight on to Haderslev DK. Fortunately our houseguests offered to vacate the premises for 24 hours, while we realized that it would be wiser to get all our gear in order before setting off again.
Without further ado here are a few images from Tampere. The conference ROCKED! Even Mike is now convinced of the merits of the way of the composting toilet.
Some images to hold you over:
The mustard gnome at the Plevna Brewery in Tampere
Tampere clouds
Little guy taking a rest on the hike to Kauppi


PS- Steph, now I do know what an incinerating toilet is... but more on that later...
PPS- Kiitos means thank you in Finnish, and is about all we managed

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

A day in the life, James D



In honor of one very adorable, very sweet little guy turning the big ONE in just a week, we wanted to show you a typical day for James. Of course the concept is not new (see Norman Rockwell) , but the idea in this case was inspired by friends with family overseas (thanks Kristin and Liesbet).This is how our day starts: waking up happy followed by breakfast with friends...

Een dag in het leven, deel 2


In the playbox and climbing the new chair

A day in the life part 3

PLAYING AT THE PARK

day in the life part 3.5

Botany with Dad

A day in the life part 4

we call this "the flat" because it is James' mini apartment inside the house,
followed by bath time