A cart from "Checkers" served as the grill...
Men's talk...
Preparations for the soccer world cup in 2010...
Waterfront...
Lion's Head...
Marlon in the bar "Caprice"
Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2008
Last weeks highlights (1st part)
Jürgi went to an organized braai (BBQ) in a township
A cart from "Checkers" served as the grill...
Men's talk...
Preparations for the soccer world cup in 2010...
Waterfront...
Lion's Head...
Marlon in the bar "Caprice"
A cart from "Checkers" served as the grill...
Men's talk...
Preparations for the soccer world cup in 2010...
Waterfront...
Lion's Head...
Marlon in the bar "Caprice"
Montag, 20. Oktober 2008
Ups and Downs
Last week was quite exhausting, because Marlon had a high fever and we weren't quite sure were it came from. The nights weren't peaceful at all and worrying didn't make us feel better. But after the fever went down a slight rash appeared and we knew it was "3-Day-Fever". That also meant it was over.
We spent the weekend in Swartriet at Jacobsbaai with good friends and their kids. It was wonderful! The landscape on the west coast here actually is a little bit like Denmark, just that the weather is better and there are more waves to surf on. We had an awesome time braaiing (the south african term for bbq), surfing, hanging out on the beach and so on. By noon on Sunday I was feeling quite sick and once we got home Sunday night I had a high fever myself. Shivering, body aching, bowels cramping, headache. Today I am feeling much better, already and I hope I'll be my old self, again, tomorrow.
Here are some pics from the weekend...
We spent the weekend in Swartriet at Jacobsbaai with good friends and their kids. It was wonderful! The landscape on the west coast here actually is a little bit like Denmark, just that the weather is better and there are more waves to surf on. We had an awesome time braaiing (the south african term for bbq), surfing, hanging out on the beach and so on. By noon on Sunday I was feeling quite sick and once we got home Sunday night I had a high fever myself. Shivering, body aching, bowels cramping, headache. Today I am feeling much better, already and I hope I'll be my old self, again, tomorrow.
Here are some pics from the weekend...
Donnerstag, 16. Oktober 2008
Montag, 13. Oktober 2008
Marlon's 1st Birthday
Yesterday we celebrated Marlon's 1st B-Day. When he woke up we sang a german birthday song for him, then made him breakfast. Then Juergen made ourselves some nice breakfast with eggs, tomatoes, sausages and toast. Very yummy! Juergen had made a birthday cake for Marlon the day before, and when we had breakfast he got his cake with a candle on it and some presents. A wooden Cheetah, a wooden leopard and a wire and pearl sheep (typical Cape Town craft) and also a very cute book from Morti and nice Music from Inken.
Later in the day we went to a bird park. Marlon was in awe....
On the way his grammy from Bresahn called and he chatted with her for a while...
When he was asleep later, his mom went for a surf with a friend (Jardin), while his dad watched him on the beach. The surf was hectic, so no pictures of Maren surfing...
When we got home that night, we lit Marlon's candle again and tried to let him blow out the candle. I guess he still has to practice a little bit...
Then we put him to bed, but I guess the day was so exciting, that it took him a while to fall asleep. He woke up, again, after a while. He probably thought: " What do my parents think, putting me to bed that early on my birthday. I want to get up and have some fun." So he joined us in the living room, again, and ate 2 olives, drank some olive water and reorganized our dirty cuttlery. O well...
Then we all went to bed together...
Later in the day we went to a bird park. Marlon was in awe....
On the way his grammy from Bresahn called and he chatted with her for a while...
When he was asleep later, his mom went for a surf with a friend (Jardin), while his dad watched him on the beach. The surf was hectic, so no pictures of Maren surfing...
When we got home that night, we lit Marlon's candle again and tried to let him blow out the candle. I guess he still has to practice a little bit...
Then we put him to bed, but I guess the day was so exciting, that it took him a while to fall asleep. He woke up, again, after a while. He probably thought: " What do my parents think, putting me to bed that early on my birthday. I want to get up and have some fun." So he joined us in the living room, again, and ate 2 olives, drank some olive water and reorganized our dirty cuttlery. O well...
Then we all went to bed together...
Donnerstag, 9. Oktober 2008
What happens if you haven't been working for more than 3 months...
We arrived in Cape Town, yesterday, and it feels like I've never been gone! Clear blue skies, moderate temperatures greeted us this morning, when we stepped out of the door. We even saw whales just an hour, ago, down in the bay at Seepoint, just 200 m off the shore. Sooo beautiful!!!
But I need to tell you about the following incident.
The last night in Hamburg we spent at Juergen's brother's place. Had some wine and went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning, just to get up two hours later to drive to the airport. We had a nice taxi driver who managed to get all our luggage, including 2 surfboards and kite-surfing equipment, into his car. Once in the terminal we were looking at the board to see where we needed to check in. Funny enough our flight wasn't on it. Weird! So I looked at my watch, which showed the 7th of Oct. and all of the sudden I was in doubt... I asked Juergen what day it was, and he said: "Oh, it's Tuesday the 7th." I:"Are you sure?" Jeurgen: "Yes". So he ran to the phone booth to call the taxi driver, again, to tell him that it was the wrong day and we would need him to get back into Hamburg. While he was gone I tried to recall the happenings of the passed days, but couldn't really figure out, what day it was, still. So I asked some other people, which looked at me in a funny way and said: "It's Wednesday the 8th of October 2008, where did YOU come from?" So it WAS the RIGHT day. Juergen came back smiling, because he had accepted the fact that we were gonna fly one day later and would spend a nice relaxed day in Hamburg, only to hear from me, that he'd have to call the taxi driver, again, to tell him, that it was all a big mistake and we were gonna fly the same day..... Yes, this happens if you don't really care anymore what day and date it is... :-))) Then we found out that we had initially looked at the board with the arrivals instead of the one with the departures...
Enjoy the rest of the week!
But I need to tell you about the following incident.
The last night in Hamburg we spent at Juergen's brother's place. Had some wine and went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning, just to get up two hours later to drive to the airport. We had a nice taxi driver who managed to get all our luggage, including 2 surfboards and kite-surfing equipment, into his car. Once in the terminal we were looking at the board to see where we needed to check in. Funny enough our flight wasn't on it. Weird! So I looked at my watch, which showed the 7th of Oct. and all of the sudden I was in doubt... I asked Juergen what day it was, and he said: "Oh, it's Tuesday the 7th." I:"Are you sure?" Jeurgen: "Yes". So he ran to the phone booth to call the taxi driver, again, to tell him that it was the wrong day and we would need him to get back into Hamburg. While he was gone I tried to recall the happenings of the passed days, but couldn't really figure out, what day it was, still. So I asked some other people, which looked at me in a funny way and said: "It's Wednesday the 8th of October 2008, where did YOU come from?" So it WAS the RIGHT day. Juergen came back smiling, because he had accepted the fact that we were gonna fly one day later and would spend a nice relaxed day in Hamburg, only to hear from me, that he'd have to call the taxi driver, again, to tell him, that it was all a big mistake and we were gonna fly the same day..... Yes, this happens if you don't really care anymore what day and date it is... :-))) Then we found out that we had initially looked at the board with the arrivals instead of the one with the departures...
Enjoy the rest of the week!
Montag, 22. September 2008
Good old Germany
After 3 and a half months, we are back in Germany for a short visit. We landed on the 17th of September and time is flying! A wedding, Juergen's Dad's 80th birthday, yesterday, lots of organizing, doctors appointments and so on... Weather and time change weren't too difficult to mangage. Marlon is walking more and more stable and faster and faster. He loves to be around his grandparents. I'm sure he DOES remember them deep within....
Marlon on our sail boat
Marlon with his godmother Inken
Inken's little newborn son Jasper and myself
LOVE, PEACE and ALOHA
Marlon on our sail boat
Marlon with his godmother Inken
Inken's little newborn son Jasper and myself
LOVE, PEACE and ALOHA
Samstag, 23. August 2008
Marlon's 7th tooth and his first 7 steps
It's been a while...
We are now on the beautiful island Maui, Hawaii. Marlon's 7th tooth broke through on our one-year-wedding-anniversary-day and one day later he walked his first 7 steps all by himself. ;-))) The past days he's been kind of lazy, but that's alright. It's been great to stay in one place for a while, now. Espescially because we had to train Marlon to go to sleep without mommy, which works pretty well most of the nights, by now.
Washington was awesome! Seeing so many friends, host family and familiar faces from 1992/93, walking through my old high school and so on! 4 days we spent with my host family, which was great! I so much wish we would have had time to stay longer! My host brother, Scott has 3 kids, by now and my host sister Carrie has a little son, too. Even most of my friends from back then have kids. It's normal of course, but it was so strange in a way, because in my memories they are all around 15 to 18 years old and to me they didn't seem to have changed much, except for the kids part. 4 days we stayed with Sean and Susan Martin, which some of you might have met at our wedding. One day there, they held a nice BBQ for us, where I got to see lots of people from my time back then. Another day we went fishing up in Canada and I caught an unbelievable 20 pound Salmon. Thanks to Sean, who helped me get that thing onto the shore! It was delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Espescially because all the guys that had been fishing there all day didn't catch anything. I call it beginners luck. I had been throwing the rod for an hour already and thought to myself..."just one more time", and then the Salmon bit. Wow! Marlon also loved the stay on Sean's and Susan's farm, because there were chicken, dogs, cats and a horse.
Before we flew over here, we visited Holgi, a friend of mine, in Seattle, who was so kind to share his rather small place with us, his parents and his sister. It was pretty snug, but very nice to see them and spend some time with them. We took it easy, didn't do any sight-seeing, just hung out around the near lake and visited.
Since the 5th of August we're now here on Maui, slowly exploring this polynesian paradise. It can't really be compared to the rest of the U.S..
The water is warm, so we don't need any wetsuits for surfing, we just go in our swimsuits. The waves are rather small, since it is summer and the big waves come during the winter time, which is good in a way. Of course we'd love to see some bigwave action, but then we wouldn't be able to go in the water ourselves.
Juergen has recovered from an injury in his leg. Some surfer ran over him and the fin ripped quite a big hole in his leg, so we had to go to the emergency room and have it sutured. Only for administration we already payed 700 dollars or so. The total will probably be more than 2000 dollars. Isn't that ridiculous? Compared to that, Germany is cheap. So don't comlain... ;-)
Unfortunately I am not able to post any pictures at the moment, because my external hard drive doesn't work in this internet cafe. So I will post them when we are back in Germany. There are also some missing in the previous post.
On the 15th of September we will leave from Honululu, Oahu and make our long way home to good old Germany and look forward to see some of you, again!
ALOHA from the islands of Hawaii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are now on the beautiful island Maui, Hawaii. Marlon's 7th tooth broke through on our one-year-wedding-anniversary-day and one day later he walked his first 7 steps all by himself. ;-))) The past days he's been kind of lazy, but that's alright. It's been great to stay in one place for a while, now. Espescially because we had to train Marlon to go to sleep without mommy, which works pretty well most of the nights, by now.
Washington was awesome! Seeing so many friends, host family and familiar faces from 1992/93, walking through my old high school and so on! 4 days we spent with my host family, which was great! I so much wish we would have had time to stay longer! My host brother, Scott has 3 kids, by now and my host sister Carrie has a little son, too. Even most of my friends from back then have kids. It's normal of course, but it was so strange in a way, because in my memories they are all around 15 to 18 years old and to me they didn't seem to have changed much, except for the kids part. 4 days we stayed with Sean and Susan Martin, which some of you might have met at our wedding. One day there, they held a nice BBQ for us, where I got to see lots of people from my time back then. Another day we went fishing up in Canada and I caught an unbelievable 20 pound Salmon. Thanks to Sean, who helped me get that thing onto the shore! It was delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Espescially because all the guys that had been fishing there all day didn't catch anything. I call it beginners luck. I had been throwing the rod for an hour already and thought to myself..."just one more time", and then the Salmon bit. Wow! Marlon also loved the stay on Sean's and Susan's farm, because there were chicken, dogs, cats and a horse.
Before we flew over here, we visited Holgi, a friend of mine, in Seattle, who was so kind to share his rather small place with us, his parents and his sister. It was pretty snug, but very nice to see them and spend some time with them. We took it easy, didn't do any sight-seeing, just hung out around the near lake and visited.
Since the 5th of August we're now here on Maui, slowly exploring this polynesian paradise. It can't really be compared to the rest of the U.S..
The water is warm, so we don't need any wetsuits for surfing, we just go in our swimsuits. The waves are rather small, since it is summer and the big waves come during the winter time, which is good in a way. Of course we'd love to see some bigwave action, but then we wouldn't be able to go in the water ourselves.
Juergen has recovered from an injury in his leg. Some surfer ran over him and the fin ripped quite a big hole in his leg, so we had to go to the emergency room and have it sutured. Only for administration we already payed 700 dollars or so. The total will probably be more than 2000 dollars. Isn't that ridiculous? Compared to that, Germany is cheap. So don't comlain... ;-)
Unfortunately I am not able to post any pictures at the moment, because my external hard drive doesn't work in this internet cafe. So I will post them when we are back in Germany. There are also some missing in the previous post.
On the 15th of September we will leave from Honululu, Oahu and make our long way home to good old Germany and look forward to see some of you, again!
ALOHA from the islands of Hawaii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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