Zurich

We came to Zurich yesterday to celebrate a wedding anniversary of good friends. We stayed in a 600 year old inn, but had an excellent modern dinner and a quiet night. The party was on the car deck of a ferry on Lake Zurich, with great food and music, lots of dancing and meeting old and new friends. The weather was cold, windy and wet in the morning, in the afternoon the sun came out. We had a great day!

A quiet night in a 600 year old building

Dancing in the rain on a ferry, a first for us!

The sun came out in the evening

Heidelberg

We are spending time in Heidelberg, staying at houses of various friends. We found a two bedroom apartment to rent from next week on, close to where we lived in the early 90s with the kids. This week Sheila is in Manchester, I am dealing with medical stuff. The weather is beautiful and sunny during the day but quite chilly at night.

Wiesbaden

We have arrived in Germany and are spending the night in Wiesbaden. In front of our hotel balcony is a plane tree with over 100 parakeets roosting and a plaza with some jazz musicians playing very nicely. Sheila is convinced that the parakeets try to join the music, unfortunately I can’t post a video. The sound is absolutely amazing.

Anderson Lake

We all spent a few days at McGillivray at Anderson Lake. Bonnie and Andy have a beautiful property there, the weather was great, we all went swimming and the kids enjoyed playing with Blue, their very well behaved dog.

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Port McNeill

We flew back to Vancouver on Tuesday and yesterday I came to the boat in Port McNeill. Sheila is staying in Vancouver for a few more days before joining Ancient Murrelet. The weather was cool and wet, but from today on it should get warmer and the sun is supposed to shine. A bit of a shock after our time in Greece.

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Athens

We are spending a couple of days in Athens with our friends. Great city and the weather continues to be hot and sunny.

Ύδρα

We are spending a few days on the island of Hydra in the Saronic Gulf. This is much busier than Poros and a well known tourist destination. This weekend is Greek Pentecost, so it is especially busy with quite a few superyachts in the harbour. We are staying in a nice, quiet hotel, enjoying the walks on the island and excellent seafood.

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Friends in Poros

We flew to Athens today and took the ferry to Poros, an island in the Saronic Gulf. We are meeting some friends here, and enjoyed a wonderful Greek dinner tonight. The daytime temperature is 32 deg Celsius, and the water is about 23. I might have to go swimming tomorrow.

Poros:
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Wieder Spargelessen

Wir hatten eine tolle Zeit in Billund mit den Kindern und Enkeln. Die letzten Tage waren wir wieder in Deutschland, und haben natürlich auch wieder Spargel gegessen. Heute geht es nach Griechenland.

Billund

Day before yesterday we met Jessica and her family and flew on to Billund together. This is the city where Lego is headquartered and we plan to spend a week here. We have already spent a day at Legoland and today the day at Lego House. Now we have to decide what we want to repeat. The weather is cool with an occasional shower, but this is a hardy bunch.