There are lots of things to discover here in the south of England. While I was waiting for Yannick to be born my sister was over to visit. To pass the time we went to Winchester and had a look around. It's a lovely place and only 15 minutes to drive from where we live.
I feel like quite a homebody compared to some other people, but then again it's not too bad:
(One or more nights spent in each place.)
Not quite. Just holidays and plenty of stuff to do. The last two weeks simply flew by. See in the Photo Gallery what I was up to:
Of course I also had my last working days in the meantime. Weird, but I didn't cry on my last day. I was simply too busy.
Earlier this year my mum and my sister decided to visit me again - it had been a while. When it turned out that Frank's and my time here would be limited the three of us decided to make a round-trip out of it, so that I and them would get to see a bit more of Ireland at last. Frank gracefully skipped the opportunity to come along. Then I found out that I had got pregnant, which was great in itself, but had a big effect on my stamina (none left!) and eating needs (all the time!). On top of that I got a bad cold just before the trip that I duely passed on to my relatives. All successful! Nevertheless we had a few days where we got to see loads and even the sun was shining.
It's been quiet here.
Last week Frank and I were back home in Germany, in Berlin and Hanover.
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It was around 30C in Berlin and very close - I never thought I would do that, but I actually wished I was back in Dublin, where it never gets that hot ever. On Saturday afternoon it finally rained and we had thunder too. After that it was bearable and the open-air Rammstein concert much more enjoyable - even though it started to rain while we were there too… But other than that it was great to be in Berlin again - I love the big roads, all the street cafés, the great shops, the food, - and definitely the lower prices! |
| The Hanover visit was quieter as I only went to see my mum, my sister and my nephew - I didn't have an awful lot of time and didn't want any stress. When my sister was cooking for my nephew and myself, I took a series of photos in an attempt to empty the battery of the camera. When I later looked at the pictures I quite liked the result and made this little animated gif out of them. |  |
Over the Easter weekend we decided to go and look at Victor's way, a private park in the Wicklow Mountains with strange sculptures. Only we didn't find it.
I took some nice photos nevertheless, they are in my Gallery.
I took a stab at publishling photos from our holiday in Cape Town earlier this month.
