This month saw our 30th (Pearl) wedding anniversary. We went on a cruise to the southern Caribbean, visiting Princess Cays (Bahamas); St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands); Dominica; Grenada; then the islands of Bonaire and Aruba (Dutch Antilles).
A brief clip of our holiday movie can be seen on our podcast.
Sunday 24th February 2008
Spurs 2 – Chelsea 1, and Tottenham Hotspur win the first League Cup Final to be staged at the new Wembley Stadium !!!!!
All the best to the true blue side of the family !
Sunday 3rd February 2008
Today we entertained Sharon, Keith & Katie over at our place for a family get-together style family lunch. The weather was unseasonably mild, so in between the main courses we went for a nice stroll to the nearby park, and saw the local ducks doing more or less the same thing in their small lake.
On Sunday 27th January 2008 we celebrated Scott’s 9th birthday over at our house. The boys are just tucking into some of the birthday cake !_002.jpg?w=500)
Sunday 16th December 2007
This afternoon we took my brother Simon and our two nephews, Scott & Alex, to visit Santa Claus at Ruislip Lido. First the boys had a great time playing on the frozen beach, and then after some much needed hot chocolate, we all took a short train ride on “Santa’s Express”, where all the children were introduced to Santa, and then rewarded by each receiving an early Christmas present.
Over quite an exciting and extended weekend at the end of in November, Gina and I spent five really enjoyable days in Rome. Though one day was work related, we were able to take in some very memorable sites; from the Vatican museum, Colosseum, Palatine, Circus Maximus, the Pantheon, Trajan’s Column, Forum, Market place, and many others, but far too numerous to mention here. We also spent two wonderful and fun evenings with my work colleagues, who came all the way to Italy, from many countries, as far afield as Canada.
Earlier I found Gina, just outside the Colosseum, demonstrating her skills of swordplay with some Centurion friends of hers !
A very big happy birthday and congratulations to uncle Lou on the occasion of his 90th birthday. Also, a very big thank you to cousin David for organising a smashing party in the evening, and mazeltov to Zara and Avi on the announcement of their engagement.
The weather was pretty good and most of the places we visited were very interesting. Especially seeing the old ruins of Carthage in Tunis, Gaudi’s architecture in Barcelona and the areas around the Port of Marseilles.
Picture below was taken on the Gala Evening, aboard the “Costa Fortuna”.
Gina & Jonathan
