April 2, 2011

Saturday and family birthday celebration for Linus. Here he is with my mother and his grandmother at the coffee and cake.

April 1, 2011

Linus birthday today. My mother and father came to visit and stay for the weekend.

March 31, 2011

Tomorrow is Linus birthday, so I wrapped up his gifts after he had fallen asleep.

March 30, 2011

Morning walk with Ebba, and the world was covered in ice. With the sunshine it was soon gone again, but I got to capture a little of it in this photo.

March 29, 2011

White-nose Ebba. But with almost 9 years it is ok that the colors has faded some. =)

March 28, 2011

Afternoon walk with Ebba in the sunshine.

March 27, 2011

Some home improvments is going on. Daniel is working on an arrangement to mount Linus' teve at the end of his bed, to save space in his room.

March 26, 2011

Daniel is back home from South Africa, and he brought with him a bottle of Pitú Gold. To celebrate we made ourselves a couple of Caipirinhas.

March 25, 2011

Last day before heading home again, and a visit to a lion park before work. This giraffe was very happy to have a snack.



And she also loved to cuddle.



A 5 1/2 month old lion cub, enjoying to be petted. The other one is a white lion cub.



Lucky they are kind, the paws are huge!



These were to be seen from a safe distance.

March 24, 2011

Work on Thursday included a site visit to Pretoria, and there were also a little time for daylight sightseeing. This is the Union Buildings.



There were a wonderful garden surrounding the place.



Two work colleagues, Miklos and Tamas, and Daniel, having a braai (barbecue) at the apartments where they stayed.

March 23, 2011

Dinner at big game restaurant Carnivore.



It is a little hard to see, but the big game menu of the day consists of venison meat balls and sausages, zebra, gemsbok, impala and crocodile.

March 22, 2011

Work all day, and then out for dinner at night, visiting Nelson Mandela Square.

March 21, 2011

The Airbus 380 to take Daniel from Paris to Johannesburg. It should have left on Sunday night, but due to some delays it got re-scheduled for Monday morning.



Flying over the French alps.

March 20, 2011

This weeks photos will be from Daniels business-trip to Johannesburg, South Africa.

While Linus and I got into the car and drew home from the airport, Daniel checked in again. He met up with our Mexican friend Jaime, who were on his way to Madrid to further explore Europe.

March 19, 2011

We stayed at the Radisson Blu, and it has quite an impressive exterior!



View from outside the Main station.



We went early to the airport to be able to participate in their guided airport tour. It was fascinating to ride the bus so close to the large aircrafts, but unfortunately we could only see the main attraction, the Airbus 380, from a distance.



We were very happily surprised when we later rode the bus to our flight and met with this giant of the skies. Linus was thrilled to have seen the "worlds largest airplane" up close!



It was a fun weekend (if we don't count in the loss of the camera), and during the last flight from Copenhagen to Stockholm Linus was fast asleep. Daniel had to carry him off the plane as he didn't woke up even when we landed.

These photos are taken with the Canon Ixus 130 that I carried in my pocket for snapshots.

March 18, 2011

I'm sorry for being a lousy commenter right now. I came down with some kind of flu after our trip, and everything takes forever to accomplish.



So, here are some of the photos that were left after the trip. We began Friday with a visit to the Senckenberg Naturmuseum. It was very interesting, and they had a cool exhibition with dinosaur skeletons. Very impressive.

We continued with lunch at the restaurant Die Kuh die lacht, and had delicious hamburgers.



Daniel and Linus outside the underground station, and in front of the Hauptwache.



At the underground, waiting for the train to the Zoo. I think these photos are the ones I am most sorry for have lost. The Zoo was very beautiful, and it was so exciting to visit a Zoo when it is not summer-time. Lots of the animals were inside, and you got great close-up views from them.

The most impressive was the Giraffes; I've never stood so close to them on the ground, looking up at the heads. Also the house of the night-active animals was fascinating. Hope we can go here again!



Then we continued to the Main Tower for a view of the city. The weather was a little grey, but a lot warmer than we have at home, so it was rather pleasant walking around.



Daniel and Linus, just a block away from Main Tower.



At night we checked in at the Radisson Blu. After all the fuss with reporting the loss of the camera, we decided to not let this ruin the trip completely, so we had a nice dinner at the hotel restaurant.

March 17, 2011

Here we are, on the plane between Arlanda, Stockholm, and Kastrup, Copenhagen. This is Linus' first flight ever, and he was really exited.



And here we are at Kastrup, in front of the airplane that about two hours late took us to Frankfurt.

Angelica, it would have been fun to meet, but this was a rather short trip, mostly for Linus to fly. We booked on bonus points, arrived in Frankfurt late Thursday, had Friday in town, and then went home on Saturday.

Although, it was a rather eventful trip, and very sadly we lost our DSLR camera and with that the memory cards. The only photos we have left are the few taken with the P&S camera. As we really liked Frankfurt we might go back to capture those photos again, and that time I'll let you know! =)

March 16, 2011

Dinner at Daniels parents in Åtvidaberg, together with Jaime. We took Zelda with us, as she is going to stay during the weekend, while Daniel, Linus and I travel to Frankfurt, Germany.

March 15, 2011

What to say... we had pasta for dinner, that's Linus absolute favourite food. But I have now idea what is up with the funny face. :P

March 14, 2011

Daniel is trimming Ebba's claws. She doesn't like it, and is normally very cautious about here paws, but she is completely still as she trusts him totally.