Vader vs. The Funny White Stuff

We had a little bit of snow overnight, not really more than a dusting of the landscape.

But for Vader, our cocker spaniel, it was something really exiting. He sniffed the whole lawn and even ate some of the funny white stuff. Finally he started running around like a bat out of hell and greatly enjoyed being chased by Silke and me.

We are not sure whether Vader has seen snow before but he definitely likes it. We are looking forward to see what he will do if we actually get a decent amount of snow. We will keep you posted when that happens. 🙂

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Holiday in Cornwall

After a trip to Wales earlier this year Silke and I visited Cornwall, another beautiful part of Britain, in the past week. Silke had rented us a nice cottage in the hills near the south coast.

Considering that it was early November we actually had very good weather. We took advantage of that and went on long walks with our dog Vader. He loved all the new locations full of exciting smells. He was constantly running up and down the hills and must have made at least twice our mileage.

We also visited the fishing ports in Polperro (very nice fish and chips in The Wheelhouse) and Looe (excellent Cornish Pasties in The Pasty Shop).

Back in our Cottage we enjoyed relaxing evenings in front of the fireplace.

Our week in Cornwall seemed to go by much too quickly. But at least we returned home happy and very relaxed.

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A Bite of the Big Apple

The week before last I flew to New York with two fellow workers on a business trip. We arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Thursday about noon and directly went into a meeting with a customer. After a very long day (I had to get up at 4:00 am UK time) I was very happy when I finally was in my (very nice) hotel room. After another day of meetings we finally had time to go to Manhattan on Friday evening.

After wandering through the city centre for a bit we made it to Times Square which looked spectacular in the dusk.

After a good steak for dinner we went back to the Hotel to catch up on lost sleep.

The next morning we checked out of the Hotel reasonably early, dropped of our bags at the airport and went back to Manhattan as our flight wasn’t leaving before the evening. This time we visited the Feast of San Gennaro in Little Italy.

After wandering around for a while and buying some small presents we want back to the Airport.

As you have probably noticed we didn’t have that much time to tour the city. There are so many places left that I would really love to visit, so many things I would like to do. I guess I will simply have to come back one day, but this time with Silke and if at all possible with Vader as well.

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