Grenoble

Grenoble photo album and part deux.

I recently visited Grenoble for a business trip and had an excellent time. Click on the panorama above for a larger view! The weather was beautiful, and the atmosphere was great. With some recommendations from a friend, I stopped at an excellent Fromagarie, yummy. I've got enough cheese to last me at least a few days ( 2 kilo of 10 different varieties. Only €25. :) ). When am I going back?

Sankt Goar

A beautiful mountain town right on the Rhine River, in Deutschland. At the Rhinefelds Castle, we had a great time. I was there on business, but it was more like a vacation.

A few nice Christmas photos

We were off to Berlin for Christmas this year! What a great time! We were so very happy that we were able to celebrate, and enjoy the fun times with Stephanie's family. This Christmas was another successful year! Stephanie got be a great present, and I had to use it right away! Of course, the next step was to post my photos here! I've put up a few of my favorites, but be sure to check the site for the rest of them. There are some flowers on the lower-left, and a pair of Berliners to make the seaons complete!

3rd Annual Gingerbread Jubilee

Wow, the Gingerbread Jubilee was a fantastic success! The first year we made one house and it was hard for everyone to crowd around. The second year we made two houses which worked quite well until one house collapsed. This year we made three houses, baked them until they were rock hard, and the party was a smashing success!

We had 15 people working on three houses, creating completely different masterpieces from the American-style sprawling mansion with an in-ground pool (with diving board), Coca-Cola plantation and satellite TV, to the luxurious home with a private slalom course and ice-skating rink, to the European villa with an EU flag, sleigh full of gifts, and balcony overlooking the enchanted forest.

So now it's your turn! Check out the three houses (front, back, sides and close-up shots of important details) and vote in the comments! The winning house will be prominently displayed on next year's invitation.

House 1:


House 2:


House 3:

No you haven't

You have never seen her like this before

... seen her like this before.

Go ahead, click on the link and check out the gallery. I dare you!

Berlin is Fun

I've been lucky to be able to visit Berlin again this vacation. I've been blessed with an entire 2 days of vacation time that I am allowed to choose myself this year. I've originally chosen Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 29th and 30th so that Stephanie and I could use the time to go to Poland and finalize our European wedding plans. Unfortunately, a good friend ours needed to go to the hospital in Poland, so we'll have to postpone our little visit down there. Nevertheless, we were able to spend quite a bit of time around Berlin.

The Metro system in Berlin is a bit different from the rest of the world. They have U-Bahn ( underground mass transit ) and S-Bahn ( street-level mass transit ). Of course, there are problems with this because the S-Bahn sometimes travels underground, and the U-Bahn sometimes travels above-ground. After careful research into this matter, I have concluded that the only real difference between the two is that the U-Bahn has TV, and the S-Bahn doesn't. Long live the U-Bahn.

Our House

Yes, we finally have finished decorating and making out apartment look respectable. I've included some before and after shots of the apartment as well! This is my first time embedding Google Video in my blog! We were really proud of all of the food we made for the party, take a look!