Silhouettes!

Today we went up to Sacre Coeur to have our portraits painted, but instead ended up getting two small silhouettes made - very French! The we walked around Monmartre and also saw the Opera House. Ended up with a short shopping stop at Galleries Lafayette. (Note small dog in car window in last photo above!)

Arrival in Paris

Today we landed in Paris and what excitement! We went up to the Palais de Chaillot to see the Eiffel Tower - magnifique! Tim and I climbed to the top which was amazing. Then we walked past the Bridge of Alexander III back to the hotel. Had French Onion soup and crepes for lunch - a cliche yet so good!

A break with cats

We spent the weekend with our friend Alex, and got some much-needed quality time with kitties!

Hiking the Peaks District, Derbyshire

Gorgeous hike today, with a great lifebird - a dipper! (see below)

Sherwood Forest

Nancy fulfilled a long held desire to go birding in Sherwood Forest (she tried to go native, with mixed results...)

An English Summer

The weather has been quite warm in Cambridge, although not enough to tempt us to go punting...

Darwin

Today we went to see the terrific exhibit about Darwin in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge.

Cambridge

Today Tim has had meetings with his collaborators from the Cambridge business school (housed in a very funky building); I had a lovely lunch in the heart of the old part of town (although even the old part of town has some modern touches, as below...).

Last Day in Copenhagen

Today we had a terrific day touring all the gift shops in Copenhagen's museums! Was excellent fun!

Peking Duck

Tonight we had a lovely dinner with Mark and Yo Dodgson at out little Chinese restaurant in Copenhagen. We had the Peking Duck pancakes which were terrific.

Tim presenting at DRUID

Today I watched Tim give his talk at his business innovation conference, DRUID, which stands for Danish Research Unit on Industrial Dynamics... Then we went to the conference dinner, which was at a beautiful palace in town.

Copenhagen

Today we arrived in Copenhagen. Took a walk around the city after we got ourselves settled in our hotel. Ate dinner at a great little Chinese restaurant down the road from our hotel.

Nancy gives talk in Singapore

Today I gave a talk at the National University of Singapore, after eating Chinese donuts for breakfast. My friend Desley introduced me. We then had dinner at her apartment and then left on the 11pm flight to London.

The best day in Singapore

Today our friend Desley Hegney, who kindly hosted us while we were in Singapore, showed us a grand tour of the town. First we strolled through the botanical gardens. Then we had lunch on Arab Street and then purchased a beautiful Persian run and a silk Persian wall hanging. Next we headed downtown for some shopping and high tea at the famous Raffles Hotel, home of the original Singapore Sling. We decided to walk off that rather large indulgence of tea, crumpets and a few Slings by taking in a huge Tech Expo at the Convention Centre. (I bought a cool pink roll-up keyboard for my Mac.) We ended the day at dinner in Little India - an amazing and incredibly fun day.

Off on our big trip!

Today in just under an hour we are off on our big 'Round the World trip for almost 6 weeks. We will visit Singapore, Copenhagen, London, Paris, San Francisco and Seattle. We will certaily miss the cats although they will be seen to daily by our pet sitter Kylie. We are SO looking forward to seeting friends and family on our travels!

The Birds!

We had over 70 (!) cockatoos in the front yard today!

Gardening Weekend

This weekend we compeely finished planting the ront slope of our yard with wattle bushes and grevilleas - it looks amazing!

Thai Coconut Soup

Tonight while Tim was at a football game (sitting in a corporate box, no less!) I am my friend Annette made a scrumptious thai coconut and chicken soup with fresh lemongrass - yum!