Switzerland

We spent last weekend in Bern, Swizerland.

Pictures are here.

Provence

Finally, we are making a posting to the blog. It has been a long time coming, but we have just returned from a trip worthy of a posting. After our visit to the Portland, SF, LA, and Santa Barbara seeing family and friends and attending randall's wedding, we stopped by Provence for a week long break.

Provence was spectacular as usual. Sun, great food, kind people, and relaxing in the beautiful french countryside. We saw some old family friends, the Jordan's, at their country house and swam in random lakes along the way. Lake St. Croix's water was a turquoise that one often does not find. We wrapped up the week at a wedding in a chateaux. Here are few pictures from the week here.

We stayed at two great hotels: Bastide du Calalou and La Lauren.

A few recent pictures

A few recent photos from Kent and Paris. Click here.

Istanbul

We spent the long Easter weekend in Istanbul. We stayed at the Seven Hills Hotel which is in the old town, directly inbetween the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. In addition to those mosques we visited the Basilica Cistern, the Galata Tower, and took a cruise up the Bosphorus straight. We walked a lot around the very busy, traffic heavy city. We ate dinner here and here (sorry, this is annoying, but I want to try to remember all the good restaurants we're lucky enough to try). Steve says he will soon post more information about our trip.

Photos are here.

Chamonix

Steve and I spent last weekend in Chamonix, France with two friends, skiing and loving being back in France. Pictures are here.

Madrid

Steve and I spent last weekend in Madrid with our great friends, Matt & Lisa, who came from LA to visit. After a fun few days in Spain, Matt and Lisa spent the rest of the week with us in London.

Steve and I liked Madrid a lot more than we expected. It was warm and sunny and full of life. I particularly loved the Prado.

Pictures are here.

Copenhagen & London snow

Steve and I spent last weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark. Steve's been working across the bridge in Sweden. We liked Copenhagen, although it makes London look cheap. The weather was cold, but not terrible. I returned Sunday night just in the nick of time to avoid getting stuck at the airport because of the snow. Pictures are here.

Christmas 2008

We had a fantastic Christmas in Colorado and Arizona. Pictures are here.

We'll try to post more in 2009...it's been a quiet couple of months.