addendum for spring '05

i found a few pics i would like to share dating back to the months of may and june this year. we've had a few visits from belgium, germany, the states, which was great. but first i would like to show you our nice little house as seen from the garden. when we got here the whole garden was like a jungle and now we've got something approximating english lawns.



one of the visits was our long-time friend philou from belgium. he treated me to 10 (yes, ten !!) pints of ben & jerry's ice cream !! imagine, i was in heaven. and here's the proof.



you'd think after indulging myself in these pleasures i had an overdosis of chocolate for some time. but this is far from the whole truth. not enough, in addition philou got 1kg of belgian pralines just for me, for my birthday. philou, that was close to the dream that haunts me: swimming in a tub of smooth melted chocolate ! incredible i did not lose my mind in all this chocolate.



but to burn off some of these excess calories laura, rio and i walked from ely to waterbeach, which is a 12 mile walk. we were doing pretty well and did the whole thing in 3.5 hours, probably because there was a pub at the end of the trip, and we were followed by two boys, just some other walkers, whom we did not want to catch up with us. at the 'bridge' in waterbeach we met elisabeth and ngaio, who'd walked all the way from cambridge (7 miles), as well as elie (who came by car !). it was a lovely walk and i'd be ready to do it any time again soon.



laura's parents came to visit from the states and we took them to a lovely non-smoking pub for dinner one evening. we had 'bangers & mash' and a plate of cheese accompanied by english beer, wine and smoothies. thanks a million for a lovely evening in great company ! this is a shot of elie and i they took after the meal in front of elie's shop.