Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Coffee and ladybugs in Mölle

Coffee at Jenny's grandmother's place in Mölle. The view from the apartment is fantastic. And yes, it's a rubber bat in the chandelier.

Refrigerator photo discussion. Memories...

Touring downtown Mölle.

It's a ladybug invasion on the west coast this summer.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Ystad Saltsjöbad, Olof Viktors, Österlen

Lazy day at the beach, Ystad Saltsjöbad; map.

Lunch at Olof Viktors, a few kilometers from Ystad. Great stop for lunches, coffee, ice cream, ...

Friday, July 31, 2009

Nimis, Kullaberg

A visit to Lars Vilks' Nimis and Arx, Kullaberg, Sweden. Dark clouds appeared out of nowhere and it started pouring down when we arrived at the parking space, so we ran to the cafe and sheltered until it had passed. The way down to the sculptures got quite slippery after that...

Some well deserved barbecue after the adventure.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Bike trail; Sweden, Malmö, 56km

Bike trail; Sweden, Malmö, 56km; Malmö - Skabersjöby- Hököpinge - Klagshamn - Malmö

Friday, June 5, 2009

A few days in San Francisco; JavaOne and donuts

Monday - Friday

After breakfast on Monday, Jenny took the shuttle to San Francisco airport and returned home. I stayed until Friday and covered the JavaOne conference; JCP EC pass / speaker pass (JSR-249 MSA 2 panel) / VIP access (Sony Ericsson).

Keynote moment - Oracle's Larry Ellison on stage; Oracle buying Sun.

Developers, developers, developers, ... Even though JavaOne had more attendees, there was so much more energy at Google I/O the week before.

And while I'm at it, the "breakfast" served at JavaOne has to be reconfigured from the ground up... Eating sugar-donuts early in the morning is not doing anything good for my health.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

A few days in San Francisco; Science and secrets

Sunday

After breakfast at Mel's Drive In (regular customers by now) we once again took the MUNI from Powell to the Golden Gate Park. This time we had the California Science Museum in mind.

The museum was spectacular. Especially the tropical rainforest sphere with live frogs, birds, butterflies, and in the basement snakes and fish.

Inside the sphere.

Butterfly watching us?!

Butterfly hitchhiking?!

The stairs to the museum roof. Liked the composition - had one chance to shoot the picture with just Jenny in it since more than us wanted to use the stairs.

A living roof. It breathes.

Got back to the hotel just in time for the complimentary wine tasting. After that it was time for some shopping again - we paid Victoria's Secret a visit (me with VS bag - not for me to use though)...

We ended the day with another sushi dinner at Sanraku, Sutter St. Back at the hotel Jenny started to pack her bags - her flight leaving next day.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

A few days in San Francisco; Cheesecake Factory and shoes

Saturday

After breakfast at Mel's Drive In, shopping at Ross at Fourth St, and complimentary ice cream at the Palomar hotel, time had finally come to visit the cheesecake epicenter in San Francisco - The Cheesecake Factory. Fantastic lunch and superb cheesecake.

More about the cheesecake story here.

Bird looking for free take away cheesecake.

After a day of intensive shopping it's important to justify each purchase.

Shoes, shoes, shoes, ... Some from Ross at Fourth St, some from Skechers at Powell St.

Ended the day with the Angels and Demons movie at the Metreon.