The Wedding

It's done - we finally made a selection of the wedding photos (& it only took 11 months)! They're in the photo album.

More bump

Its definitely starting to get big! Though I'm not sure the photo is doing it justice. I definitely can't see my toes now!

We had an important scan last week (also known as the '20 week' scan), where all the organs are checked. Everything is in the right place and looks like it should, so it was all good news. However, there has been a change in the due date - its now the 16th December (previously 21st). Hopefully my chances of being home for Christmas lunch are a little better! Starting to now think seriously about what to buy for this little person, which is making it even more real, but very exciting nonetheless!

Californication

This is my new favourite show: Californication

Rain, rain, go away

This is what being by the Rhine (on a good day) is normally like: a place to have bbq's and enjoy the sunshine. On Monday I was at the pool in 30 deg heat. I should add that today its about 13 deg - freezing!

Click here to see what happened after 2 days of rain...

Great Ad!

This is a great ad

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New Photo's

As promised we have been expanding the Photo Album. Just added are lots of photos from 2006 (except the wedding - that will come later) + some additional albums to 2007. Selected 2006 highlights include:

060103_Ben's-Birthday

060727-30_Paris
061016_Ben's-Birthday (I had 2 birthdays last year)

061018_Golf

061225_Christmas-Day

Swiss National Day

I was supposed to write something for the 1 August, but as you can see I'm a few days late.

The 1 August is Swiss National Day (which is a public holiday, similar to Australia Day). It marks the independence of the country from Austrian rulers, which started all the way back in 1291 (read more here). However in Basel, the action started on the, 31 July. In Basel it seems that the 1 August is to absorb hangovers and loss of sleep while the rest of the country are less civilised and celebrate properly on the day.

Everyone (its a big family thing) hits the parks, bridges and river banks to let off fireworks. Anyone can buy and let off fireworks and since Ben was in London and didnt get back until late, I didn't brave the crowds for too long and retreated to the safety of hanging out my apartment window to take some photos. Unfortunately the images aren't that great, but hopefully you get some idea.

We celebrated the 1 August by having a little picnic in the park (with friends JB + RM) and it was such a beautiful day! The photos may tell a different story though - it was a classic case of take the camera and forget to use it.