Boxing Day

It was the quietest Christmas ever and one of the best, G cooked ham and we had delicious ham and cheese sandwiches in the garden were it was a sunny 27 degrees. This was followed by the best Christmas movie ever, Die-Hard. Today we stocked up on 7Eleven snacks and headed down to the beach. Really enjoying the time off.



Beach Fun (4K)

Martin's 11th Birthday

Happy Birthday my BOY - 11 years today on the 11/11 (and 2018 adds to 11). All the best for the years ahead son and keep trying to be a 'sweaty try hard' in COD4. It was a busy day with brekkie, then golf and some food at the Naked Racer (also a motorcycle store) and then home for presents.



Present time

Japan - WOW

I've always wanted to go and now I'd love to know why I waited so long. If you want to see why homogenous societies work look no further than Japan. Not only do they have respect unseen in the western world, but they're also not fat and actually make an attempt to look good.

We stayed in Shinjuku (a suburb of Tokyo), then travelled to Kyoto on the Shinkansen where we cruised around on electric bicycles and then back...... If you haven't been there, do it, it's an eye-opener. I'd love to write more but we saw so much and there is so much more to see. We hope to be going back as soon as my bank manager gives me a nod. Next stop, however, is Singapore..........

Japan Video 1 (4K)



Japan Video 2 (GoPro)

Karl's 13th Birthday

My boy is now a man. Today was a big day that started in the usual fashion with early morning cake and the opening of presents. G went off to work and I took the boys go-karting at Le Mans. They started off slow but soon warmed up......... Once the racing and laser-tag was done the boys were starving so it was off for at Pho at Nha's Kitchen where Karl ordered his usual - 'Seafood Pho'. The afternoon was a Fornite-Fest while the adults relaxed outside with a cold beer or 6.



Happy Birthday Son

Fathers Day 2018

While I'm not one for those types that revel at the thought of some made-up-day I made an exception and booked lunch at Hofbrauhaus. We ordered the #FathersDay special and yours truly actually did the chicken dance with all the other fathers; my prize, a peach schnapps. Kids were great and fun was had by all.




German Rhythm