7.30 am. Mummy at work. Rosie has been at the lipstick. A long morning ahead for Daddy...
Monday, February 23, 2015
Elsa does the watering
A few minutes rest from scootering to water the tiles. The busy life of an Arundel princess.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Happy birthday Mummy!
An evening at our usual birthday haunt. Happy birthday Mummy!!
Relaxing at the Hyatt.
Fashion
No I am no expert (as my wife will testify) but this is not a match. The trouser/sock/shoe combination needs to be rethought. Not according to Rosie. She is going out like this, no discussion.
Danube
Back in Jeddah. Friday morning 10am. Time for the weekly shopping trip. We have the supermarket to ourselves, as per usual.
The morning after...
The morning. Daddy is bright eyed and bushy tailed (as he has been every New Year for the last 20 years). Uncle Lars is not.
Rosie has also woken up ready to play. Oh dear...
Happy 2015 to all!!
And so to bed.
Rosie and Dad are long gone, and in bed for hours already. Looks like uncle Lars is finally done for the night.
2015 arrives
2015 arrives with a bang in Berlin. True insanity as night turns to day and explosions fill the air.
Master of ceremonies....daddy's favourite moment in a German New Year. Fireworks time!
Away she goes!
And again!
Great fun - lobbing bangers over the balcony onto the street below. Note the sky. This is midnight, and it will be as bright as day for the next hour...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Circus time
A brilliant christmas present from the uncles. A trip to the circus. First time in 40 something years for Daddy. First time ever for mouse.
Inside the big top.
Clown child (nose courtesy of Eric Boo the clown). What a brilliant show it was!
Monday, February 9, 2015
Christmas snow.
Finally...Christmas snow! After the frustration of green hillsides in the Czech Republic last year, proper snow!
Fun, games and frozen fingers.
Not sure who is more excited - mouse or me!
Rosie's first ever snowman
Lovely Vienna at its snowy best.
A true milestone. My first snow angel in actual snow!
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Christoph Maria Michael Hugo Damian Peter Adalbert Graf von Schönborn
Our next visit to St Stephens (at Rosie's insistence) happened to coincide with a service given by Cardinal Schönborn. She sat quietly, and listened to the entire service (in German).
Following the service, mouse queued up and received a blessing from the Man himself. Excellent!
Rosie and her rosary.
Room service
Dinner for madame. Her legs were tired, so in-room silver service required tonight.
Stick the telly on and we have the perfect evening...
Sightseeing
Statues, statues everywhere
A fascinated mouse. All this culture is a long way from Jeddah....
Fascinating on foot maybe, but even better from the top deck of a guided tour double decker
Saint Stephens Cathedral
Mummy and Rosie in St Stephens cathedral. Ancient and wonderful. Perhaps Rosie's highlight of the holiday. We had to visit three times.
Visit number one spurred three nights of youtube videos on Jesus, and a stream of unanswerable questions about his life and death.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
The Imperial
Christmas lunch with Vienna old money at the Imperial.
Wood-panelled wonderland with a personal waiter.
The face of a child who has just realised that the closest thing to chips and nuggets on the menu is braised artichoke. Poor mouse.
What a hero! Forcing a smile, even in the face of caviar and wild salmon mousse
Happy Christmas from the old man!
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