Marhaba 2!

Well, I'm almost ready to come! Inacia, my big sister is keeping my parents busy and I am looking forward to joining her in that mission. How much longer? Just a few weeks!! Can't wait to meet everybody!

Summer 2010

Mid July we left Abu Dhabi for Europe. We first spent 10 days in London to meet Inácia's new cousin, Sebastao, a lovely little guy. She enjoyed the baby but couldn't understand why he was not playing with her just yet.From there we went to Vorarlberg, in Austria. My sister, Esben and Anton came as well from Singapore as did Marlene, my cousin, and her family from Munich, Ilse, my aunt, Franz and Marie-Louise as well as my parents from Vienna. We also spent time with

Werner and Wilma, my uncle, Irmgard and Ecke, my aunt and more friends. Unfortunately, the weather was mediocre and the many hikes we had planed were reduced to only a few, including was really tough one to the Eisentaler Spitzen (2753m).

On the 15th of August, Anton was baptised in Lech and we feasted in the Rud-Alpe, dear to our family! It was a lovely day despite the rain and the hale (!).

Inácia had a wonderful time with the whole family from both sides and made enormous progress: she walked her first steps in Regent's Park and learned to clap, send kisses and was a pure joy.

Petite parisienne

In May and June, while Miguel was teaching in Fontainebleau, Inácia discovered Paris. We faced the rather cool and rainy weather, enjoyed some sunshine, visited museums, walked a lot in the old, beautiful streets of the centre, stayed a few days with uncle Gilles and had a wonderful time.
Inácia was very interested in the Lucian Freud paintings we saw at Pompidou with Miguel and commented the exhibition thoroughly, delighting the other visitors :-)

Inácia, 6 months

No long comments, the images speak for themselves to show what a happy baby she is!

how to win 2 uncles in 1 week

We had the visit of Remy and Thierry for a week at the end of April and it was wonderful. We had a very busy week between visiting Abu Dhabi (Yas, Sadyyiat, Mosque, fish market), Dubai )souks, creek, Burj Khalifa, Dubai mall, Burj al Arab)... Inácia followed eve

rywhere and we then left for a 3-day relaxing week end to Muscat, where we had a marvelous time. Pleeeeeese come back and we hope that many others will follow their steps!

Dives, Mal-dives!

For Miguel's birthday, we took a first family vacation to a dream destination: the Maldives. We chose a resort with good baby sitting facilities so we also were able to dive every other day. Diving there is really wonderful, by far the most beautiful coral I have seen. We saw sharks, manta rays, eagle rays, angel, butterfly, clown, puffer, coffer, soldier, star fish as well as tuna, barracuda and turtles. It was great to be back under water! When we were not diving, we were resting and enjoying family time. Inácia turned out to be a real little fish both in the pool and in the sea and we hope we can take her again to such ream destinations!

Yas

Last week end, we made a family excursion to Yas island. Just off down town, this island is being developed with the Formula 1 circuit, Ferrari world, golf courses, etc.

A race was going on, the engines roaring, the cars speeding by and after we admired the architecture of the glamoro

us Yas hotel, we sipped a tea while Inácia w

as making friends with all the employees. It's sensational how she conquers hearts in no time! The stunning place also gave Miguel the opportunity to work on his photography skills: looking very professional to me.

Inacia, 4 months

She indeed is a darling. And already a hand full. Luckily I have 2 of these :-)

Dunes, dunes, dunes

After the archeological visit, we did not want to drive straight back over the freeway so we went into the desert... and had a great time. The location was easy, especially because of the children but Miguel hit some hard dunes and... Inacia loved it! We pick-nicked at Fossil Rock, overseeing the desert with dunes as far as the eye could reach, drove through parts of the desert that the heavy December rains had left green and hope to go back very soon for an overnight excursion. Inacia is now a real local!