A very long Saturday walk around the harbour

Saturday 17 january and we set off on a long walk around the harbour of Göteborg, crossing both bridges and strolling around a great part of the city centre. Had time for a visist at the Gyllstedt/Hansby appartment in town and a very nice lunchbreak in Haga. Total time including the break was 4.5 hour. estimated distance to be somewhere between 15 to 20 km.

Going home

Even the best vacations finally come to an end and you have to go back home. A slightly shorter trip back, only 27 hours, and we arrived in sunshine and 7 degrees

Luaho and another birthday

january 5 and we had as usual spent all day on the beach. This day a real whaleday with numerous sightings. Again a beautiful day with 33 degrees. In the afternoon we went to The Marriott for drinks and to watch the Luaho, finally some strawskirts an coconuts. January 6 and another of my birthdays away from home and the traditional photo in bed with a drink in the morning

Whalewatching

2 and 3 of january we went whalewhatching. on the second from a boatcruise and on the third we saw them from our beach. There are supposed to be something like 7500 Humpbackwhales in the basin outside of Maui. Huge animals up to 15 m and 45 tons.

New years eve on the beach of Maui

A new and interesting experience with half of Maui on the beach all evening shooting crackers and having a really good time. We had our picknic and bubbles and everybody enjoyed the evening.

Fun to hear the different timezones being counted down. We also recognised the extra second that

was added at midnight to keep the time right.

New Years eve 2008

What a way to celebrate new year! On the beach in blazing sun! This will be our cup of tea! the morning started with rain for breakfast so we set out to do some cruising but stopped to look at a local boatrace and some surfers that we saw for the first time. As the sun appeared again we returned to the beach for a long day in the sun. We are now getting ready for a picknick on the beach to celebrate the new year and to look at the local fireworks