Zug Lake cruise

6 months old

It's the middle of August and the little lads have just reached six months of age. Already they can roll over, drink and hold the cup by themselves and entertain each other.

Andrew is adventurous and  wants to climb underneath the sofa, while Samuel is  more interested in food and TV. How different can these boys be ?  So far the only similarity is the sound they make when they give a squeal of delight.

Black Hanky Boys make triathlon pact

Last Friday night (during the beijing Olympic opening ceremony)  the sms's started to cross the globe between Zug and Hobart on the very innocent topic of bikes, since danny had just aquired a new carbon fibre time trial bike suitable for triathlons. Before long we were chatting about the possibility of triathlons in Tassie over xmas. The gauntlet then went down for a team triathlon challenge at the upcoming Phuket triathlon in December. The grueling event features a 1.8km sea and fresh water swim, followed by a stinking hot, steep and hilly monster ride over 55km and finishes a super sweat soaked run over 12 km. We needed to complete the triad and called in the help of Johnny w in Singapore to anchor the team for the swim. A suggested team name of Black Hanky boys was unopposed and the pact was made.  Go the Black Hanky boys !

Better get a wriggle on to train for that one, mmm. Haven't done anything like that for a long while.

Cranky Boys

We read an article on comforting or controlled crying the other day and decided we would give it a go. The boys have been a little cranky in the evenings of late making it a tiresome experience for the whole family. Tonight we bathed them and fed them then settled them down in bed and let them alone for five minutes. Within a few minutes their little lungs were open and the sobbing started, not seriously but then grew in intensity. After five minutes I went to visit the loudest one, in this case Andrew and settled him again by finding his dummy and  tucking him in. Being careful not to pick him up. So he knew we were around but there was no cuddling going to happen. So far so good, will give you an update on how it pans out, but we are looking forward to a quieter night ! 

Babies in Motion

Hi I wanted to try and import some video into the blog. 

Photos from the site are also on picasa try  the link

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Madness in Munich

I had another crazy idea to jump in the car and head off for a long weekend, this time we would go to Munich.  Friday 1 August was the national holiday in Switzerland and we did the unpatriotic thing and left the country.  We were a bit festive the night before having sparklers on the balcony, while some of the locals lit their fireworks in anticipation of the big day. 

We left Cham around 10am and set the 

navigation system for Munich. After ten minutes we hit a roadblock and had to take a long cut through Zurich, an extra 45 minutes to the 4 hour drive. 

we arrived in Friesing, a little town 30 km north of Munich at 5pm that afternoon. The Marriott hotel was on a one way street not recognized by the GPS so we circled a round prior to finally seeing the road sign. The Hotel was under renovation and the only access was via the conference center and then after a load of steps. We also changed rooms in the hotel before finally getting settled around . I took Mingyu to town to buy some supplies for the kids and few snacks for the rest of us.  

It is a lovely town with nice shops, cobblestone streets, cheap good quality restaurants and the obligatory church or two.  We had a great meal in the warm evening air of the town platz with the church towering above us and cold beers. 

Saturday was our Munich day and we drove the car into the centre and parked in a handy capped spot (car park sign said free spaces but did not tell us that these free spots had have a car in them from the overcrowding in the next spaces) in the Shannehalle next to the Viktuelmarkt. 

We even wandered out of the old town and up to the English garden where we saw the open parks and a few nudie sunbathers. On the way back we stopped on Hofgarten a d went into a very charming looking old store called Alois Dallmeyr, /i bought a half roast chicken and some of the most expensive cherries in the world. 

We sat on the grass and had a nice picnic, during which Samuel sat on my crossed legs. Unbeknown to me he had done a poo and it had leaked out of the back of his diaper and onto the crotch of my white shorts. After lunch we got up and I noticed the damage, it wasn't a pretty sight, or smell.  after resusing the wet tissues with chicken grease and cherries we headed back to the car and to the hotel.