Lunch at Gianna's

Today we were invited for a lunch with Gianna and her parents. It was great to see them again. The food was fantastic and so was the company. These are just the anti pasti.

Anna, Gianna and Pasquale.

The apricot tree in our garden is in full bloom.

The fire

It was just before 2:30 in the night and Nicole and I went to the toilet. Nothing going on outside. While I'm in the loo I hear a bang. It happens. Usually it's the wind banging metal objects against things and what not. We walk back to the flat, didn't notice anything funny. We lie down and Nicole says "I smell smoke, we have to look". So I go outside, see smoke clouds in the sky and look where they're coming from. Big fat orange glow behind the backdoor neighbours house. I hadn't heard any fire alarms yet so I thought I better quickly get my ass over there to check it out. It was the house opposite our backdoor neighbours house (so, same position as ours but one street down). A few people were already standing in the street. The house was empty and apparently got raided by the police a few months ago in a drugs investigation. Five minutes later the fire brigade arrived with two trucks and I went back to try and sleep again.

After a crap night sleep we drove past the house on our way to work. On the news the fire was announced as 'suspicious'. No shit. Nothing going on first. A bang at 2:30 exactly and big flames right after. That was timed arson. Scary.

I spent lunch time at Victoria square. It was nice.

There was a one legged pigeon. It must've been born that way coz there was no remains of a former left leg.

On my way home I caught a pretty full bus. At least I got a seat.

In the evening we visited Gianna and her parents. Gianna must have been happy to see us.

Gianna and her mom.

Nicole and Gianna.

Anna and Pasquale.

60 years together

Today we had lunch at the Uleybury winery again. We arrived early afternoon.

This time we were here to celebrate Anna and Pasquale's 60th anniversary, Gianna's parents. Also at the scene were Gianna, Greg and Debbie.

We had a great time and the food was excellent. By the time we left it was getting dark.

The Vapores

My learners drivers license arrived today. Very handy as this is also a form of ID. I feel so professional now ;-)

The car we use needed new tyres so we brought it to the Bridgestone Tyre Centre.

We finished putting the base-paint on the front of our flat. Maybe tomorrow we'll put the old style green on it to finish it off.

Someone on (American) TV was trying to bore me to death and almost succeeded...

In the evening we visited Gianna and her parents. Lovely people all of them and we had a great time. This is Gianna.

This is Gianna's mum, Anna.

And this is her father, Pasquale.