Chillaxing in Billsburg

Biking in Billsburg

So Simple

... but sure to put a smile on my face: spaghetti diavola.

Barbecue

Today we fired up the Weber.





We tried to make our own little meatfest...



... and succeeded.

Holiday in Europe

As soon as we arrived in Europe we took a holiday and went camping in Le Buet, near Chamonix, France. As you could already see in the previous post, the weather was not particularly warm and dry the first week, when Ellen and Christiaan were also there. One day of the days of the first week we went to Annecy to escape the rain and find romantic photo ops.



Also, art that cried out for interaction, a cry never ignored by A.



But of course one of our main purpose of the trip was hiking (wine and food being among the other main goals).





Here we are on the only overnight hike we did:



At this refuge we enjoyed great food and a beautiful sunset:



Finally two pictures from a refuge that was owned by a pâtissier:





... and one from a rooster that pretended to be the owner of another refuge:

Some like it hot...

Fortunately the weather has been rather hot since Ellen and Christiaan
left the camping. (Sorry guys!)

Ikea is cool

The weather is hot. The air is ridiculously polluted. But, fortunately, Ikea offers free air conditioned living rooms and bed rooms to suffering Beijingers.

Moving

Packing up the last few boxes in blistering heat is no fun.


But driving in a big yellow Penske truck is!


Our last Sindbad's pizza :(


We spent our last night in the U.S. of A. at a camp site in the Poconos.


In the morning, we drove to the warehouse in NYC, dropped off our boxes, and then dropped off ourselves at JFK airport. We are hoping to see our belongings again on August 6 in Beijing.