Thursday, August 23, 2007

Bike trip



More photos of the bike trip can be found on flickr

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Berlin

I love Berlin. We were only there for the weekend, but love at first sight does happen. The weather wasn't great, and we got wet, and we had tired legs, but it was just so good. I'm going back - soon.

The city drips with history, and it is impossible to do it justice in a mere 2 days. We stayed in the Central part of Berlin, so we could walk everywhere we wanted to go.

More photos of the Berlin trip can be found on flickr

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Who let the Clarks loose in the Kirschgarten?

Day 1 of Bella's German Odyssey, and we went into town for a bit of a poke around - stopping to take the requisite tourist photos (exhibit A).

Also ticked off the list were the Cathedral, the Market place, the Altstadt, and of course, the famous Ferrets of Mainz.

After threatening to go for a run this afternoon, it is most pleasing that the rain has come tumbling down, forcing us to abandon any plans of exercise in favour of drinking beer.

Introducing - the amazing ferret man

It must have been a special treat for Belinda's first day in Germany - a man taking his three ferrets for a walk in the city. Oh, how we laughed.




Bella has just arrived, has had the obligatory post flight nap and welcome to Germany beer. We are off to Berlin tomorrow.

Sunday, August 05, 2007

It's Sunday - and that means BELLS


So, it's Sunday, and in Germany that means "SHHH!" No mowing of the lawn, and depending on the "House Rules" of which there are at least 4 pages, no using the washing machine, no vacuuming, or anything else that may cause disruption to the general serenity of your immediate environs.

Except for the bells.

Some Australian towns are famous for having a pub on nearly every corner, Germany has its own take on this phenomenon - there seems to be a church on every corner, and each house of worship has a carillon - that is rung hourly (sometimes as often as every 15 minutes) - this tends to shatter the general serenity index of Sunday.

And also, the shops are shut.

Friday, August 03, 2007

Playing silly buggers with Photo Booth


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Originally uploaded by heliospheric
Introducing "comic book character me", courtesy of Photo Booth . Looking at this reminds me that I desperately need to tidy up my dead grubs (eyebrows).

Marriage - the second quarterly report

Shareholders,

It is pleasing to report that H&R Inc enjoyed another quarter of strong growth, to end of financial year (30 June 2007).

Highlights:
  • Successful relocation of H&R Inc HQ to Bretzenheim, with no losses incurred to possessions during transit
  • Resumption of bicycle transportation for both H and R
  • Telephonic and cyber communications systems established (it may not sound like much of a highlight, but it wasn't as straight forward as one may expect in a first world country)
  • Successful foray into the German health system
Outlook for the third quarter:
The third quarter will be busy, as R continues to be plagued by administrative red tape and trips away, and H looks forward to receiving the first visitors to H&R Inc in August.

Shareprice:
The shareprice dipped during the quarter due to maintenance issues with H&R Inc's Melbourne property portfolio, but is expected to recover during the third quarter.

With love,
the CEO