you wouldn't believe it...

... even if you saw it!

It had rained all night, when this morning the gardener showed up and.... watered the garden. Well, to be more exact, he uses the waterhose to rake the leaves!!! And this is desert country.

I wasn't able (courageous) enough to take a picture WITH him, but you can see the hose out on one side and the leaves raked on the other side!


Second, they start washing and drying(!) the cars just as the rain barely stopped. AND it will surely rain again!



I guess this is Egypt!

cheers

my latest acquisition...

... I love that store and today the choice was really tough. But I finally decided to get this one. It's a Randa Fahmy lamp, she does amazing stuff, and her sister, Azza, makes beautiful jewellry.

http://randafahmy.com/html/index.html
http://www.azzafahmy.com/

And here is Hugo, playing the Sphinx:

And Charlie at his favorite acitvity:

Now it worked

You can now check out the pics on the site:

http://www.vilhuber.com/anneke/gallery2/main.php

Don't forget that you should register if you would like to see all pics. No album is empty, access is just restricted.

cheers

Charlie turned 1!

... for all of you who forgot!!!!

I guess....

...it was just one of those days.

It's been raining on and off since last night or it's simply greyish and COLD!

Today, I took off to go and watch Hugo play basketball after school (it's a 30min drive to his school!) and when I got there, they finally cancelled practice due to bad weather.

Then, on the way back home, we stopped at a bookstore: closed for prayer (a thing that usually takes them 5 mins). After 15 mins I grew tired of waiting and we went home (talk about a business in Egypt!)

I arrive at the house, Awa (the nanny/maid) tells me the dishwasher had broken down and was leaking! Great! Only problem is that when they built in the kitchen, they passed the electric cables and water pipes of the machine behind the furniture and marble kitchen tops... which they then GLUED to the wall. Makes the task of pulling the machine out of its hole to see what the problem is much easier! Sense the irony, please! hehe

I finally manage to pull the damn thing out and figure out the problem. We call the company to tell them to simply send someone by to fix that. We are told that that was not their procedure: a technician has to come by and see what the problem is (even we told them). Then someone else will come by to pick up the machine and take it to the factory (of course, they do not tell you WHEN they will pick it up or just how long this could take). Way to go and do business!!!

Well, the house is nice and warm, and I'll go and have a hot chocolate, that's supposed to be good for the mind!

cheers

the new year...

Well, we did start it off quite nicely. New Year's Eve, we celebrated with a bunch of friends with nice food and champagne and wine!

Then we went to Taba Heights, a beach spot in the north of the gulf of Aqaba. A little cold, but still nice to be on the beach for a few days. ANd the highlight of that trip was a day in Petra!!! What a magnificent place. And Jan? You're absolutely right, you could spend an entire week exploring the different buildings and canyons.

But I'll let you see for yourself:

http://www.vilhuber.com/anneke/gallery2/main.php



cheers

a long time ago...

okay, so it's been quiiiiite a while since I've last posted something here.... mea culpa. It's been a little crazy since then, time literally ran through my fingers. December just flew by, we finalley decided to go back home for X-mas. It was again for health reasons (but I can reassure you, in the end the doc said to wait and see, which is the lesser of the evil solutions), but still spending x-mas with the family and good food and good wine (hmmmmm, yummyyummy) is great.

Europe was FREEZING but with beautiful blue skies! Kids and ourselves were spoiled by Santa. Not too bad this year. hehe!

So to all of you out there a happy new year 2008 and may it be better than last year.

I am a little bit like my bro, I tend to forget the crappy things that come along our way, although it was a little tough in 2007. So I sincerely hope for better days to come in 2008.

cheers