Category Archives: Teo

Adventures in the USA

What a trip! A great week at the beach celebrating mom and dad’s 70/75th birthdays with the family, pool parties at Michael and Melanies, dim sum in Philadelphia, and much much more. So rather than write all the details, I will let the pictures do the talking.

The grand finale sushi dinner

Dining in Yardley on the porch

Pizza party

Lounging at the pool

Please Touch Museum

Chinatown

Dim Sum

Teo and Finlay

Our beach castle

Beach castle

Dining on the porch

Riding the rides in Wildwood

Kohr Brothers custard

Beach Time

Big G comes to visit

Shopping

Beach Snooz

Shopping

Waiting for bakery to open

Beach time

Down by the water

Lollypops at Uncle Bills Pancakes

Uncle Bills Pancakes

Beach play with Sydney

Morning playground

Sleeping Teo

On the way!

Love it

Saul’s burger

Cruising by the water

Morning Playground

Kai chilling in the sun

Salzburg and Munich

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Wow. Things have been busy. But a few minutes to catch up on the family adventures. Work in Munich started at the beginning of June right after a long weekend for the boys. So we decided to head south en mass and do some extended Bavarian exploring. One city which had popped up on our radar was Salzburg, home to Mozart and just over the border from Germany. What a great city it was, especially for the kids. We stayed at a hotel about 20 km outside of town set in a beautiful country lake area. Even though the weather was rainy/overcast, we had been given fantastic big rooms at the hotel and enjoyed the indoor pool. The city was really nice as well, with a great toy museum for the boys. Munich was unfortunately impacted by some fever for Teo, but we did get to the famous Englisher Garten for some beer and fresh roasted mackerel. Overall a fantastic trip which is likely to be repeated.

Lunch at Carpe Diem Finger Food

Salzburg Old Town

Salzburg Toy Museum

Englisher Garten

Lunch at Carpe Diem Finger Food

Last Days of Freedom

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Work is around the corner (details to be revealed shortly), so we are trying to make the most of having extra family time. We had a nice picnic in the park on Sunday morning next to the lake. Everyone had a great time.

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Japan Visit: Short, but so sweet

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So it seemed like the major work I needed to do to get my job situation and other things were taken care of, a long Easter weekend was coming up, and British Airways was having a fare sale. So there seems little reason not to jump over to see the family in Japan for a week. I think it was one of the better decisions of recent times, as we all had a great time and got to all relax outside the pressures of day to day life. And of course, there was lots and lots of eating great food. I am already looking forward to the next trip.

Chika’s grandparents house/office

Isakaya

Chika’s grandparents house

Sushi

Tasty Yuba Maki

Sashimi

Making Mochi

Curio Expresso

Fluffy Pancake Cafe

Kanazawa

Sashimi

Squid

Enjoying Lunch with the Mrs.

Breakfast Soba

Teo is 1!!!

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Teo has become such a part of our daily lives that the concept of time before Teo is a bit of a blur (that might be because with the 2 boys we have been mentally and phyically pushed into a completely different zone, or just that we can’t relate to time without our lovely brothers). While the party may have been on the smaller side, it was certainly sweet. Great food and drink and a very special present for Teo (and his brother Kai it seems) from Grandma and Pop Pop. Arigato!

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Hanami in Berlin

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You couldn’t have asked for a more perfect early spring Sunday. The morning was a bit crisp, but the afternoon was perfect for enjoying the sun without being baked. A Japanese friend had organized a Hanami (flower blooming) party and we had a fantastic picnic under the cherry blossom trees. It was paradise.

No one is safe anymore…

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Teo has started walking. And yes, he has my ipod in his mouth. Power of Apple products?

Apologies for the long delay in posting. Both boys had gotten sick, and Teo was infected for almost 3 weeks. Now it seems like we may have finally crossed over with 2 normal healthy boys. Fingers crossed, as Teo needs to get his measles shot next week and then the long flight to Japan on April 6th.

A Summer Surprise in February

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Somehow Mother Nature decided to be kind to us (or perhaps just Global Warming) and gave us a beautiful spring-like day at the beginning of February which was especially nice after a deep freeze. So we came out of our shell and got the boys out for their first every swing together. Looking forward to when the real spring arrives!

Tel Aviv and More

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It was an unexpected holiday. There was a flash 48 hour Internet sale and there happened to be a hotel on the beach in Tel Aviv for $87 per night. And then there also happened to be some frequent flyer tickets available. So without much investigation we were suddenly off to Tel Aviv for 4 nights. We started doing our homework, checking in with friends and contacts, and researching the Internet. We read the news reports that it snowed in Jerusalem just the week before (wondering if our beach front hotel was now an out of the way destination). Even as we were taking off, we didn’t know what really to expect.

We were more than pleasantly surprised. Our fears of intense airport security policies were completely wrong (in fact when Kai fell asleep during check-in on the way home they never asked us to take him out of the stroller). Weather was sunny in the 60’s the whole time. The city and the people were incredibly child friendly — the candy hawker in the market was more upset with us than with Kai when he kept sampling the candy — “let him enjoy, he’s a kid”.

We ate well through the trip. Our friend Babak took us to a great local hummus place built in an old synagogue. We dined with our friend Matan a local chef’s place which could have rivaled any joint in Soho. When we sat down at the Old Man and the Sea at the Jaffa Port, with two minutes we were presented with the obligatory 20 salads (yes 20). And they were fantastic. And we even managed to indulge in some fine patisserie delights at a beautiful restaurant/bakery.

We decided to take a day trip to Jerusalem even though we couldn’t find a babysitter for Kai. We rented a car which worked out fine — the traffic however was intense both ways. Both boys cooperated for the most part during our explorations in old city Jerusalem. Kai slept shortly after arriving. Needless to day, the old city was not the ideal place for a stroller. Overall, it was a bit heavy on the tourist souvenirs (the entire inner city is a middle eastern marketplace) but it was good to connect with the past. When we were flying in, the Israeli next to me commented on my first trip to Israel, “you are closing the loop that is over 2000 years old”.

It was a great trip, and certainly on the radar for a revisit.