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Bonne Année!

2009-01-11T12:03:00.003+01:00

Salut! Juste un petit message pour vous souhaiter à tous une bonne année 2009...

C'est bientôt Noêl!

2007-12-10T21:38:00.000+01:00

Vivement les vacances...

Youpiii!

Les Hirondelles en action à Malley!

2007-11-05T00:19:00.001+01:00

Tonight I went to Malley to see Laure playing ice Hockey with her team "Les Hirondelles du Littoral"

They played a great game!

I heard the effort to bring in is so instense, that they switch between players every 40 seconds...

Laure is very happy, her team won 11 to 1!

We have a new family member!

2007-11-05T00:10:00.000+01:00

His name is Cali, he is 4 month old.

He's a Boxer...

His four paws are white, he's so pretty!

He likes to play "hide and seek" with his older "brother" Gizmo :-P

They find the pears very to their taste.

Micro-Tas - Paris - october 2007

2007-10-21T14:43:00.000+01:00

The micro-TAS conference was help in Paris this year!

Just besides the conference site I met Caroline and Laurent...

Every evening, we had our "meeting point" for a drink along the "canal St Martin".

The conference dinner was help in the Musée d'Orsay...

We took a lot of pictures!

Silvia too!

Here is the location of the dinner, very pretty.

Max, Remo and Eric.

Anja and Olivier.

Roald and co...

Prof. Renaud and the Philipps team.

Silvia is very happy, she has seen the glowing "Moulin Rouge"!!!

And last but not least: The magnifiscent Eiffel Tower.

Fête des Vendanges 2007, Neuchâtel

2007-10-01T18:47:00.000+01:00

Saas Fee, 18-19 August 2007

2007-09-05T20:24:00.001+01:00

If I told you I went surfing for a week-end in August?
You would surely ask me: how were the waves?
For sure isn't it?

But only 2h30 from Lausanne there is the Glacier of Saas-Fee!!!
This was the first time Remo and I did the summer snow, and I can tell you it was the best thing!!! Ok, I agree, it is a bit expensive, and not very good for the environment. But for a crazy summer week-end it was just perfect!

We had to wake up at 7am every morning, as the slopes opened from 7.30am until 1pm only!

But we had two lovely sunny days... Sooo lucky!

And after the snow, another best thing: "la fondue chinoise" at Yvan's Aunt restaurant.

For Noise Festival, 9-11 august 2007

2007-09-05T19:52:00.000+01:00

Aaaahhhh... Le fameux "Pully For Noise"... Quel bonheur ce festival! On y va en bus depuis lausanne-centre: seulement 10 minutes... et zouuuuuu: le paradis de la musique et des amis.
Tous les amoureux Lausannois de la musique s'y retrouve chaque année.

Remo et moi avons passé ces trois jours de festival avec Mumu et Aurore. On a bien rigolé :-)

Il y avait une expo sur le Punk: Mumu et Aurore s'essayent au défileur de diapos qui s'activait au son du micro... Délire!

Nous avons croisé Charles Samedi...

Nous avons aussi vu un ange sur la petite scène!

...et Thierry nous a rejoint en fin de soirée Samedi.

Basque country, july-august 2007

2007-09-05T19:43:00.000+01:00

Remo and I went SURFING for two weeks in the Spanish side of the Basque country. This place is located in the North-East of Spain. Our favourite spot was Sopelana! The waves there were so powerful that we didn't need to paddle to catch the waves!!! It was so fun!

Prior to any outgoing, we had to heat-up our muscles...

Then we take the board, and attach its leash to one of our ankle...

...and there we go: SURFING!!!!

From Sopelana, we tough we should find other spots: direction Azturias...

We did two days camping in the Playa of Rodiles... But the waves were too small, so we decided to go back to the Basque country.

We were curious about "the wave of Mundaka", so we spent two days there! But still: no waves :-(

To reach the waves in Mundaka, one must swim on the board, and reach the sand bank that you can see on the back-right...

This monastery on a small peninsula was gorgeous! It was seen on the way from Mundaka to Sopelana.

And back to Sopelana, where the waves were as cool as usual! This day the wind was very strong, and you can notice a Kyte and a Windsuf in the back!

Another view from Sopelana beach. We could see the magestuous wind mills of Bilbao in the back.

...and last but not least: beautifull sunset on Sopelana!

GRC microfluidics , 15-18 july 2007

2007-09-05T19:28:00.000+01:00

The conference was held in a ski resort in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. The place was surrounded by mountains and walking/bike trails.

We had lectures in the morning, and the evening. The afternoons were free for socializing with a big choice of leisures. The evening after the lectures, a bar was also ready for discussions with beer and wine...

I went on a journey to the top of one mountain for downhill biking... Fun :-)

The last day we had the very famous Lobster dinner of NH gordon conferences!

Boston, 13-15 july 2007

2007-09-05T19:01:00.000+01:00

Just before the Gordon conference in Waterville Valley, I paid a visit to Vincent and Isa in Cambridge... Vincent shares this lovely house with 4 other people, the house is just magnifiscent!

Mr "Casse-noisettes" paid a visit between two acorns...

We had a barbecue in the backyard...

Saturday we went to Boston to visit and do "some" shopping... Vincent gave us a very professional tour guide of the city center!

The reflection of the clouds on the skyscrappers' walls is really cool!

Boston is the greanest american big city I encountered so far.

First pictures with my new gadjet

2007-07-12T22:13:00.001+01:00

Remo and I got a new gadjet: the magnifiscent digital camera from Sony called "T100"... We just received it today, so I couldn't resist but trying it out in the beginning of the evening!!!

The views you see are from the old city of Lausanne, just at the foot of our doorstep!

And this is our building...

Open air St Gallen 2007

2007-07-08T16:39:00.000+01:00

Last week-end Remo and I were in St Gallen for the open air where Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, The Frames, Art Brut, Arctic Monkeys, and Snow Patrol were playing...

By chance we met Thomi and Fränzi! What a lovely surprise :-)

I leave you watch the atmosphere for yourself, it was simply amazing!

Fête de la bière 2007

2007-06-19T23:50:00.000+01:00

Just between Mathias Christening and the Greenfiled festival, there was... I almost forgot it:

La Fête de la bière à Ouchy-Lausanne!!!

As you probably guessed, it is a beer festival located in Lausanne, by the lake...

Peter, Alessandra, Yannick, and Jérôme were there...

As well as Serge et Flo.

We tasted a good selection of foreign beers, and had a wonderful time!

Yannick wanted a little kiss from Remo...

...and Jérôme & Peter can have serious discussions!

About good beer :-)

Finally Thierry joined us in the end of the evening.

Greenfield festival 2007

2007-06-19T22:55:00.000+01:00

Last week-end was held the Greenfield festival in Interlaken, Switzerland... The line up was impressive with The Smashing pumpkins, the Killers, Marylin Manson, Queens of the stone age, Juliette and the licks, Sonic youth, and more!

The weather was supposed to be really bad, and we faced our most dreadful nigthmare when it began to rain really when we finished to mount our camping tent!!!

But all went well as the sun showed up at the minute the first concerts started friday afternoon until the last one on Sunday evening...

Now a little presentation of our festival team:

"Remo-le-beau"

"Jaques-lesnouillesfrites"

"Fredy-le-gentil"

"Sandro-pericoloso"

...and "Aurore-on-l'adore"

This picture is supposed to show the beautiful pink sunset on the mountain while QOTSA were playing...

And here you can see the stage of a fantastic band which does not need to be presented :))

Our last night in the camping... Remo wanted to sleep under the stars, but it began to rain...

...and last but not least: foggy morning in the camping on Monday! Look how devastated the camping is :-o

Baptème Mathias

2007-06-19T22:43:00.000+01:00

On the 20th of May 2007 my godson Mathias was baptized in a Church located in Cordast (near Courtepin).

Here Mathias is playing in a basked together with his older cousins...

This was another special and lovely day!

Hiking in the Alps

2007-06-19T19:57:00.000+01:00

I know it's been a long time since I posted this blog... So here it is: on the 18th of May Remo and I went hiking in the surroundings of Champéry.

The area is called "les préalpes du Chablais valaisan", and is situated really at the border between Switzerland and France, but still in Switzerland. In winter, we go skiing there as well. The skiing domain is called "Les portes du soleil"...

The journey begins in the village of Champéry (1036 meters high), and ends at the "Pointe de la Ripaille" (1927 meters high). The weather was fantastic! We met goats and cows on the way :-)

Cows are very nice animals, as they left us generous and smelly "gifts" on our way to the top...

We crossed the "torrent de Seumon" after 30 minutes walk...

We then walked across woods and meadows, and finally arrived in our top destination...

The most amazing thing was that we went through snowy fields on the way back... in May! Really really fun day ;-)

Matthias, mon Filleul adoré!

2007-04-29T13:57:00.000+01:00

Alors voilà, il est temps que je vous fasse découvrir le nouvel amour de ma vie.

Mon nom? Mathias

Je suis né à Fribourg le 7 Juin 2006...

Ou la laaa, quel choc! :-)

Me voici avec Maman Virginie

Et là c'est Papa Stefano qui me tient les mains pour que je puisse m'essayer à marcher...

Mais qu'est-ce que je ressemble à ma maman petite, c'est vraiment fou!

Là je suis dans les bras de tonton Remo. Je dois vous faire une confidence: j'aime beaucoup sa barbe.

A bientôt pour de nouvelles aventures...

Visiting Sumita in Enschede, Netherland

2007-04-29T13:42:00.000+01:00

Last week-end, Remo and I went to Amsterdam and to Enschede in The Netherlands to visit Sumita, Tony, and Baby Tony. What a lovely week-end! The weather was marvelous, and Sumita took care of us from the beginning to the end. Baby Tony is adorable, and he is already a 7 month old little boy!

On the Saturday, we went to Enschede city market, and tasted lots of very tasty Dutch specialities, after some rest in Sumita's appartment, we went out again to a lovely Indonesian restaurant, yummy!

The day after, it was Encshede's marathon. Another very lovely day! Sumita is very organized with her Baby Tony always under her eyes :P

Goodbye Cork Party (2)

2007-03-26T15:24:00.000+01:00

Gudrun and Chritian grilling a 1kg beef steak...

Group picture

Goodbye Cork Party

2007-03-25T19:45:00.000+01:00

Last Saturday I held a barbecue party for my leaving Cork in Vincent's place... The meat was amazing, and the party lasted from 3.30pm until 2am!!! Amazing, and great memories... On this picture we see St Finbarre cathedral in the background, and Aiofe having a nap'n'chat on Vince's hamac in the garden... Thanks Christian for the picture! And Yes, as you can notice we sat on the grass as we did not have any sign of rain during the whole party... Unreal. I hope to add more pictures of the event soon.

Samedi dernier, j'ai fêté mon dernier week-end et départ de Cork sur la pelouse de Vincent avec une après-midi/soirée barbecue. Un nombre incroyable de gens sont passés, et ça a été une des plus belles sorties que j'ai vues à Cork! Voici la première photo, on distingue Aiofe allogée dans le hamac, Francine debout à droite, moi sur la gauche, et la Cathédrale St Finbarre en arrière plan. Très jolie photo de Christian, merci à vous tous!
D'autres devraient suivre très bientôt...

Message d'inauguration

2007-03-24T11:33:00.000+01:00

Welcome to this Blog...
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