Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Having an icecream
My visit in Munich was blessed with the best and the warmest weather possible. Icecream cravings abound :)
In front of Sven's favorite water fountain in Munich.
This fountain is called Wittelsbacherbrunnen and is located at the Lenbachplatz. Apparently, the fountain is named after an aristocrat "Wittelsbacher" who's name is often seen in Munich and Bavaria.Sven
On Tuesday evening, my friend Sven took me on an evening walk through Munich after dinner, starting at the old downtown through the Hofgarten, the English garden and the western neighborhoods,
Lederhose and Dirndl
Somehow, to me, the word Dirndl sounds very Germanic, but also very very Bavarian.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
At Naxos
Arrived today at Naxos by plane from Athens. Waiting for my ferry to Schinoussa, the nearby island where we'll do the swims. This morning, I walked around the Akropolis and Agora. It was just incredible to see what ancient greeks did.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
More flowers
They are so bizarre looking, but I'm starting to like them a lot lately... Their color, their texture, their angles. They are really interesting!
The dog park
The little street behind my building has been the spot for Himi and I to go every morning. It's full of blooming wild flowers right now. We'll surely miss this park when we move in a couple of weeks...
The cove
I swam in the cove Sunday after at least a four month hiatus. The water is still below 50 degrees so it was not comfortable at all, but the exhilarating rush is incredible as I remembered.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Dolphin club swim
It's been a long few months, but I've finally returned back to the club for a swim today. I was right! Even at 53 degrees, I was very very cold... But glad I did swim :)
Friday, March 7, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Driving to walnut creek
The funny thing is that, by the time I arrived in Walnut Creek Pool, the sun was shining, and during my 1 hour workout, I got a little bit of a tanline!!!!To swim, then to visit my girl who's been staying with Rich during the open house period.
So after our swim at Clambake, we were HUNGRY!!! We decided that we needed to get something in our stomachs really really fast. The first thing we saw that was reasonable was a Chinese buffet; knowing that it can be awful, we drove into the restaurant... while it was not a gourmet Chinese restaurant, the food hit the right spot in our stomachs ;-) Jason here gulping down the food like I was on the other side of the table.
Mori at the pool... For the first time in my life, I received a 1st place award! It was the first place award in 400IM - I didn't check, but I believe I was the only person in my age group who competed in 400IM, so of course, it would have been natural... but I have to give myself some credit to swimming an event most people hate ;-) The 400IM wasn't easy... but I'd say it was easier than the 200IM since you can take it really slow at the beginning during the butterfly. Also, I received two other 2nd place awards in 500 free (swam backwards) and 1,000 free.
