22 juli, 2018

Chicago: family visit - July 6-8

We all were very excited to visit Gauthier, especially my mom and Rob since they had not seen his apartment yet. He lives on the 50th floor and the views are to kill...
He has two roommates with whom he gets along very well. They go out and travel together. As a matter of fact, they are at the biggest electronic music festival in Belgium now, Tomorrowland.

Friday afternoon was filled with soccer. We were all looking forward to see the soccer game of Belgium against Brazil in the semi-finals of the World Cup. What an atmosphere... we couldn't be happier with a win: 2-1... we felt lucky and grateful! We also watched the game of England.
That evening,  we took the water taxi for a good hour and did some sightseeing.

On the sunny Saturday afternoon, we enjoyed a bike ride along the Lakefront trail. at night, we took the water taxi for a good hour and did some sightseeing. 

The day after, Serge and I went for an early morning swim in the outdoor pool. The Jacuzzi was a nice feature to enjoy as well, especially with the spendid view in the background.
Afterwards, we had a short walk through Millennium Park to visit the Bean (again... don't really know how many times I have seen it). In the afternoon, we enjoyed playing pétanque inside the Optima building.

That weekend ended with a nice dinner in the P.F. Chang with our youngest son Rainier. Here are some pics from our amazing family trip:

















03 juli, 2018

Leave Only Footprints...




To the most clean and beautiful beaches I have ever seen...


Panama City beach is known for having the World's most beautiful beaches. There is a reason why they deserve to be called that way:

"Leave no trace" ordinance was issued in 2012 and basically means that anything you bring to the beach with you should also leave the beach with you between 7 pm and 7 am. These items include but are not limited to tents, chairs, toys, umbrellas and coolers. This ordinance is currently in effect and is active year-round.

Spring Break 2019

1/3: The guided tour of one hour of the Pentagon in Washington DC was a little boring. Our group was quite large, and the one and a half m...