Saturday, November 8, 2008

HíQ afterwork, it was all about 80/90's disco/breaking culture. As usual a good show, with Swedish champions in B-dance, to complete the party!


Abeer´s 30th B-day and Halloween party! :)


Back in Sweden and the beautiful fall! Yummy brunches and nice walks with friends and family to catch up!
My mum's Princez krofne, Ola´s mum´s kannelbullar and a good cup of tea...it is good to be back!!!! :)







Steep way up to the Peak, but it is worth it! The view is breathetaking!














Early morning in Hong Kong. Half of the city seems to be in the parks, doing joint excercise classes.

Cargo Lounge at Darling Harbour. Great view, great drinks, somewhat upscale feeling but not at all pretentios. We like. :)

Market on the Rocks, not the usual Made in China market such as Paddy Markets. Here you can actually find some interesting stuff from local artists as well as some vintage.

This restaurant is particulary proud of being the spot where Prince Fredrik and Mary of Tasmania hooked up! :)














Sightseeing by bike! Guided tour with a funny Aussie (they all really are!!!) who told us stories and anecdotes as well as a lot of recent facts. 4 hours tour finished with a cold beer at the tour guides favorite pub! :) Too easy!




Amazing view from our amazing suite at Marriot. Overlooking the Hyde Park.
Arriving in Sydney and saying good bye to Bob, Claire and Carry as well some new found friends from around the world.



Hunter Valley. We got recommended to go to McGuigan cellars if we wanted to find wines not easily found in rest of the world. Had a fun wine tasting with our Connections buddies, New Yorkers Jon and Em and ended up leaving with not enough bottles of really great wine. I guess we just have to go back there again ;)





Early morning kayaking

















Watching sunset over the Myall's Lakes.






Myall's Lakes. Hiking around is quite interesting considering the types of nature you can see. Or you can just enjoy your dinner outside and get a visit from the nature, like these two possums showing up as unexpected guests ;)




Passing Coff´s Harbour, pretty town whose most famous resident is apperantly Russel Crowe. Well, we didn't see him that day but we did treat us with some Cold Rock ice cream. For those who know of American Cold Stone ice cream should know that Aussies consider Cold Rock to be the original, the idea that Yankies stole and claimed to be theirs. Very sensitive subject that is! ;)


Our little villa in BB.

Ola and Wolfgang on the adrenaline kick from the surfing...or was it beer?!






Byron Bay was all about surfing! Three hours
lesson and it was time to hit the waves...some made it looked very stylish and some were glad to actually ripp it at all ;) Verdict: We HAVE to do it again!!!! Hours fly by, ugly suit tan gets very dark, muscles sour but you don't notice anything having hilarious good time! :)









Arriving at Byron Beach! Great Beaches and sooo much better than Surfers Paradise! Bohemian atmosphere a la surfer style. Understandable why so many get "stuck" there ;)