now that i'm finally back home with unlimited access to the internet i guess i should update the blog. since the last entry, we've been tennis-stars chasing at roland garros, night-cycling and walking around paris, catcing live-music action in damp n dark Irish pubs, paragliding, camping and trekking in Chamonix, France (where Mont Blanc is!!), hopping over to Sweden; Stockholm, the surrounding Swedish Archipelagos and Nyoping.
of course this all includes eating our way around, you cant hunt, fly, camp, trek or canoe without good food can you? and from recent experience, even the smallest of islands ( 2km by 5km approx) hold fantabulous restaurants.....

finally meeting nadal in the flesh was electrifying, it was a total coincidence that we walked into his training slot. (The Spaniards never looked better than in the form of Nadal). Janice obviously managed to get her way once again, not just with one cap signed, but TWO! but of course it was also because he was very nice n obliging as well....sigh..sighhh....

then there was the night that only evania and I were home. decided to discover Paris by night, taking the Saint Michel route down by the river to Notre Dame. T'was a gorgeous evening, watching various groups of people taking up their spots by the river, dancing to the music of a live-fiddler on one end and a boombox on the other. also the groups of friends drinking wine and eating cheeses, laughung together in their tight circles.

ev and i, 2 chinese girls whizzing by on road bikes illicited quite a few looks as well. i guess it was a visual inter-cultural exchange of sorts.

next along teh river was a pleasant suprise, a gang of acrobatic rollerbladers who were perfrming the most amazing tricks with speed n grace, sure wish i could be as agile.
emerging fr the tunnel we caught sight of a very beautifully lited up back view of Notre Dame, Paris sure spends a tons on her electricity bills!