Peter comes to town

<-- a nice walk on Sunday

no walk is complete without some rock throwing. -->

Peter stopped here on the way home from a work trip. I picked him up Friday afternoon. We had to drop off Ollie. School had a fancy dress day for Carnaval. He went as Spiderman, no surprises there. After lunch and a walk, it was not long before we had to pick up Ollie again, who was pretty excited!

It was a nice lazy weekend. Saturday we visited Cagnes Sur Mer castle, and St Paul de Vence village. Sunday we walked along the sea side. It was about 15 C, about 15 more than snowy Munich.

It was nice to have family visit. We finally bought a sofa bed. We are set up for visitors now, hint, hint.


<-- haven't left the burbs yet: still in Cagnes sur Mer

Milano

<-- Jelena, Marie, Danilo

Ollie, Anna Maria, Louis -->

Marie has been speaking with her cousin Jelena in Milan. Finally it stopped snowing enough for it to be safe to visit. 120 odd tunnels, and 4 hours driving got us there without getting lost (thanks GPS, sorry Steve and Ang).
Had a great weekend with family we'd never met. For Marie, it felt very homely. They spoke Croatian the whole time. We drank Sambuca, plum brandy, the delicious mystery nut liquor, and wines. Marie drove. We ate too much.
Anna Maria and Josipa entertained the boys, and spoilt them with toys. The boys really enjoyed themselves.

Snow!

3 weeks ago, we had a tiny bit of snow. No-one knows how to cope with any kind of snow here. It's a mass panic. Everyone at work explained that last time, the trucks got stuck on the freeway in the snow for 2 days or so, before they could dig them out.
I got a cold from the boys, so have been catching the bus. One fellow at the bus stop eventually told us there were no buses today. They cancel them in case they get stuck. So I went back home, got the car, took Ollie to school, and Louis to daycare. At work half the people came in very late too. At 2pm I got a call to get Louis asap as it was still snowing. So got to go home early, and all for naught really, since the snow melted immediately on the ground. Yesterday was about 15-16degrees.