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The fifth night
… was awesome! Oskar slept! He slept! Oh my god: my boy slept through the night! I am so happy! YES! Oskar slept the full night! After 4 sleepless nights plus frequent crying, I'm hopeful we go back to...
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Boys night out
In the morning we once more dropped by the office to close our Belgian accounts at the company branch of the ING bank and say hi to some of our old colleagues. This time we had Oskar with us, and he...
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Brussels
I have many friends in Belgium and I feel like being an ass that I did not manage to see at least the majority of them while staying here. In fact, I’ve only met a few. I thought that I would be able...
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Back in Paris
A long drive in shitty weather, with shitty traffic and night falling. Clearly not my favorite. But we made it okay to Joy and Yann’s place. We put Oskar, who was sleeping in his car seat, in the...
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Brest
The flight to Brest went quite well. As well as it can be when they forget to ship your stroller and car seat, that is. But that’s not such a big deal after all: they had a loaner car seat for Oskar at...
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Sitting Oskar 3
And another one: Looks like the first step is always just perfect for his height to sit down.
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Coffee break
I just like this photo that I took of the family while warming up after walking in downtown Brest. Photos taken with an iPhone and edited in Snapseed.
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Maman is #1
Oskar has overcome his jet lag and the change of environment panic by now. What is not different versus Singapore is the separation anxiety. This means that to the dismay of his grandparents he is...
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Faces
Maman is at the hairdresser this morning, so Oskar and I had lots of quality time together. And what do I do when I have quality time with my son? I take photos. So here a dramatically reduced...
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Sitting Oskar 4
Okay, this is the same location as the one here, but I took this one with my DSLR, not my iPhone, and the result is sooo much better…
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An afternoon in Quimper [Update]
In the afternoon Lamia, Oskar, Nagi and I drove to visit Elie, Houda, Jad and Daad in the area of Quimper. On the way there we quickly passed by Armor Lux to check for clothes – I did not find...
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Lunch at La Butte
Today is our last full day in Brittany – tomorrow we’ll fly to Germany. We closed the French week with a delicious lunch at La Butte, a restaurant we have fond memories of…
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Photos by Philippe Decressac
Just like last year, we all are committing to not giving Christmas presents among the adults. The fact that we all are together is enough of a present. So I was surprised when Fely and Nagi approached...
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Look at that happy smile
We have arrived in Germany. The trip from Brest to Stuttgart via Paris was not eventful, but it was damn long after all: we left Brest around 11 am and we arrived at my parents home just before 8 pm....
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Porsche Museum Stuttgart
I’ve been to the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart twice before – once with Lamia. It’s a great place to visit and it arguably makes sense to take a first time visitor of Stuttgart there. We still took...
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Big sausages
Today is already the last day of the Christmas market in Ludwigsburg, so after the Porsche museum we drove to Ludwigsburg to enjoy this small and cozy Christmas market. A Christmas market is always...
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Japanese dishes
A little guest present for my parents: original plates and bowls from Japan.
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Pig climber
When Germany won the World Cup I wanted to order jerseys of die Mannschaft, too. I know what you think: those bloody fake fans who only get the merchandise when the team wins something and don’t care...
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