Weihnachten am Strand - in Hahei

Kiwi New Years Day in Pauanui

Family Photo 2014 - in El Escorial, with Grandparents

Weihnachtstafel

Kiwi Christmas ambiguity

Worship Dancing

Elena has been able to rediscover her old love for dancing: This is her second performance in a worship dancing group - is it permitted to fall in love with a woman during a church service? "Yes it is, answered Elena, "if you are married to that woman..."  - very fortunately I am.

Click here to see the worship video  : Compact version, ~ 2 1/2 min

Full / Long version of Worship Dance: 7:10 min.

Kiwi Christmas - how it's like on the Coromandel Peninsula

Aotearoa Christmas (Lyrics included) - A Kiwi Christmas:

Please click on the link below for a nice Kiwi-Christmas song: 

http://youtu.be/aSRAFe6WwLA

The real childhood!

Finally and unexpectedly our kids have discovered the Coromandel bush as a playground: Lucas and Luis have started building a hut in the depth of the hill behind us, and have com back very proud on what they have achieved. Also Felix and Daniel are building a hut, in another place. I must admit that I have seen neither of them - I should go and admire their work.
But we have accompanied the younger ones to a bathing session in one of the typical waterholes, 10-15 minutes through the bush! That is real childhood stuff, isn't it, like what we used to do, in the 70ies, and not these computer games like Minecraft, Clash of Clans and so on.

Coromandel Impressions - just a few photo impressions again

Pukeko

Landscape near Coromandel 

Coromandel West Coast

Shags on the beach 

Landscape near Coromandel

Landscape near Coromandel

Landscape near Coromandel

Bush near our house

Kauaeranga valley creek  

After a fish 'n chips meal - at Thames Warf Café

Pohutukawa tree just down the road

 

Pohutukawa blossom 

Typical Thames villa