Keukenhof - Amsterdam

Hi, sorry it has been a while. Things have gotten very busy at work.  I am going to try to catch-up and stay up with things as we travel.  I am writing this to you as we wait for our flight in Jersey, the Channel Islands.   This trip to Amsterdam was taken in early April with Linda's mom who was with us the entire month.  While we were in Amsterdam, we visited with Karsten's parents.  I was going to be showing you pictures of the Keukenhof gardens outside Amsterdam and then I will share with you some Amsterdam pictures. Thanks for looking.  Have a great day.

The flowers are making a picture, what is it?

Color abounds!

We are in the Netherlands, here is our Windmill!

Just a very small sampling of all the flowers at Keukenhof Gardens.  It is only open a very short time every year.

Now what picture were the flowers making, the head of the Statue of Liberty.

Now for the British word. What is Monkey Nuts?  It is peanuts.

Prague In March

This is a very lovely city.  This was a very short trip.  We may go back with Jessica later this summer.  Linda will be glad to show you some of the jewelry we purchased and the new clock when we get home.  Here is your pictures of Prague.

Guard at the Prague Palace

One of the Churches on the main square.

The astronomical clock in Prague.

St. Charles Bridge built a long time ago in the thirteen hundreds.  It took 50 years to build.

This is the square where the velvet revolution took place converting the Czech Republic away from communism.

Back Again

Hello, everyone, we have started to travel again.  It has been very busy at work, so I will try to catch up.  Everything is blooming over here and it is very beautiful.  If have not heard, we have been extended until the end of January, 2010.  Linda, will be coming home for a few days in May while the major bank conversion is happening at work.  Since the last blog, we have been to Prague and we just got back from Amsterdam today.  We also have some pictures of the Gardens across the street from our flat.  Linda's mom is spending the month of April with us.  Our next word is Monkey Nuts.  What is Monkey Nuts?

I am going to start with pictures from the Gardens.

This is our wonderful little car

Here is your little lamb.  There are a lot of little lambs in the fields around us

Early flowers

More flowers

It is getting very beautiful

Even the trees are beautiful.

New Year in Paris and Christmas at Home

Hello and Happy New Year.  It was great to see a lot of you last week in Denver.  It was good to be home for a short while.  It is the first day of the New Year.  After we returned to England on Monday, we went to Paris to spend New Year's eve.  It was not like we thought it was going to be, but it was great anyway.  There were no professional fireworks and a lot of people were disappointed. We will not be travelling to much over the next couple of months.  It has been a little cold travelling lately.  Please check back but updates will be a little longer between updates. Now for the British word, what is a brolly?  It is an umbrella.  New word, what is gutties? Also if you have not heard, we are currently scheduled to be over here until the end of July.  Now for the pictures, 

 

Christmas in Denver

Slow picture while the lights where twinkling.

Tom and Linda in front of the blue Effiel Tower

What a beautiful sight.

Koln Germany (Christmas Markets)

In the middle of December, Linda and I traveled to Dusseldorf and Koln (Cologne) Germany. On one of our other adventures, we had heard about the Christmas markets in Germany.  Wow, 7 markets just in Koln.  Yes, it was cold and we had to thaw out several times, but it was a lot of fun.  We heard from others, you can take a cruise down the Rhine river to visit all the Christmas markets.  We might have to try that some time.  Now for our English word, a nappy is a diaper. What is a brolly?  Hint, you can't live without one.  Now the pictures

The cathederal in Koln.

My favorite fountain.  It is a chocolate fountain in the chocolate musuem in Koln.

The floating Christmas market

And yes, we found blooming flowers even though it was around freezing the whole time we were there.

One of the open Christmas markets in Koln.

A view from inside our hotel.

A view from our hotel room.

Our hotel room in Koln.

TSYS Christmas Party

Here is the company Christmas Party.  It is much nicer than the one in the States.

Christmas Tree right outside the Queens Hotel.  We had our Christmas party at the Queens Hotel in Leeds.

There were about 300 people there.  We had a 3 course meal and a live band for dancing

England turkey and dressing.  We also had leeks with our meal.

One of our line managers, Steve Wilson.

Linda talking to Beth.  Beth is one of our PA's, secretary in the States.

Our table before we started eating.

Snowing in Harrogate

Hello again, it is Christmas day in Colorado.  We are here for a week before we head back to England.  It has been great to see all of our friends and co-workers.  Sorry it has been a while since I posted, but things have been rather busy.  You know how it is around Christmas.  Since our last post, it has snowed in Harrogate.  Here are some pictures outside our flat.  Based upon what my colleagues told us, I worked from home that day.  One of my colleagues told me her commute normally takes about 20 minutes, that day it took 2 1/2 hours.  I am glad I stay home to work.  Snow over there almost shuts the city down.