Monday 30 March 2009

Pip's Cancun Adventure

Hey all,
As you can see from the pictures, its the estranged Canadian relative blogging! Just wanted to post a couple of pictures to show that my Cancun trip wasn't all partying but really more of a cultural learning experience... or maybe a bit of both! These were taken at Chichen Itza, one of the new wonders of the world, just a couple of hours outside of Cancun!
Hope all is well with all!
Love
Pip

Sunday 29 March 2009

Spring has arrived !

Our New purchase ! After much deliberation in these "tricky" times, we have been brave a bought a rental apartment ! A lovely two bedroom ground floor unit in "monte do Balaia"
Pools, tennis and within easy walking distance from the beach, we hope that getting it at a good price now pay´s off in the future. We will holiday rent it over the next two years to see what income it can make and then maybe if this doesn´t work out we have the option to long lease it. as the Portuguese say "Vamos Ver" Let´s See !!!!
ANY RENTEE IDEAS WOULD BE APPRECIATED:)


Greenland from above, 38,000 feet above to be exact !!!!
Enroute to Calgary, for a quick (3 day) skiing trip with a buddy in Banff. Twas chilly but not as cold as two weeks previous, they were at minus 40 !!!! Me thinks at this temperature I would do continuous loops in the gondolas !!!! More Pix to follow, awaiting from buddies camera !!


Boy´s and their Toy´s !!!
After much deliberation (3 sec´s) we ahve bought the boy a Mini Quad (50cc) for his vast improvement over the last months of his english and portuguese reading.
He was very cool with whole idea, until he found out that it crept forward at every given chance (automatic box), but after a few hours he´s flying along with me struggling to keep up !!!!! (please note we did turn him around before firing her up (pool bound))


The spring shot !! Almond and orange blossom filling the air with the most wonderful aromas. The wet mutt counter acting that slightly, but you cannot have it all !
Out for a Sunday afternoon wander with the family before our friends come round for BBQ.

Love to all,

Chip and Co I hope you enjoyed the snow too, Bev I hope you are having a great time in China, Jamie How´s the Lilo?? Heidi have a great time with the folks.

Love from the Portuguese clan !!!!
Jamie, Clare, Max, Jessie, Kitty and
Pablo.

Saturday 28 March 2009

Kate

Thinking of Kate on her birthday and remembering all those Father Christmas appearances...
Love from Chip, Dara, Pip and Tim xxxx

HAPPY TIMES....AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE...89 YEARS AGO CAN YOU BELIEVE ?

ALL OUR LOVE PETE PAUL AND FAMILY...
WE KNOW WHO'S LEFT HOLDING THE BABY...BUT WHO'S THE BABY ?

Friday 27 March 2009

On The Piste




We broadcast the shows from the Montreal studio last weekend which gave us the chance to grab a couple of days skiing (sorry, Tim, I mean boarding) on Mont Tremblant, a couple of hours north of Montreal. Perfect weather, good snow and uncrowded pistes...and good cross-training for the Boston Marathon which is now less than 4 weeks away. We also had a chance to see more of Montreal with Tim and to travel twixt Toronto and Montreal by train, which was fun. Love to all, C,D & T (P.S. Pip: time for you to post a pic from your Mexico trip!)


Tuesday 24 March 2009




HI ALL..... HOPE THINGS ARE GOOD WITH EVERYONE.... I HEAR BEV LOOKS SHATTERED ! ! ! THE PENALTY OF BEING A JET SET GRANNY..HUH ?


SO CHIP AND CO ON THE SKI SLOPES IN CANADA AND JAMIE R AND MATE ON SKI SLOPES IN BANFF ..YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE GOT TOGETHER ..ITS ONLY ONE MOUNTAIN RANGE SEPERATING THEM ! ! !


SO WE FEEL JEALOUS AND WENT OUT FOR THE DAY.... PRESENTING YOU WITH A TEASER...... WE LEFT NORTHAMPTON IN A NORTH EASTERLY DIRECTION TO VIEW A CATHEDRAL CITY..AND ON THE WAY WE SMELT PORK PIES......TWO PIX TO HELP YOU OUT.... ANSWERS AS NORMAL ON A POST CARD TO ......




LOVE PETE AND PAUL. PAUL LEAVES FOR INDY ON MONDAY NEXT. X X X

Sunday 8 March 2009

AZAMARA JOURNEY CRUISE FEB '09.








PETE AND PAULS CARIBBEAN TRIP. 1. ST. JOHNS.US VIRGIN ISLANDS.PARADISE.
2. WHERES THIS THEN CHIP ..ANYBODY ?
3. IS THIS JAMES BOND ? WELL ITS CRAIG ! ! !
4. GIRLS WE FOUND GROWING IN THE BRITISH
VIRGIN ISLANDS...
LOVE TO ALL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JORDON.

Happy 12th Birthday, Jordan ....



........ moving quite naturally into the obligatory guitar-playing stage of his life!