looking forward....

to scenes like this:

and this:

and this:

just the highlights

the highlights of mathilde's trip to manila...in pictures:

there were beautiful sunsets:

picturesque boats:

searching for shells at waters' edge:

is she really only 13?

amazing sandcastles (we didn't make this)

fresh coconut drinks:

more searching for special shells:

a tattoo?

(don't worry, it's henna and will wash off in 2-3 weeks)

turning down lots of modeling offers:

and a close-up of the tattoo

in between all these were wonderful desserts, tender steaks--including a wagyu beef (OUT of this world), shopping, new shoes, looking at handbags, manicures, pedicures, spa treatments, sunburns, snorkeling with tropical fish and coral reefs, rides in pretty green cars and little houses given away in business class on KLM. in short, a wonderful trip. 

what IS that thing?

seen in a bakery window in hamburg:

i didn't try them, but whatever they were, they were usually gone by the end of the day.

sailing away

we're off to oslo late this afternoon. write lots while i'm gone!

home on saturday morning.