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• Play and rest

  29Jul
  Categories: Beijing 2006-2009 Comments: 0

  

  Max with friends at the playground.

  

  Climbing, jumping and running around.

  

  A few seconds of rest and Linda manages to take a picture…

  

  … and through all this Sam is sleeping.

  Tags: Max, Sam, Timmy

• Max and friends

  29Jul
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  After a night with rain and thunder the temperature drops and we all venture out to enjoy the playground at Park Avenue.

   

  Timmy and Max have a lot of fun jumping around.

  

  Anne is a bit more careful.

  

  Snack time for the kids and as usual everybody else’s snack is more tasty! Everybody is sharing!

  

  Max got a blue eye but is just as happy as always!

  

  Max has a last go on the playground before we walk home.

  Tags: Max, Timmy

• Beat the heat

  23Jul
  Categories: Beijing 2006-2009 Comments: 0

  

  Early play in Chao Yang Park´s sand-pit.

  

  Max loves jumping and running around….

  

  Max insisted on going on the train before we walked home.

  

  Max and Timmy at the indoor sand-pit at “The Place”

  

  A favourite… the balloon room at “The Place”

  Tags: Max, Timmy

• An afternoon in Beijing

  20Jul
  Categories: Beijing 2006-2009 Comments: 0

   

  What do you do when it is too hot to go outside….

  Well, you stay indoors until it has cooled down….

  

   

  You play with cars…

  

  

  

  or take a nap…

  Tags: Britt, Linda, Max, Sam

• Tokyo

  18Jul
  Categories: Mickes Travel Comments: 0

  

  On my way to Tokyo for a few days….

  

  View 1 from the hotel room

  

  View 2 from the hotel room

  

  Why eat sushi when they have T.G.I.F.??

  

  At Shinagawa station – a lot of people passing by every morning.

  Tags: Other

• The different faces of Beijing

  16Jul
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  Part of Beijing skyline looking south. The TV tower and the new WTC Tower is standing out.

  

  TV tower close-up as it looked in mid March. The work has progressed a lot since then, but it is still not finished…

   
  Palm Springs a cold winter day.

  

  Part of Beijing skyline looking north over Chao Yang Park.

  

  Roof tops in Beijing.

  

  Hutong area close to 4th ring road.

  

  The hutong areas are getting fewer and fewer as the building of the “modern Beijing ” is progressing

  Tags: Other

• Tex-Mex birthday party

  16Jul
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  Last weekend we went to a birthday party. Max friend Davis turned 4 and invited us to a Tex-Mex party.

  

  Great food and lots of games.

  

  Everybody got a shot at the piñata. Max was a bit doubtful….

  

  But did not mind to pick up the candy that fell out!!!!

  Tags: Max

• Hard Rock Cafe in Beijing

  12Jul
  Categories: Beijing 2006-2009 Comments: 0

  The wait is over… Hard Rock Cafe has now re-open in Beijing after a few months of renovation. The “new” cafe is much better than the old one…

  

  Here we have Linda – she was the one that suggested that we should go here today. 

  

  Max enjoys the dessert – Vanilla Milk Shake. His father ordered this for himself – but as you can see Max loves it…

  
  Here we have Britt and Sam. This is the first visit for Sam at Hard Rock cafe. He slept through it…

  Britt on the other hand enjoys a hot fudge sundae.

  

  Finally – Micke and Max shares the Milk Shake

  Tags: Britt, Linda, Max, Micke, Sam

• Cars in Beijing

  12Jul
  Categories: Beijing 2006-2009 Comments: 0

   
  This is the only place in Beijing were you can find luxurious cars right now…

  There is a new policy that bans all government cars in Beijing right now ( to improve the air for the Olympic Games). The consequence is that we can’t see any BMW 760iL, Mercedes S500, S600 or Audi A8L, A6L on the roads right now….

  Can all of these cars be owned by the people of the Government??

  Tags: Other

• IKEA

  10Jul
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  Max at IKEA eating a hot dog.

  

  If you are a IKEA Family member you can get a good discount on the Swedish vodka.

  

  Back home again with the “necessities”….

  Tags: Max

• Things to do indoors

  08Jul
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  When it is too hot to go outside it is time for play-doh.

  

  Max likes to count and is counting everything he sees. Earlier he counted only in English but surprised us yesterday by counting to ten in Swedish as well.

   

  Lego is fun as well and lately it is space shuttles that are most popular.

  

  Sam is not too impressed but is hanging in there like a good little brother.

  Tags: Max, Sam

• Max and his new hat

  08Jul
  Categories: Beijing 2006-2009 Comments: 0

   

  Hats are important to Max and he has his favourites…. But after I put his current favourite in the wash he accepted a new one….

  

  And even if it is a bit big we might have a new winner!

  Tags: Max

• A walk in the park

  08Jul
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  A Sunday in the park. After weeks with hot and humid weather it has rained and cleared up. Good time for a walk in the park.

  

  Our boys are definitely at different stages in life. One is contemplating in the stroller the other one is running around and never stops…..

  

  Tags: Max, Sam

• Visa photos

  07Jul
  Categories: Beijing 2006-2009 Comments: 0

  As a foreigner we need to have visas to be able to stay here in China. We have visas for all of us except for Sam – so we needed to get one as soon as possible… But you need a photo (or actually 2 photos) to be able to apply for the visa. How do you get a 6 weeks old boy to open his eyes on command?

  
  Here we have the first try…. As you can see he is very happy! He didn’t like to wake up and to see a lot of flashes from the camera.

  What are you doing to me????

   

  15th try??? This one should work. His eyes are open – great!

  Tags: Sam

• Looking for a new apartment

  05Jul
  Categories: Beijing 2006-2009 Comments: 0

  Today we started the hunt for a new apartment here in Beijing. Why?? We are now 4 persons so our current apartment is getting too small and also – we would like to move to the Lido area… Lido is closer to Max new school and to my new office. If I have the time I might be able to take the bike to the office but that will most likely not happen…. I have too many good excuses…

  Apartments.. We looked at 5 different apartments today…

  

  This picture is from the first apartment… The layout was not so good and the kitchen counters were only 80 cm high…

  

  Max is trying out the floor – dirty….

  

  Second apartment… The layout was much better than the first one but look at the lamps… Another strange thing that Britt could not accept was that the kitchen counters blocked the kitchen door and in the bath room the shower door collided with the toilet… Strange arrangements….

  Now we are on the 27th floor in the 3rd apartment for the day. Very nice view but look at the windows and you might see how dirty they are.

  

  If you look at the floor you will see how dirty the apartment is. This must be one of the dirtiest apartments that I ever have seen

  

  We found it!!! Great apartment… It has 4 bedrooms and the size is 294 square meters. Good layout and a nice open kitchen. Also – the furniture are from the store were we planned to buy furniture for our new apartment -so that makes it even better. Lets see if we can get this one…

  

  After a very long day out looking at apartments Sam takes a nap on his daddy’s shoulder…

  Tags: Other

• First post from Windows Live Writer

  02Jul
  Categories: Beijing 2006-2009 Comments: 0

   

  Picture of Max

  Tags: Max

• New blog site

  02Jul
  Categories: Admin Posts Comments: 0

  Welcome to our new blog site! Everything is not yet up and running but we are working on it…..

  Most pictures are still located at blogger.com…..

  Tags: Other