PDS and Vogue Carouge v2

I think we did the same thing last year :-) Another hellish 60+ hour week passed and KK and I got home at 8 on Friday. We decided that cooking was out of the question, so we headed into Carouge to the annual Vogue Carouge. We listed to come country music (yes there was line dancing) and had some Sardines Raclette, and wine. We were spanked so we headed home to get some rest around 10:40..we are getting old ;-)

On Saturday though I headed to Morzine to meet J for a little biking and KK did a little work, took a run, and got her hairs cut. Biking was perfect..as you can see!!
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On the last run I almost exploded my tire (broke a spoke) so it was time to go. I arrived home and after a little bike work it was time to go and meet up with the GE crew at the Vogue which was a blast filled with dancing, cheese, beer, and sardines.
Mette and KK enjoying the music:

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Paul getting photo lessons from the Portuguese musician:

Jammin!

A very cool night.
Now on Sunday KK continues to grind away for the "man" and I write this. Life continues to be great and I know daily we feel blessed to live this great life..DAILY! More to come next weekend!

Chill weekend in CH....v2

After a hellish week at work, KK and I headed to Laussane to meet up with the crew to have a belated B-day celebration for Tom and Tam. KK and I headed to the Marche in the AM and then headed to LA to Jen and Jays. After a quick rendez-vous we headed over to the local wave pool and did a little swimming and then had a nice steak dinner with the crew. After dinner we went to J+Js and had some cake. (Thanks for the hospitality!)
On Sunday KK did some work and then we headed done to the lake for a nice after swim. Overall a very nice weekend with friends and chill time....and at the Marche I picked up some cucumbers to make my dad's famous bread and butter pickles..thanks dad for the recipe!


The finished goods!

Boyz VTT/DH Weekend

So like last year J, Tom, and I headed to France for a little DH biking. This year we went to Tignes and Val D'Isere for a little biking. J and Tom arrived in GE Thursday night for an early AM leave to FR. We got up on Friday ready to rock and arrived in Tignes 2 hours later ready to bike...Tom was ready to rock!



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...a GREAT day! That night we hit up some nice BBQ:


The next day started again with perfect weather and a nice b-fast:

..and it was on again.


After a few runs we headed to the glacier to do the 1000M run called Mr.Freeze. This was a mistake and we got a little lost....but got some great pics!





Tom rode the snow the best!

G on the glacier...where are we going???

After the adventure of Mr. Freeze we hit up a few more runs:




After riding all day we decided it was a good idea to do this!


After the water ramp expedition we grabbed some grub and drank a few beers.....one thing Tom didn't notice was that he had a concussion! Tom passed out and had to go take a ride to the hospital. Luckily he was OK and we grabbed him from the hospital in the AM and headed back to CH. As always and adventure with my friends. More to come- GG

WOW!!!!!! We really like Bordeaux

After another 60+ hour week it was time for a little KK+GG adventure. KK and I had purchased tickets (pre-Mrs. Gieras..we had to change the ticket) on Easy Jet to explore another little place in Euroland. Friday night we headed to Bordeaux for a little getaway. We arrived at the airport, grabbed the car, and set off to Sauternes. Sauternes is a VERY little village about 45 minutes east of Bordeaux. We had made reservations at a very chill Chateau called Chateau D"Arches (one of the Grand Cru)..we learned a little more about wine this weekend). It was dark when we arrived but the next day we woke to a nice day and this!





KK checking the quality:

After a nice little view of the place and a great b-fast it was off to Bordeaux to check the town out:




After a little shopping and food we headed back to Sauternes to rent some bikes and hit up the wineries in the area.

The first one we hit was great! Perfect French style with a the owner showing us around (all in French) and letting us taste the nice wine:



After buying a bottle it was off!

It was a perfect day for a ride and on the way I even found some local berries: (Note the 8 Euro Lotto backpack..we needed to carry wine in something ;-)

We got a reco to check out Chateau Malle where we took a tour (in French)...not a great tour but a cool place:




After a stop in town we chilled and then got ready for a great dinner at the highly reco'd Auberge Les Vignes. (Actually one of the only places within 20KM of the Chateau.

Dinner was so perfect with nice wine and food...and great company.
On Sunday the weather was not that good, but we did a little more exploring and chilling. A quick flight hour flight back and we were in GE. Overall Bordeaux is very cool and we didn't even do 1/100 of the cool things in the area including going to the beach and climbing the largest dune in Europe...or horseback riding or kayaking...or......you get the picture.... KK and I will be back soon. As always more to come!