13. May 2010 10:54
by Rene Pallesen
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Last night we went to the Sydney Opera House to see the ballet Coppelia with The Australian Ballet.
It may be the last time for a while that Kim and I get the chance to go and see a performance together for a while.
It was a great show and I can highly recommend it...the story is nicer and easier to follow than The Nutcracker. Coppelia herself doesn't dance much (she is a doll), the story line if mainly centered around the other characters in the story...no one dies (come on...it is not an opera). It is just a nice love story where the right people get eachother in the end.
Yesterday we went to Chris and Yvonnes wedding. The wedding itself was a traditional catholic wedding held in one of the churches in North Sydney.
Kim was having a bit of a cold so to save herself (and the baby) we
decided that I'd go to the wedding ceremony alone representing both of
us. Chris asked me if I'd video the ceremony using his new camera...I hope it turned out alright as I'm not all that familiar with taking video. I did manage to take a couple of photos (using my spare hand) during the ceremony.
Later in the evening the reception was held at Wolfies at Circular Quay at the Rocks in Sydney. After resting in the morning Kim was fortunately able to join me at the reception. It was a really nice evening and we got a change to meet some of their friends who'd flown in from the US.
During the evening the photographers did a slideshow with some of the highlights from the wedding.
Needless to say that I was pretty hung over the next morning. I didn't take a lot of photos, but above you see a couple of the ones I did take.
27. April 2010 11:17
by Rene Pallesen
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27. April 2010 07:32
by Rene Pallesen
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This long Anzac weekend we drove up to Hunter Valley with a couple of friends.
Meeting up there we planned what wineries we were going to. Sasha had a couple in mind which was perfect as they were some Kim and I had never been been to before.
The first place we stopped was Petersons...Joanne wanted to pick up some pink bubbly stuff (pink champagne). They have some wines there without preservatives which are really nice.
On the way from one of the other places we drove past a new place called Noonji...sounded japanese and it was a new one, so we had to have a look at what they were doing.
They had just opened up for tasting recently and as soon as we walked through the door we could tell that this husband and wife were doing things differently. We were welcomed and were told that this was table tasting, so we all sat down at the table.
This was really good since it enabled us to taste five different vintages simultaneously (In other places you taste one vintage at a time). The prices were reasonable and they had a pretty good discount if you bought a case, so Kim and I ended up buying two cases of wine from here.
After this we did some more sightseeing and tasting before we drove back to sydney.
On the way back we stopped at a petrol station and someone has this cool car parked there.
26. April 2010 10:05
by Rene Pallesen
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