Welcome 2025!

 Welcome 2025! 

We are celebrating the New Year at Aqua Dome in Langenfeld, Austria!

We had a wonderful New Year's Day celebration at Aqua Dome with a fine dinner and an enormous dessert buffet.

 

2024 in Review

Highlights 

• A fabulous trip to Portugal with stops in Porto, Douro Valley, Aquadome, Piodao, Coimbra, Lisbon, Sintra, and Cascais
  
• A fun winter ski vacation in Zurich, St. Anton, Innsbruck, and Langenfeld (Aqua Dome)
• Attending Alex's Graduation at Northeastern in Boston
  
• A fun trip to Kauai, for surfing, sun, and relaxation
• A fun trip to Oahu, for surfing, live music, and fun
  
• Fun, short trips to 
• Incline Village (Lake Tahoe)
  
• Attending concerts, including:
  
• Andrey Makarevich at Fort Mason, San Francisco
• Mariza at SF Jazz (fado)
  
• Pink Martini at SF Jazz
• Joe Bonamassa at San Jose Civic Center
• Attending theater and musical shows, including:
  
• Master & Margarita in Palo Alto
  
• Cirque du Soleil Kooza in San Jose
  
• Mrs. Doubtfire at Orpheum
• Miss Bennet Christmas at Pemberley in Palo Alto
  
• Tiger Style
  
• Company at Orpheum
  
• Hiking:
• Castle Rock State Park
  
• Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
• Sawyer Camp Trail
• Piodao to Foz d'Egua (Portugal)
• Eagle's View, Lagenfeld
• Snowshoeing to "Wiesle" Hut
• Dog sitting Teddy, the cute berniedoodle
  

Highlights for Boris

• Starting Skyrizi, which helped to reduce inflammation
• Purchasing and driving the 2022 Mazda Miata convertible (manual) 
• Wing foiling at Coyote Point and Crissy Field
  
• SUP Surfing on Oahu and Kauai (and buying an inflatable Honu Bondi 8'8" Surf SUP)
• Learning to play the acoustic guitar on a new Yamaha FG830
• Winning multiple USTA 3.0 & 6.0 tennis matches
• Cross-country skiing (skating) in Langenfeld
  
• Taking weekly tennis lessons with Gary Jordao

Highlights for Inna

• Visiting Cancun with Drata
• Visiting Puerto Vallarta with Lucy

Highlights for Alex

• Visiting Europe, including England, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Switzerland, and Poland
• Surfing in Costa Rica
• Learning to skate in a normal stance

Lowlights

• Inna getting Covid on her trip to Canada
  
• Inna canceling the trip to Canada

Home Improvement

• Repaired a long-standing bathroom leak (from the upstairs bathroom)

 

Gifts

We prepared the following gifts for New Year's Day in San Jose (after our return from Austria):

Boris:

• Lululemon Jacket

Inna:

• Dalmao 28" Soft Plush Sea Turtle Pillow
• Ben Nemtin: The Bucket List Journal

Alex:

• iPhone 16 Pro Max

Vladik:

• Hoka shoes