Wednesday, January 1, 2025

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. Doutbtfire 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 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



 


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