Miami

We drove to Miami this morning, it's very warm outside, but cloudy. We got to the street close to the ocean and with kids fighting in the back seat we didn't drive around a lot to find the best stretch, we just drove in to the first public parking we could find. When we were about to pay for the parking, the guy there informed us that this part of the beach was only for naked bathing.... so after little (no) debating we carried on to the next parking lot ;o)
The beach was nice but windy, I went in (nice and warm water) but the children just played in the sand.
Then we drove to The Blue hotel, we've gone for a little splurge and are
staying at a 5 star hotel tonight. And it is certainly nice! It is maybe 35C in the pool and 28C in the air. I like it!!

Palm beach part II

We started the day at the beach in Boca Raton, 35 minutes from West Palm Beach. Lovely place, with a nice playground and a lot of palm trees!
Emelie found a coconut on the beach.















This is how (some of) the locals get around in Palm Beach...

And this is how some lucky few get to spend the winter season... imagine having a house with direct access to your speedboat :o)






After cruising around among the rich and famous, we went to Playmobile funpark, a great place to play with tons pf playmobile toys practically for free (1 dollar/person!). That place was super!












After all that fun we headed back to the hotel and went for the pool. It's been nice and warm today, but tomorrow they say we're having thunderstorms. We're packing tonight to head for Miami tomorrow morning!

West Palm Beach

Finally we made it to West Palm Beach. It's very nice, though we've only seen the hotel so far ;o) The hotel is having a grand opening (was opened in August, but tonight the official opening party is taking place) so they are serving free food and drinks! We didnt't know, so that was a good surprise.
Jens, E and N tried the outdoor pool (it's about 23C) and I hit the fitness room, it was great after all those hours in the car!!

I am determined to get in better shape before we head for Denmark, and it's improving, I don't suffer as much anymore, when I work out ;o)

Tomorrow we are going to drive to the beach in Palm Beach to play and build some sandcastles, and then we're heading for Playmobile funpark which looks like fun!

from Savannah to palm beach

Savannah was pretty! We went to a steak house right next to the hotel and met owner Toni, who had fled from Croatia during the war in 95. He served the most delicious meal, and I loved the fact that the orange slice in the water came from an orange tree in his own garden. Now we are close to the Florida border, still a long drive ahead of us.

This is an old ship that was anchored in Savannah harbor.

And with this you can get from one side of the river to the other. Cute, isn't it?

gadgets!

We are on our way after saying farewell to the great students and teachers at Pinewood Montessori. We are so thankful for the way you have cared for emelie and nikolaj. We will miss you and never forget you! Now we are in the car, and I'm playing with our new toy, a Google nexus phone. It's nice! Hopefully I can manage to update the blog frequently from it. We're on our way to Savannah Georgia and will stay there tonight. It's a long drive to Florida

Moving out!

After emptying the house, cleaning for a week (feels like ;o) and finally moving out this morning, we are now at The Washington Duke inn, relaxing after a trip to the pool. It is very nice! I could stay here for a few days if I had to ;o) The car is so full I'm afraid it will explode. I have to admit I have underestimated the amount of stuff we have accumulated in only a few months!

We will travel back with 8 big suitcases, 2 small + hand luggage... The airline people are going to love us.

Last week we tried to take a few family pics. These are some of the results...

We didn't succeed in making an actual family picture. Hopefully we can do that on the vacation!

The plan is now, to leave from school tomorrow at 1 pm, drive for 4-5 hours, take a dinner- and play break and then continue on to Palm Beach. We'll stay there for three days, and then go to Miami for one night. On Sunday 31st we board a cruise for the Caribbean. I'm starting to get really excited about it now, I've had only moving and getting ready in my head. It will be nice to be together all of us. Jens has worked too much in the US, and he is also looking forward to a lot of family time!

And now... in english!

Uha, det har visst blivit lite sparsamt med bloggandet! Men nu sitter jag på hotellet, och tänker att jag ska vara lite mer blogg aktiv på vår semester som börjar imorgon.
Nyhet är att jag kommer att skriva på engelska, då jag hoppas att vännerna på Pinewood montessori school ska följa med oss!
So, friends and family, from now this will be in english!