Wolfgang's first birthday!

On 24 February, Wolfgang turned one. We had a small celebration at home with a "Winnie the Pooh Baby Cake"! To our surprise, Wolfgang had a piece of cake and seemed to enjoy it, as he covered his face with it and was smelling of butter after that.

Nirmala and Tom also went on a weekend near Chiang Rai (Golden Triangle, i.e. the border area where Thailand, Burma and Laos meet) recently to celebrate Tom's birthday earlier in February, leaving Wolfgang in the good care of Raquel. One of the attractions of the hotel was the elephant sanctuary, where elephants are looked after by their mahouts (trainers) instead of working in busy cities. An elephant walk is possible and we enjoyed one of the last cool weekends of the year to do just that!

Now that Wolf is 1 year old, he also started going to a nursery here in Bangkok (they only accept children of 1 and older). So far, he seems to be enjoying it!

Western Australia! Margaret River & Perth

Dear readers,

We recently went on a short holiday to the region around Margaret River, Western Australia (in the South-West to be precise). We stayed in a chalet in Yallingup Forest, near the coast. The region around Margaret River is now a well-known wine region, that was only developed since the late 1960s. It is now home to several premium wine producers. We, of course, went to a few of them for a lunch and tasting. The region has more to offer, including a limestone cave, great beaches and wildlife. We were hoping to see kangaroos and were not disappointed! We same them almost every day at dusk near the road and we also did a sunset kangaroo tour with a local guide, Neil McLeod, who showed us around on his massive farm where lots of kangaroos live in the wild. We spent the last 2 days in Perth, the capital of WA and the most isolated city of its size in the world we were told. Wolfgang also had a good time as you can see from the pictures above.