Bec and I have pretty much booked our flights to come home to Gothenburg in the end of September for 2 weeks, not really as long as we wanted but it will be great anyway! We fly with Thai airways via Stockholm and arrive in Gothenburg on Sat 16 Sept for two probably hectic weeks of catching up with all my friends and family. Coming back to Aus won’t be to much fun though arriving in Melb at 8pm Mon night after a good 26h+ on the plane and then off to work the next morning…

Just got home and defrosted myself after being out kite boarding for about 1 1/2 hours, when I was packing up my feet were so cold that it hurt to walk on the concrete but it was definitely worth it! At the start the wind wasn’t very strong so I set up my 12m kite with almost full power but as the wind picked up it was getting a bit crazy with winds around 25 knots and gusts hitting 30 knots, and even after coming in to shore and depowering the kite I still produced the biggest jumps I’ve ever done and was almost scared I wouldn’t come back down sometimes (probably not very likely but anyway). It was probably about 2 months since I last went out and it was heaps of fun so bring on the winds!

Once again it’s coming up towards winter here down under and once again I’m faced with living in a city with temperatures down towards 0′C at night in a house without any type of insulation, and one little heater. Well the heater is actually really efficient, but the fact that it’s downstairs in the living room usually means that it’s nice and warm there but not really anywhere else in the house. I’ve again installed rubber weather seals around doors and windows to make the house a bit better and if we weren’t so cheap and only had the heater on in the afternoon it would probably be pretty nice in the house, but I don’t really feel confident to have a gas fire going in the house when we’re not home so investing in a little portable electrical on might be the go.

Otherwise everything is pretty good, with our one year anniversary coming up soon and we’re booked in for a night in a spa suite with dinner and a massage at Balgownie Estate in the Yarra Valley witch should be really nice. I’ve also updated the photo page with some more photos from the last couple of months, so have a look.