Headed to Norway for our first international travel since the start of COVID pandemic. The occasion was the wedding for Mari & Eivind. Gave us a chance to visit my former college roommate and his wife at their summer cabin along the coast of the Oslo Fjord.
Their summer cabin was near the town of Fredrikstad which we entered on a small ferry. You could park on the outskirts of town and take the ferry instead of parking within the city limits. Great way to keep cars out of the city center.
During our time in Oslo we stayed at an older farm that remodeled one of the storage buildings into a rental house. Brown building below.
After the wedding we headed to England for a holiday in the Peak District, Oxford and Windsor.
We ended the year with another international trip to Germany for the Christmas holidays. Mostly in the Stuttgart area, but also a road trip to France's Alsace region and Heidelberg.
We stopped in Riquewihr in the Alsace for a meal and Christmas shopping.
Back to Seattle for the rest of the summer. An Urban Sketchers Seattle event at the Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park and Richard Serra's "Wake"
The Seattle Design Festival at South Lake Union...CallisonRTKL's installation called "Beat Roulette" with the help of Absher Construction. We had the most people interacting with our exhibit.
Back to the Wainscott / Wetli Farm in eastern Washington. The old farm house is off in the distance to the right of the poplar trees.
Then we spent a few nights in Heidelberg before heading back to Stuttgart.
A tribute to Pele who passed away while we were still in Germany. The greatest!
On the last day before heading back to Seattle we had cake and coffee in a small town with a beautiful castle and cloister called Bebenhausen.
Always have time as we wait for airplanes to take off.
