Vacation plans

At this time of the year body and mind ask for a rest and we start to desire to go on vacation. At work the office never sleeps, and there is always a lot to do. So, considering that my parents are going on holiday in about 15 days, Ely and I have to stay home and work until they come back. We'll close the office 15 days in August, because it's a traditionally vacation's time for everybody in Italy and in that period customers don't seek our assistance as much as they usually do. So that will be our vacation time!!

Knowing that at that time all italians will be on holiday too, we decided to avoid Italian beaches and fly away. The biggest temptation was to buy another flight for the USA (we never have enough! We love being there!), but it would have been the fourth time in a few years and so we started to look around for other interesting destinations. Among the best fliying offers, we found a very good one for Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. It's such a trendy location for a holiday, expecially now that the city has boomed with incredible buildings and has a fantastic luxury hotel choice. So, why not?!?

And here we are, on Aug, 2nd we are leaving for Dubai and we'll stay for 2 weeks. How exciting! We have never experienced travelling in arab countries, and we are really looking forward to it. We are also making plans to spend 3 days in the Sultanate of Oman, expecially in the Musandam Peninsula, where it will be possible to explore typical bedouins villages in the mountains and go sailing and snorkeling in the turquoise waters of the local fjords that outstrech towards the coasts of Iran. In Dubai, we will spend some days visiting the city with its souks and mosquees, but we will also find the time to relax on the beach or by the pools of the different hotels we will be staying at. Dubai it's also a shopping mecca, so we won't miss some of the incredible enourmous malls. The only problem will be the extreme temperatures expected for August, on an averange between 113°F (45°C)/122°F (50°C) with very high humidity. :( Oh my! It will be damn hoooooot!!!!

We are preparing sun screen and swimsuits!
Can't wait for the holiday to begin!

;)

13.06.2009 Ele and Paolo's Wedding

13.06.2009

Eleonora e Paolo's Wedding

I must admit, Ely and I haven't had much time to dedicate for blogging these last few days. Unfortunately, we also missed the June's 10 on 10, but we were celebrating our 8th anniversary spending the day in a local spa. It was a fantastic way to celebrate: we needed to take a break, have a rest and dedicate time to ourselves.

Ely has just finished a photography course and she's very happy and motivated to go on with her passion for photography. In my opinion she's very talented! She wanted to make a post and show some of the photos she took during the course on the blog. Maybe she will in the next days. Stay tuned! ;)

Our little kitty Rufus is growing fast and he's becoming nicer and nicer day by day. Sometimes he's a little too skittish and makes some mess in the house...but in general we can't complain.

The biggest event of these last few days was my best-friend Ele and Paolo's wedding on June,13th. It was a fantastic warm sunny day. Both the ceremony and the reception were fantastic. We ate sooo much and the catering was very good. Here are a selection of the photos we took.

The ceremony in the Church

The bride and me

Going to the reception

Digesting in the park

Ely playing

Last but not least...a fantastic wedding cake!

Now they are in honeymoon. Last week they were in New York City, and now they are in sunny tropical Bahamas. Next they will be a couple of days in Miami Beach before heading back to Italy. We'll wait for you, guys...keen to see all the pictures and hear all the adventure you were in.

A new addition to the family...

Last Tuesday Rufus (the cat!) chose us as his new family! How could we refuse him? We instantly fell in love. He's 45 days old and absolutely adorable. We went out for an icecream and returned home with a cat! ;)

He's a very smart cat, but also very gentle and sweet. He adores to be cuddled and, despite the first days he was hiding everywhere, now he is more confident with us and he's exploring the house. At the moment, his preferred place is our rug in front of the TV and under the sofa and his favourite game is playing with a little soft ball and with my bag (you can see it from these pictures! Funny!)

Welcome in our family, Rufus. ;)