Ah, Italy

Back in September Nicole invited me to go to her parent's summer house in Umbria. The plan was, fly into Rome and take a train, then from the station take the family car to the house in the country side. Once there, we where going to spend one day in Rome, one day in Florence, and three days chilling out at the house. This became one night of adventure in Rome (the night we arrived), and five days of total relaxation at the house...did I mention the pool...I'll get to it.

The one night in Rome is a long story, but if you have time for it you can read all about it here.

After the Rome "fun" we really needed to just relax and that's exactly what we did. Five or so days of doing nothing but hanging out by the pool, swimming, listening to music, drinking wine and talking. In a seriously beautiful house where you could look out and just see little villages and houses on other hills in the distance. The nearest grocery store was a 30 to 40 minute ride away. I loved it.

On one night we went into Perugia for dinner, an absolutely incredible city built on top of one of the highest hills in the region and dripping down the sides into the valleys. From the center of the city, so the top of the hill, you can look out of a large amount of Umbria, where we watched the sun set. Feeling a bit too relaxed I left my camera at the house. Sorry kids, hope fully these photos will be enough.

Allow me to introduce...

I have to say the number one reason I've been incommunicado is because I have been spending a hell of a lot of time with this beautiful girl right here. Nicole & I have been having a great time chilling out in Amsterdam cafes having a few drinks and laughing our asses off. This has been going on for four months now and I can safely say I'm hooked.

We met at a picnic in Vondel park and ended up being the last people hanging out at 1 or 2 in the morning. Just drinking wine and talking about music. We took a 7 day trip to Italy back in September, (I'll post about that next) and it was truly an amazing time.

out of touch

So, I've kinda of been out of touch for the last...eh... couple... few...months...damn I feel bad. I promise that I will try to change this and but a bit more active in keeping you up to date. So that said, I'm taking a page out of Brad's book and using this internet thing to help me out. I'll do my best to keep it short and interesting, you let me know what you think.

...so let get started. The first big update is.....