Kung Fu Training

Dear Friends and Family,

With our trip to Malaysia immanent, we have been training quite dilligently. We were also very happy to have a visit from our Kung Fu nephews, Sifu Adam Kryder and Andreas Dietsche, both on a weekend trip from Beijing.

Here is a picture of Lara practicing one of our combat sequences. Athena is having some fun trying to follow along.



Here is Julian practicing one of our sequences.



Here are Adam and Julian sparring.




And here is a picture of us at the rock park with Adam and Andreas.

Food and Stuff

Today is windy and cold so Julian and I went to the school cafeteria and shared a bowl of spicy ramen noodles.



A couple of days ago, Lara bought two-and-a-half kilos of fine Belgian chocolate. She made us some pudding. We made short work.



As I mentioned before. The kids have a few friends that they play with every day. In fact, they can be heard outside even as I write this. Here is a picture of them from my study window.



A domestic detail:

My esteemed colleagues, Tom Jones and Monarch