Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from the beaches of Uruguay!

I'm currently on vacation with my family in Uruguay...on a deserted beach far, far away from anything modern like telephones or internet...so, from a cybercafe in the city of Castles (literal translation...it's like 40 km from the beach), I would like to wish everybody the most blessed Christmas (belated, hey...I said I was far away from the net!) and a great New Year! Hope you have a good time without me, hehe...

Family

We are obviously of Italian descent...can't speak without animated hand gestures :)

My Mom & I

My brother & sister-in-law

Sabbath Lunch with Family

The chefs (my uncle & aunt)....Los cocineros (zapallitos rellenos y agnolloti!!! viva la pasta!)

Vivan las ensaladas!

Denise y la "tia" Doris

Dubai moments

Mini oasis @ Dubai airport

Can you guess what this is?

Saraburi Sunflowers

"Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock. " ~Henry Ward Beecher, Star Papers: A Discourse of Flowers

Apparently, we're not the only visitors...

A Muak Lek must....sunflower fields & cameras

The shutterbugs...

Girasoles...vienen toneladas de turistas a sacarse fotos en los girasolares (?) vecinos...colectivos...autos...elefantes...maquinas de foto...todo un show...

Primo Posto del Kao Yai revisited

Love the light and lines...

Striking a pose....nothing else to do but take pictures after a great gelatto and chocolate cake...

There, now you know where to turn...can't miss it....

Primo Posto del Kao Yai revisited

The ladies breaking out into diva poses and operatic renditions (I'm not quite sure what Julie was doing :) )

The photographer photographed...

Primo Posto del Kao Yai revisited

Love the "weather station"!

Merry Christmas!

Stylish wheels...

"Born of a Woman—Atonement and the Incarnation"

That's the title of this week's Bible study guide ...

I liked how Wordle summed it up. ("Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.")

What is prominent in the text of your life?

Artsy word compilation of my latest blog entries

Thanks to Wordle

Stroll through the Chateau de Khao Yai grounds

Infinity pool (with very nice soccer field below)

Tranquillity...