OAK66: August 2007

Monday, 27 August 2007

Kiel Weekend

We had a great weekend in Kiel and took loads of pictures.
Hope you enjoy
Kiel is a city and the capital of the northernmost German Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein and located on the eastern side of the base of the Jutland peninsula off the south-east corner of the Baltic Sea. Located on the Bay of Kiel at the head of the Kiel Fjord, the Baltic city has been one of the country's main naval bases since the 1860s, a center for German shipbuilders, and the eastern terminus of the Kiel Canal, located to the north of the city at 'Kiel-Holtenau'[1] a former naval air base now incorporated into the city and used as an international airport. A renowned university, the University of Kiel (established 1665), is located in Kiel.

Kiel is famous for its sailing events, including Kiel Week (German: Kieler Woche), the biggest sailing event in the world. In 1936 and 1972, when the Olympic Games were held in Berlin and Munich respectively, the Olympic sailing competitions were held in Kiel-Schilksee.[1] The largest local newspaper is the Kieler Nachrichten. It had a population of 232,340 as of 31 December 2006.

Thursday, 9 August 2007

Trip to Southampton

This is a picture of Ewan with his new hat which he subsequently lost. Emma thinks he looks like a cowboy in this one.

This is Ewan on the train at with his mum and aunty elisa. granny was taking the picture and a good day out was had by all (apart from mum losing her sunglasses)

This is Ewan with his Great Granny, who has not been well over the last few months but is starting to pick up.

This is Great Granny and Granny. We really like this picture, just a pity emma was not in there as well to have 3 generations.
This is ewan with his aunty Elisa who has just come back from 2 weeks in the USA where she went whale watching among other things.