Today, and specially this morning, weather was cool, with some fast rain showers (typical tropical ones). So a good day for Saline beach. Beautiful green nature, also in the ocean, with quite a lot of algae ;-)
So, after an early breakfast at Maya’y to go, we went to Saint Jean. Quite a cloudy day, but still warm and pleasant!
Then, supermarket to fill the fridge correctly and back to our villa. Passing heavy showers and sun this afternoon.
Wow this time I really had a hard time to close everything on the business side :-) I have to wake up in 3.5 hours to start our (long) trip to Saint Barth. Tropical storm Emily will make the stuff more interesting, let’s see…
Will post regularly some pictures for sure.
Super excited to be able to go there again this year with my wife and son. We just need this strong get-together :-) Really had also to rest physically, just too many hours in the last months. Exciting stuff, but still exhausted…
Take care and see you on the other side!
Photos: copyright SiBarth
You remember, for about 10 days, I was explaining that we have decided to go twice to St Barth this year, as “life is too short”. In the meantime, two important persons for me just passed away extremely brutally:
This both persons had something in common: they were real profound nice and so kind guys and gentlemen, bringing love, humor, intelligence and support to other people and their family. Our current world is so full of disrespectful idiots and bastards, the mankind has not really won with these two losses…. On the other side, I am sure that all the people they have known will keep them in their heart, also as example. So do I!
So, if we would have needed a confirmation of our “life is too short”…
And this also, as a “brutal reminder” to say “I love you” to our beloved, again and again. Do not forget, it can be brutally just “too late”…
As life is too short, and after a (very) fast “family discussion” for a while, we have decided all three together that it is the right moment to return to Saint Barth a second time this year. And this, in exactly two weeks (we will arrive on August 3)!
We are all three just super mega happy, starting to prepare us for our coming stay in paradise.
It seems that the island is very green, so hopefully new perspectives for new pictures ;-)
(writing this post near our fireplace, strange cold summer here in Alsace/France…)
via Mashable
No no, I’m not entering the religion fight between the Canon and Nikon fans ;-) As you may know, I’m a happy Canon user for years now, and with the time, you get used to the interface of Canon or Nikon cameras and, if you have some good expensive lenses, you are so or so stuck with one or the other.
There are for sure some detailed differences between both brands, but generally speaking, both have very happy users since years…
What I haven’t realized, on the other hand, is the difference of size between both companies. Actually, Canon is much bigger than Nikon and is selling 4x more DSLR than Nikon! That was not clear for me, always had the impression that both are more or less of equal size…
| Nikon | Canon | |
| Founded in | 1910 | 1937 |
| Number of employees | ~ 26’000 | ~ 197’000 |
| Revenues on cameras 2008 2010 |
4.8 bn EUR 4.8 bn EUR |
12.1 bn EUR 11.5 bn EUR |
| Revenues on DSLR 2008 2010 |
2.1 bn EUR 1.9 bn EUR |
7.9 bn EUR 8.1 bn EUR |
Just received the tickets for the coming Red Hot Chili Peppers concert in Zurich on December 13, 2011.
Will be for sure super cool :-) My second concert of the Red Hot, after the one in 2006 also in Zurich!
We could have some days off end of April at Les Baux-de-Provence in South-East of France / Provence. A real nice stay actually! I finally invest the time to post-produce my photos. This time, no big equipment, just my little Canon S90 and DxO…
Ousteau de Baumanière, an excellent hotel, perfectly positioned near les Baux-de-Provence, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (which is much nicer than les Baux, too much touristic and artificial for our taste), les Alpilles, Avignon, etc. Service was really great, as the room we had. Two restaurants in the hotel, both worth a visit ;-) L’Ousteau itself which is a 2* Michelin, absolutely fantastic, and la Cabro d’Or, a 1* Michelin, which is also very interesting. We had there a “vertical” degustation menu with 10 dishes all based on different excellent local olive oils, including the dessert!
A small village in the Luberon
This region is a kind of paradise for people (like me) that likes olive oils. A lot of small producers, so many different tastes, pure happiness!
You can find the whole Baux-de-Provence portfolio here.
Yes yes yes, it is already time to think about Saint Barth 2012 ;-) Our reservations are done for the flights, villa and car, as usual beginning of June. Actually, the only way to have a chance to get *the* villa which is attracting us!
So for next winter, we have chosen a very modern villa. A quite uncommon one in Saint Barth, as we will have a direct access to a beach, Petit Cul de Sac. One of the few villas there with a beach access.
Have a look!
Already excited now :-)
All pictures are copyrighted by Si Barth, the real estate agency we are working with for our villa renting in Saint Barth.