Gift from friends

Pingu and Pinga received a packet from their friends in Tokyo today. They became very happy with the thoughtful gifts they got. Nice friends are important!

Autumn has come

Trees outside our place had their leaves turned red and it looks and feels like autumn now. Temperature this morning was 12 centigrade.

Sunday dinner

Pingu and Pinga were invited to their friends place. They had very nice dinner and apple pie. They talked about many things during and after the dinner.

Sushi dinner

These are the sushi Pinga made. They were tasty.

Fish wagon

Pinga is going to make sushi so Pingu and Pinga went to a market to buy fish.

Zzz...

Pingu was out with friends so Pinga and I were taking it easy. Pinga's leg became a perfect pillow.

Landed in Geneva

Pingu went on yet another business trip. He is now in Geneva and will only stay 24 hours.

Home again

Pingu picked me up from the hotel today. I was lonely so I use all the possibilities I get to be petted.

Pingui chocolate

Pingu found this chocolate at a supermarket. Pinga decided to buy one. It's being saved as an emergency food for traveling so they still have not tasted it.

Waiting by the river

Pingu and Pinga have an hour left before they leave for the airport. Right now they are resting in the shadow next to the Danube.

Inside of the cathedral

This is the inside of the cathedral. There were many tourists. It looks very nice and it is only 100 years old.

St. Stephen's Basilica

Pingu and Pinga checked out of the hotel and then went for a walk.They passed this beautiful cathedral and went in.

Gyros for dinner

After going to natural hot springs, Pingu and Pinga went to have gyros. It was tasty and Pingu was extra happy with fanta lemon.

Heroes square

When walking back to the town center they crossed this monument at heroes square. Pinga thought of Berlin when she saw it and the big wide street that lead up to it.

A walk in the park

Pingu and Pinga went with the metro to the big park in the north eastern part of Budapest. They are right now lying down and resting.

Japanese TV

Pinga is watching Japanese TV program about the new government. It's a bit too complicated for Pingu.

Evening cruise

Pingu and Pinga went on an evening cruise on the Danube river. It was beautiful with the lit up buildings and bridges.

Central market

Pingu and Pinga went to the central market. It's three stories and hosts many many shops. Pingu bought a beer sausage at one of the meat shops.

Italian dinner and dessert

Pingu and Pinga had an Italian dinner. Pasta dishes they had were very tasty. For dessert Pingu had this tiramisu in a cup and Pinga had a warm chocolate cake with cherries and mascarpone cream.

Crossing the Chain bridge

It was quite sunny and hot today so they stopped several times to rest. Here on the way back across the chain bridge.

Budapest palace view

Pingu and Pinga walked and walked. Finally they reached the top of the palace hill and had this view of the chain bridge and the Pest side.

Hungarian lunch

Pingu and Pinga started the trip with a lunch by the river. Pinga's choice of cabbage roll tasted better than Pingu's paprika chicken. They shared so Pingu was happy too.

Leaving for Budapest

I'm at a cat hotel and Pingu and Pinga are at the Copenhagen airport. Their flight will soon leave for Budapest.

Pinga asparagus rolls

Pinga made her exquisite asparagus rolls again. Yummy! Note Pinga's cute t-shirt.

Rönnbär Close up

Pinga is hoping her friends would tell her what this tree is called:)
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Thanks to Pinga's colleague, she found out what this tree is. It's called "rönn" in Swedish. In English it's "rowan" or "European rowan." It has red berries in fall and it can be eaten by birds and also by humans. As they are very bitter, it's inedible fresh for people so they make jam and eat.
日本語ではナナカマドという木だそうです。

Rönn=Rowan=ナナカマド

Pinga was walking back home from work and passed by this tree with red berries. Red looks like an autumn color but the weather is still pretty good.

Long way home

Pingu is on the way to LAX and on back home to Sweden. He misses Pinga and me. Pingu come home!

Parrrty!

Pingu and his friend attended a birthday next door. It was fun and there was of course some movie industry talk being in LA and all. It got quite late and Pingu is really tired now the day after.

Saturday afternoon

Pinga was at home taking it easy. She was using a blanket so I was on it. Nice peaceful afternoon. Zzz...

Good looking California cats

Pingu's friend's roomate' cats are very good looking according to Pingu. They are however quite shy and get nervous around people so this photo was not easy to take.

Fun on the beach

Pingu went down to the beach while his friend went to do some work. Pingu had lots of fun bathing in the sea with the big waves. He borrowed a boogie board and enjoyed riding the waves.

Pho lunch

Pingu and friend went to have some delicious veitnamese noodle soup (pho). It was very tasty and also inexpensive. Best combination!

Beach bonfire

Pingu's friend showed how to enjoy an evening on the beach. They made a bonfire and sat and talked with the cool breeze on their faces. Pingu had a great timr and enjoyed the catching up a lot.

Huntington beach dinner view

Pingu and friend had a nice dinner sitting outside enjoying the view.

Amtrak arrival in LA

Pingu got into LA from San Diego. It was a nice ride and better than driving up. Pingu's friend picked him up at the Anaheim station.

Misty morning

Maybe you can't see it well in this photo but it was misty and cold this morning in Lund. Pinga thought she should have brought gloves with her.

Fuddrucker lunch

Pingu is sure Fuddruckers burgers are not the world's greaters burgers but they are pretty good. Pingu still prefers the Island burgers but still. The buffalo meat Pingu chose was not bad.

Huge car

Since Pingu and the workshop team was 7 persons total they rented this huge car. It was nice to drive with a typical american size engine with lots of power. You basically can not walk anywhere so a car is essential.

Dinner at a micro brewery

Pingu and colleagues were treated to dinner last night by the company that they visited in San Diego. It was a local micro brewery. Pingu had meat loaf and a weiss beer. Nice!

Lunch and a swim

Pingu was working hard but the team took a lunch by the seaside at Del Mar beach. After the lunch they took a quick dip into the ocean. It was perfect temperature and the waves were high and nice to dive into.

San Diego hotel view

Pingu arrived in San Diego rather late in the evening. He and his colleagues picked up a huge car from Hertz since they were so many and had lots of bags. After some incorrect driving they finally found their way to the hotel. GPS is supposed to make it easier but this GPS unit was strange.

After a pretty good night's sleep Pingu is working hard in his room. The weather outside is great but there is no time for Pingu to enjoy it because of preparations for workshop that is taking place tomorrow.

Still summer

Pinga came back home after work and took me out for a walk. It was very nice weather and we could see a long shadow of us.

Soon to land in San Diego

Pingu is still in the air. The flight from east to west coast takes more than 5 hours. It gets boring to stay up in order to counter jet lag.

Pingu arrived in the US

Pingu landed at Washington DC to transfer in order to fly on to San Diego on a business trip. The border control took quite a lot of time so a Wendy's hamburger was all he had time to grab.

Afternoon tea

Pingu and Pinga were invited to their friends home for afternoon tea. Their friends have prepared very tasty cake and cheese puffs.

Game night

It's Friday and Pingu and Pinga were invited to their friends home for dinner and gaming. This game is called Alhambra. Ladies played good tonight and came to the first and second place.