Berlin with EDI- Soft Denmark

It's not a secret that David loves his job. Not just for it being challenging and interesting but also for the great bunch of "EDI-softers" they are. The company definitely puts value on employee's families- something we really felt on this annual "employees- with- spouse" trip. This year it was to Berlin. We had to take Elizabeth with us, and it was just fantastic to have her around. She enjoyed it too.
Berlin is a great place. Because we've been there before, it was a very relaxing trip this time, taking a boat trip on the Spree river, lying on the grass in the park, shopping in KaDeWe (the largest shopping centre in Europe), and of course having a great time with other EDI-softers.

Norn Iron - as good as ever :)

Hi all, Dave here - We recently spent 9 days in Northern Ireland, split between the Lindsays and the Farrs, where we were treated with no less than the best of Ulster hospitality. I could say Irish, but then I'd be on shakey ground and would be accused of all sorts of other things like making SDLP jokes at the home of the host who, unbeknown to person A worked for the SDLP, whose Grandfather and Father also worked for the party... but the dinner was fantastic :)

I was honoured in being promoted to Godfather to Sorcha Lindsay on 1st August. They expect nothing less than a wee box filled with money on every birthday from now on. I hope Rubles are ok. Sorcha is a sweet little lady and I look forward to the honour of being involved in her life in the future. It was great to be at the "wetting of the head" celebration afterwards down in Katy Daly's - an old haunt from a past life - sort of de-ja-vu the whole evening, but most pleasant.

We spent a few days with my folks in Comber. I had this idea of making South African Boerewors (traditional spicy farmer sausage) so I delivered a mix of spices to the local butcher along with the recipe and he did a really good job on it, I was impressed. The butcher is The Finest Cut - 6 Bridge Street, Comber... go there and ask for a bag of Dave Farr's South African sausages as he made 9kgs of the stuff!)

Liza had fun on grandad's new piano... (Can't a girl get a cup of coffee here, I mean Chopin's Prelude in C# is killing my wee fingers!??)

Ah, I'll pack up the PC now while I'm ahead. Katya goes back to work tomorrow after a few weeks vacation and I begin 7 weeks of paternity leave.

Life is great!

:)