A birthday and a trip

The weekend before the one just gone was of course Caroline's birthday and we had a picnic in our compound with lots of friends. There was lots of nice food, lots of pimms and some games. It was generally a great day.

This weekend we went to Qingdao (also written as Tsingtao, which some might recognise). Just a couple of days with Ann and Sunnia, but as always it's great to see new places in this diverse country. It used to be the major German concession in China (hence the beer) and we visited some interesting buildings and sites from that time.

Using Caroline's birthday present, we took some photographs of these two events and I have uploaded them to flickr. If you want to see them, follow this link and then befriend me. That way you'll be able to see all of our photographs.

Here's a photograph from each to whet your appetite: