World Cup so far away...

This was a football weekend, with many teams playing in order to get qualified for next year's FIFA World Cup.
As I couldn't watch the game on the stadium, it was my "obligation" as a portuguese supporter to watch on TV and... to prepare the usual dinner that goes with it! eheh

Portugal played against Sweeden and it was very very important to win the match, so we could still hope to qualify for the World Cup.

Besides this Portugal-Sweden match, there were other matches being played at the same time. So, in order to make this an international competition, I invited my friends Barry and Stefan in order to represent Ireland and Germany respectively.

With the help of a tv screen and a computer we were able to watch several matches simultaneously!
We were ready to, as long as we had snacks and drinks on the table!

Unfortunately the result of the portuguese match was a deceiving 0-0. Luckily we had our baby bottles to cheers us up! eheheheh

The qualification is now more more difficult... but anything's possible!
The most important is to keep playing... so I can have this "excuses" to watch and celebrate these matches with friends! eheheh

Cheers!

Ski, snowboard and friends

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a crazy dude on skis! eheheh
Now that Spring has arrived, the first rays of sunlight appear... there's nothing better than talk about snow! It was last February that I had a small break up in the mountains, in south of France.
I had 3 ideas in mind: to ski again (after a 2 years' pause), to meet some of my friends there... and, to learn snowboard! Yes, it was another resolution for this year, to learn something new! eheh

From a beginner's point of view, I thought it would be harder the first day, but at the end it wasn't that bad!
But at the end of the weekend... let's just say it was hard for me to sit down on a chair! eheh

Even with all the "bruises" and all the rush from a short weekend, I enjoyed the trip.

A special thank you to the hosts, Nuno and Rita who gave a warmful welcome (and provided a "very-low-cost" bed&breakfast formula) eheheh

As promised, here are the photos I promised you guys and girls! They arrive late as usual. eheh
It was a pleasure to see you all! And for those I didn't see this time, I promise we'll meet next time! :)

And now the photo album...

What else?

Nothing better to go out with friends to places we don't know. Like this is a surprise to everyone... well, sometimes you can have bad surprises, but I like to be optimistic! Always! :)

This week we got a visit from our friends Guillaume and Dina, that are preparing to leave France for professional reasons. Dina is going back to Morocco and Guillaume is going to Singapore for one year. One year ago we were all working in Sophia-Antipolis, in the heart of the french riviera... and here we are now, in the capital, in the cold... we are just arriving, and they are just leaving! eheheh

We met them at the new Nespresso store, here in the Champs-Élysées. This store was opened last December, with George Clooney and Sharon Stone as special guests (yes, they forgot to invite me! eheh).
This modern store offers two areas for having coffee (a counter and a saloon) and a big store where you can buy all kinds of coffee (nespresso-kinds) in their new tiny capsules.

Well... a simple espresso coffee here has the symbolic price of 4 euros. What else?