Summer 09 Activities - Slideshow

WOW - WHERE DID THE SUMMER GO????

Its hard to believe it's been over two months since I've updated our blog. I'll try and cover everything we did in July, August and September.

July: Right after Lee, Jenny and Rachel left, I had business trips to Germany - Dortmund and Berlin. Because I had some physician visits in Bologna and Brescia, Italy,

DINNER IN BOLOGNA

MARBLE MINES NEAR BRESCIA

we took off over the weekend and visited Ravenna, where some of the best Byzantine mosaics are
IS THAT A HAND REACHING FROM HEAVEN???


THIS "ROMAN BATH" LOOKS LIKE A BAPTISMAL FONT W/WITNESS STAND TO ME....

then on to Verona, where we saw Aida in an ancient Roman arena. It was a fantastic experience.
BRIDGE IN VERONA, ITALY

ROMAN ARENA IN VERONA - AIDA OPERA


Mid week, our good friends, Diane and Stan Brewer visited for a few days - Ann showed them around while I had some team meetings here in Mougins.

The last weekend in July,just before we headed back to Salt Lake for most of the month of August, Ann and I visited a few of the remote hilltowns immediately north of Nice - so close, yet we had never been there. They were quite high and tucked into the French Alps. Each town has its own character/charm.

August was spent with the family. Eric and Katie's new daughter, Suzanne, was just a week or so old when we got there. She is beautiful - lots of dark hair, which is unique for our family! The month also included my 40th high school reunion and a work trip to Indiana. The boys and I hiked into the Uintas (my feet are still recovering from the death march....).

Mike and I then drove up to West Yellowstone to fish the Madison with some of my colleages, then he and I finished up with a medical meeting in Jackson Hole, getting two days on the Snake.

September:

ABOARD SHIP IN COPENHAGEN

Ann and I returned to Mougin on the 5th of September, then left on the 7th for Copenhagen. On the 9th we took the overnight ferry to Oslo (where Mike also had a meeting) and had dinner with Mike and the Johansens, who had just arrived in July as the new mission president. Neither of us had been to Norway and we apparently brought one of the nicest days of the summer with us - low 80's and clear.
OSLO, NORWAY


We had time to visit the Viking museum before leaving on the 10th.
Since the company recieved CE Mark (like FDA approval) on the PTX Zilver Stent ( the reason we are here), we had week-long meetings to prepare for the big launch set for September 20th in Lisbon.
Ann and I went to Lisbon for our big medical show and she was able to spend a full week savoring the city and surrounding sites. Our last afternoon, we went together to Sintra, which was very worthwhile.
Yesterday we visited the High Provence area, very similar to the Napa area and known for it's beauty and wines. It was a short, but fun day trip.
This morning Ann flew to Paris to meet her parents and Jean for a couple of days before they head down here on the train for the rest of the week. We're looking forward to showing them around.
That's about it - October, here we come!!!