Georg's Birthday

Georg's thirty-somethingth birthday was on September 27th! Unfortunately we were apart on his birthday (I was in Edmonton and he was in Sydney) but I was sure to throw him a fine celebration as soon as we got home. I made a beef roast, cayenne and maple syrup mashed sweet potatoes, lemon roasted cauliflower, and a special raspberry-cream cheese cake.

With dinner we drank a Gruener Veltliner from Austria that Georg's dad brought us when he visited this summer.


The cake turned out a bit feminine but Georg loved it nonetheless. As my friends on Facebook have noted, real men eat pink cake!


Happy Birthday, my Georgie!

Australia in 30 Pictures

Wow, it's been over a month since I've updated my blog! One of the reasons I've been so busy over the past month was because of a trip Georg and I took to Sydney, Australia. It was a lot of fun! Here's 30 photos detailing my trip.



The Harbour Bridge


These tall, Dr. Seuss-like flowers were everywhere! They were so neat!


Walking on the left side of everything was definitely tedious.


The Sydney Opera House





The flowers were really exotic.


A parrot simply perched in a tree.


Ibises were everywhere too!


Instant pavlova...pavlova being the national dessert.


The amazing El Alamein fountain, not too far from where one of our hotels was.






Manly Beach



On a ferry on the way to the zoo!




A pastoral scene...sheep lounging under orange trees.


Kangaroos in the wild!!



The vineyards of Hunter Valley.



Australian sunset