Monday, August 20, 2007

Petanque and paella, part II


In what could likely be termed the first ever (annual?!) diplomatic corps petanque challenge, the U.S. proved victorious over our colleagues from Australia and the U.K. (we even beat the U.N. team). Once again, we spent our weekend eating paella and playing petanque. Liam was unmoved by the competition, preferring to do his own thing and roam the vast gardens at the McCarty House, the Ambassador's residence.


Steve throws his first ball of the day...



Liam roams the grounds in search of a bigger/better stick.

Friday, August 17, 2007

A day at the circus...




We took Liam and his friend Murdo to the circus a few weekends ago. No animals but lots of trapeze acts and scary clowns. They were mesmerized -- for about fifteen minutes. Afterwards, we hit the carousel -- a more popular diversion.