2011


		January: The harsh winter with snow and long periods of frost allowed for outdoor activities,in particular, using the newly acquired cross country skis. February: It was therefore a natural extension of the season, when the family went on a skiing vacation to Norway in February and a delightful week was spent in the family's cabin in Hallingdal



			April: Jørgen's birthday was celebrated with a day trip to Malmö, Sweden, which is only 1 hour drive from our home.




	March: Jørgen was invited to Stockholm to tell about his job in making the Laurin Society Homepage, which covers details about Yachts designed by the famous Swedish constructor - Arvid Laurin. The visit included a "sight seeing" trip to many of the Yacht harbours around Stockholm. The picture on the left shows the trendy "Saltsjöbaden Hotel.

May: The family decided, that it was time for a cruise.

We sail from Rome's seaport - Civitavecchia - on board the "Concordia", heading west to Barcelona.

From there, we went to Palma de Mallorca, where we rented a car to see more of this lovely island. The tourning point was Cap de Formentor in the North of the Island (picture below right)


	From Palma de Mallorca we sailed to Malta, where boys and Suz got one day with dolphins and Jørgen experienced the charm of the capital, Valletta.




			The cruise continued to Palermo and then back to Rome. Since we have never been to Rome, we had extended the holiday with 2 days, which of course is far too short for this magnificent capital, but enough to make an impression and a desire for a soon return.






	July / August: The summer cruise with "Mary Lou" had a bad start. On the second day out, the engine refused to start. Jørgen made a first attempt to fix the problem, but it failed... It turned out, that the problem was severe intake of saltwater into the oil and it was decided to sail to Aarhus to take out the engine (the picture) for a complete overhaul. After only 2 days, we were ready to take up where we left and sailed south towards Northern Germany, were we have never sailed before. Although the summer was one of the worst on record, we had many fine days, which can be seen in below picture of Flensburg Fjord.

From Flensburg we sailed via Graasten to Kappeln to meet the German "ambassador" for Laurin Yachts in Germany. From here, we sailed via Maasholm back to Denmark, where Bagenkop (picture) was visited for the first time.

The following day we returned returned to Germany where Burgtiefe on Fehmarn became our "home" for some days of hard wind. Then back to Denmark, where we spend some days Stubbekøbing, only due to strong winds and heavey rain.

The weather did not improve a lot on the leg of the return trip back home....


	October That the boys are growing quickly, became obvious, when Michael, in the school holiday in mid October, went abroad, for the first time without his family. Together with his football team, he went to the Costa Brava to participate in a local tournament.