19th of August

4.55pm Wednesday afternoon. Summer is coming to an end. Two months past very quickly! We all have had great fun and met, talked, dinned, lunched and drunk with and enjoyed a lot of friends. Jaana has been, as all of us, very happy with this. Her long summer vacation with no scheduled rehab is soon over. The summer exercise of not to use the wheelchair has made some good I think. time will tell.
The kids have had the best summer in a long time. they have been waterskiing for the first time as well as fishing, boating, exploring, eating ice cream, playing with dear friends all in all, just a great time.
For myself, I can say that my mission of gaining a few kg (more) from drinking wine and eating too much good food, got executed to perfection! The Westmoreland gym is waiting upon my return...
A good friend of mine took a lot pictures which I am now awaiting and I will post asap.

25th of July

6.03am Saturday morning. Jaana is in good spirit and looking forward to some visitors next week. weather has been a bit so-so last week, but good enough for her to spend some time in the garden looking at and smelling some of the lovely scents around.
Kids are still enjoying themselves and go from one fun thing to the other (wish I was their age as well). Camille has been playing with the neighbours kids a lot and today I think they go sailing.
Parmi and Anna are preparing their one month holiday in September. They travel straight to Indonesia from Italy and come back to Barbados at the beginning of October.
Apart from that, all phones are now back in action so no hinder there.

18th of July

1.57pm Saturday afternoon. All quite on the western front. The Molens are in holiday mood and nothing big to report. Life is spent between eating, drinking, swimming and gobbling down ice cream. Kids are playing with friends and having a ball.
Only thing though is I took a dip with my iPhone which now is not working (yes, not smart I know) and the lightening hit the house the other day and took out the house phone. Therefore, it is a bit trick to get hold of us. You may try on my old mobile +1-246-234 8932. I will report back when all is good. Meanwhile, all good and take care

9th of July

10.51 Thursday morning. We all made it to Italy safe and sound. The trip was no problem and Jaana is in a good shape. She was very happy to see the renovated house and is enjoying a new environment. She (a bit reluctantly, sad to say) spends an hour or so in the garden per day, as her favourite activity is laying on the couch and looking around.
Weather has been beautiful so far and the kids are having a blast. Between jumping into the (rather cold) lake, eating gelatto, playing in the garden, having fun with our dear friends kids, sailing they come into eat. Wish I was 12 again...
Parmi and Anna are also finding their way around the new place. They are a bit cautious as Italians in general speak less good English than in Barbados (where one can get understood, but the dialect is rather thick).
Anyway, summer holiday has started and I hope you are all enjoying your share of it! Happy summer from Cannobio.

22nd of June

8.15pm Monday evening. Camille and I just returned from Italy yesterday after a full week of unpacking and putting things in order for the summer. Our friends the Chiaritos have helped and arranged most of the things regarding the restoration, so it was only the furniture missing turning the Villa into a home. I showed Jaana some pictures I took and she is very much looking forward to and Italian holiday. Now she as only a few days left of therapy work and we leave.
As many of you have asked, our address is:

The Molens
Villa Lucrezia
Via Casali Amore 2
Cannobio
Piemonte
Tel: +39 0323 71263

We are all looking forward to meet all friends and family over the summer period. As things will take some time to put in order, I have told everyone that I will decline requests to stay at the house, even though we would love spending time with you all. There are plenty of hotels of all different price and qualities in Cannobio and neighbouring Cannero Riviera.

As soon as I have Internet up and running in the house (phone and Internet should be installed this week) I will post some pictures.

6th of June

7.07am Saturday morning. It is getting rather warm in Barbados and we are happy soon travel to Italy for the summer. Jaana has not seen the house at all since the renovation started and I know she is quite excited to have a good look. Her life is ticking along day by day with small steps forward. There has been a few doctors and psychiatrists over for visits in addition to her regular therapy, but as usual it is her own initiation and will to get better which is more important.
Yesterday was Ludwigs 14th birthday. We did not have any big party as such, as he is getting a bit older any prefer a quite day with friends and family. Today we are going to the cinema though with a bit of food before hand.
This week they have all been off school, as they have an assessment week after. This week carries no normal school lessons, but rather one week full of test. Therefore, this week "off" was not been as exciting as it could have been, due to my orders of 3h/day behind books. We shall see shortly how it all turns out.
In a week, I will go to Italy with Camille to receive 3 different containers with stuff from storage to be put in Villa Lucrezia. It will be 5 days of a massive amount of carrying sofas/tables etc, but all in preparation of the whole family arrival. When we get back to Barbados, it will only be 2-3 weeks before we all go.

17th of May

7.10pm Sunday evening. This weekend we had an old friend of ours here, Hakan Malmros. He guarded Jaana from the first our when she got ill in Singapore, but has not seen her since December 2007. It was great to hear his comments about Jaanas progress. When you only see one small step at a time, it is hard to see all the progress made. Anyway, Hakan was very happy to see Jaana and she to see him. Hakan was so glaf to see her smile, laugh and enjoy every day of life when he was here. It was a superb thing for all of us.
The kids have a few weeks left then there is a half term break and at the beginning of July they are off school. I might be traveling to Italy in the middle of June to prepare stuff. We are all very much looking forward to spend time in the "new" house.
Camille had a busy weekend with birthday parties and play dates. Jonathan went surfing and Ludwig had a lot of homework to do.