Back from Summer Break!

Summer break is over - and with the weather in the last few days, it almost seems as if summer itself were over, too. We were lucky to have nice weather for our little holiday trip, though, when we went paddling down the Moselle river, with lots of vinyards to look at.

There were quite a lot of boats and ships on the river - freighters, river cruise ships, small sport motorboats, plus the medium-sized day-trip-cruise ships. Almost no paddlers, though. We had a very nice time and went home right before the weather turned bad (there was the forecast of thunderstorms and strong winds, both not really suited to canoeing). 

Now it's back to work, catching up on the things that have accumulated while I was on the break, and preparing for the upcoming exciting things, such as the EAA conference in Belfast (I have to finalise my presentation for this) and, of course, the European Textile Forum in November. So it's motivational hot drinks today (which, with the hard drop in temperatures, are quite welcome not only due to their motivational properties, but also due to their warmth) and, of course, getting started on sending out the orders that came in during the last weeks...