Baby Leo arrives

It's a boy! And his name is Leo :) Yep, today seemed like a good day to have a birthday (4 days after due date). And this means that I now have a nephew to oooh and awww over, in addition to my two beautiful nieces. I am so excited by the news - my sister is doing really well too :) We are going back to Dublin in July, so that'll mean we'll have a chance to see Leo as a new born. They grow so quickly, but I'm sure at 3 weeks old, he will still have the new born features! So, I'm off to go baby boy shopping...

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Sculptures by the Sea 2013 & 4:18:4

Soon after we moved to Aarhus two years ago, a really cool outdoor art exhibition began for the month of July - Sculptures by the Sea. Two years later it came back! Obviously with new pieces of art, and this time round they included some sound installations in the forest. As we were away on holidays at the beginning of June, and then at Northside Festival another weekend in June, we left it til the second last weekend to visit the exhibition. And we weren't disappointed one bit! Most of them were located along the beach or in the water, and then the others were in the forest. Even though there is a natural pathway to follow, it can be easy to miss one or two - especially if they are 'part' of nature. So I was pleasantly surprised when I went back a few days later to go swimming in the sea that I got to see the man clinging onto the tree trunk for dear life - he was pretty high up all the same (don't worry, not an actual human being clinging on for dear life for the entire month!).

We spent about 4 hours walking around the area, and it was a nice warm-down after the 4:18:4 triathlon I had completed that morning. Super happy with myself - I finished the triathlon in 1 hour 22 mins - and finally, the cycling event is not too bad after all :) I also took part in the triathalon two years previously - so these events marked our two year 'living in Aarhus' anniversary :)