Helga & Wolfgang

Helga and Wolfgang came to the west coast to visit Jule, Juri and Soso and spent a long weekend at our place as well. They were the first ones to try out our new guest bedroom! I think they liked it :).

They arrived on Friday afternoon. I was still at work but Jan had taken the day off. Which was great, because our new espresso machine arrived! We finally decided to buy one of those Nespresso machine that use capsules. The price difference is not that much (amazingly!), they have a good variety of different coffees, and it is a lot less messy. Plus, our old machine just couldn't produce any good crema anymore, so it was time for something new.
Pepper and I arrived at around 5ish. Pepper's first order of business: Jump up on Helga. *facepalm* Ah well, he did pretty good after that. While Jan and Helga were firing up the grill and preparing dinner, Wolfgang, Pepper and I went on a nice walk (we had to make use of the sunshine - it's rare to have such beautiful warm days this late in September!). 
And in the evening - chatting while cuddling on the couch.

On Saturday morning we went to the dog park together. I think everyone had some fun: Helga & Wolfgang chatted with some of the other dog owners, and Pepper finally met Greta again. The two really like each other and enjoy a good wrestling match (or two, or three) and a game of keep-away.

Here is Pepper in the act of sitting down and waiting, looking at me and yawning. All at the same time. Nice action shot :).

 

Pepper and Greta:

More walks Saturday afternoon (with new harness):

And lastly, a short trip to Ikea on Sunday after dropping Jan off at the airport (he flew to California to attend a conference there) and lunch at Dave's BBQ.