December 25, 2008
Alpine Christmas
My wife Margit and I spent the day trekking up to the Rodenecker Alm near Lüsen in snowshoes with our friends Ram Manikkalingam and Ramani Muttettuwegama who are visiting from Amsterdam. We were heading for a hut which is supposed to serve food and drink, but never found it. Luckily, Ram produced various refreshments from his backpack, which we badly needed after a few hours of climbing. It was quite a hike, and my legs are killing me, but in the interest of making 3QD readers jealous, I am posting some photographs here. :-)
All pictures were taken by me, except the one of me with Margit in the backround, which was taken by Ramani.
These are from along the way:
Go ahead, make fun of the way I dress. See if I care. :-) Stuffed into my coat pocket are the very nice goat-leather gloves I got from Margit as a Christmas present.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
Posted by Abbas Raza at 01:42 PM | Permalink
Comments
Brother's got style. Looks like Willy Wonka trekking in the snow.
Posted by: Sign of Saturn | Dec 25, 2008 2:37:38 PM
Abbas - I want your hat.
Happy Holidays!
Posted by: Linta | Dec 25, 2008 2:40:39 PM
Abbas-
You be stylin'
Posted by: Dave Ranning | Dec 25, 2008 3:29:23 PM
Nice Christmas tie!
Are you sure you're not in Alaska?
;-)
Posted by: CriticalMassI | Dec 25, 2008 3:51:46 PM
Okay, jealous already! But I was a lot nearer the food than you were...
Posted by: Elatia Harris | Dec 25, 2008 4:29:02 PM
Go ahead, make fun of the way I dress.
You look like a thrift-shop Bond villain.
I kid, I kid. Merry cultural Christmas!
Posted by: Sagredo | Dec 25, 2008 6:30:17 PM
RAZA (aside to moll in menacing tone):
margit, inko bol do mein ne aise kapade kyon pahane hain:
thand tumhein jeene nahin dega
hansi tuhmein marne nahin dega
ha ho ha ho ha ho ha ho ha ho
Posted by: Aditya Dev Sood | Dec 25, 2008 8:18:27 PM
Merry Christmas to you, from those, that at a distance, consider 3DQ the best place to stay in touch with the most outstanding intellectuals of the world!
It's a credit to your efforts and devotion that 3DQ runs so well.
Congratulations! we send to you, as we sail the balmy Caribbean seas.
Posted by: Felix E F Larocca MD | Dec 25, 2008 9:30:55 PM
The tie and checkered pants may be Abbas', but the bald head is unmistakeably Ram's. Nicely matches the wood.
Posted by: Pablo Policzer | Dec 25, 2008 10:19:09 PM
I really want to make fun of you but oddly enough--the whole ensemble works. Merry Christmas!
Posted by: maniza | Dec 26, 2008 12:03:22 AM
Dude, love the outfit. Next time I go hut-tripping it's a suite and tie with pajama bottoms for me! And the hat with glasses? Sublime...
Cyrus
Posted by: Cyrus Hall | Dec 26, 2008 4:29:34 AM
Oh VOWS! The snow is beautiful; the pictures are great. Your outfit is cooll. Margit and Ram look great. Am jealous of the interesting walk/climb you all had, though the "perfect" weather in Karachi is not a bad thing either, for me.
Have a great new year.
Posted by: Bibi | Dec 26, 2008 1:06:38 PM
It's amazing how much that looks like here, Colorado.
Posted by: beajerry | Dec 27, 2008 4:49:47 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all. Abbas and Margit, best wishes from the Big Apple.
Posted by: Michael Benoit | Dec 27, 2008 2:24:34 PM
I think we have found the new Doctor Who.
Posted by: Casey Moore | Dec 28, 2008 7:22:17 PM
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