A little road-trip photo diary from our trip to northern Spain in August 2026.
Honour & Glory – 2026 FIFA World Cup
After what felt like maybe too many – yet apparently not enough – matches, the 2026 FIFA World Cup has finally come to an end. Just like the World Cup itself, Honour & Glory was also a tight race until the very end, with favourites shifting back and forth.
Congratulations go to Marius for his first Honour & Glory win and to Simon for coming a close third. The trophies will soon be on their way to all the winners.
You can find all the stats and standings here and the football all-time stats have been updated as well.
Thanks to everyone for taking part and see you next time …
ATLAS Lego meets Tour de France
Today, my ATLAS Lego model at the ATLAS Visitor Centre1 was briefly featured in a short ‘Sportschau’ report related to the Tour de France, which covered CERN, on the main German broadcaster ARD :)
For those of you speaking German, here’s the link to the clip [in German].
- I also had the pleasure to coordinate the design and installation of the current AVC. ↩︎
2026 seasonal guests
Also in 2026, we once again had a pair of blue tits move in to our balcony bird house. Last week, two little birds finally made it all the way through, left the house and here’s a time-lapse of this year’s season.
For those of you interested, there are more time-lapse and motion-detection clips in a YouTube playlist.
Acquarello – Cucina del Sole
This week, with the kids on holidays and out of town, we finally managed to redeem a one-year-old birthday voucher for Mario Gamba’s Acquarello and had a very nice a-la-carte dinner for two.
Here’s a a few verbal and optical impressions of our very delicious self-made menu …
- Fagottini amatriciana
- Agnolotti del plin filled with Fassona beef on sage foam and sage butter
- Veal chop with potato gratin and rosemary jus
- St. Pierre fish fillet with asparagus
- Transparent lemon fruit ravioli with yoghurt lime ice cream and coconut foam
- Pineapple carpaccio / Mango / Coconut / Pina Colada ice cream
