How did I end up spending a Saturday by the beach photographing a bunch of frolicking young blonde windsurfer girls?...

.. Again?

Ok, total deja vu from the Butterfly Effect in Brazil, except that this time, it was all in German. In fact, last year in Brazil, as I fared adieu to Marie, Andrea and Anna, and we jokingly said that next year we'd get together in Germany for a Butterfly Event downwinder there, little did we know that it was all in fact, going to happen just so!.

But hold on a second, backtrack a little.. last time I blogged, I was in Costa Rica, surfing it up in Santa Teresa. Fast forward 4 months later, and I am living in Germany with very limited access to water and a fast fading tan. In fact, this last weekend was the first time since Costa Rica I got to hop, albeit briefly, on a windsurfer and to taste the sweet saltiness of ocean water.

It is all a long, convoluted, and borderline stereotypical story (and yes.. it involves a skirt!). But suffice it to say that yes, indeed.. I know speak a bit of German and am enjoying the best that Deutschland has to offer. It was quite simply amazing to see my windsurfing friends again from the Jericoacoara days, and to make new friends as well. Here is a shot with my favourite German windsurferin, the absolutely insanely athletic Marie.

I missed my windsurfing posé!. I find myself plotting and scheming on how to figure out moving closer to the north where I can participate on the wind calls from the Nordsee and those fabled big Denmark days. 

.. or beckon the siren call hailing all the way down south from Brazil.. hmm.. stay tuned. 

Oh!.. and don't forget to check out the Photo Galleries for some shots of the event!