Sly

Thanks You Blogabond

Sly — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Dear Blogabond,

This will be my last post on this Website. You've been a great companion for the last few years allowing me to share my jumping and traveling addiction to the world.

But it was time for me to take it to the next level. So today I'm happy to announce the Grand opening of http://jumpingtraveler.com/ !

Thank you Jason and the Blogabond team at Expat Software. Best of luck for the rest!!

Sly

Jumping in Monteverde Rain Forest

Sly — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Aaaaaaaah, spending the afternoon in coffee fields, learning how to pick the beans and tasting coffee... what else ?

Jumping in a coffee field

After the coffee trip, we went ziplining through the tick Rain Forest. 19 zip lines ranging from a few dozens of meters up to.... 1 km !! So cool.

Ziplining in Rain Forest

Jumping in Bocas del Toro

Sly — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

And again. Bocas was supposed to be a paradise and laid back place on the Caribbean sea,
We arrived along with a hectic stormy weather and almost never saw the sun for 3 days !

Catalaran Jumping

But again, that's no reason not to jump and swim into the warm waters of the Caribbean sea, and snorkel to see plenty of colorful and amazing fishes.

Twin Jumping

Jumping on the Panama Canal !

Sly — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Panama Canal, such a mythical place ! Well actually... it much smaller that I expected :)

Panama Canal Jumping

Jumping in MIami

Sly — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

That's what happens when your official jumping photographer is in a hurry to sip a mojito... you get a photo where you look stupid on it !! (or was it on purpose ? Sylvain, I need to talk to you)

Jumping in Miami

Last night onboard the Norwegian Epic... bed jumping time !

Sly — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

We never called in Naussau, we were in deep waters at the time of this photo, but we weren't far from Nassau, on our way to Miami the next morning.

Bed Jumping on Norvegian Epic

There have been many great Bed Jumping pictures that night. But for the sake of my dear friends, I'd rather not publish them here :)

Jumping in US Virgin Islands

Sly — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

(don't know why Blogabond wants to put Charlotte Amalie in the British Virgin Islands as it belongs to the US Virgin Islands)

One week crossing the Atlantic. For one week, only water was around. Finally, early November, we reached the other side of the pond. We called in Charlotte Amalie main city of the tiny US Virgin Islands.

The weather wasn't at it's best. But knowing that Europe was entering deeply into Winter, it was great to hang around a place where the average temp was 29°C :)

Under the warm climate, each jump was costly but indeed we didn't give up !

Jumping in US Virgin Islands

Jumping in Azores during Transatlantic

Sly — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

So the annual holidays had finally came !!
After the Transiberian trip the previous year, this year idea was to go West avoiding the plane as much as possible.

It started with a Transatlantic trip from Barcelona to Miami on board the Norwegian Epic ship, a brand new and huge ship, the 3rd biggest in the world.

First stop of the journey: Ponta Delgada for the Portuguese Azores Islands !

Jumping in the Açores

Home Jumping !

Sly — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

September had be a month without any particular travel, except a few flash work-related expeditions to London. But that's no reason to stop practicing !

Home Jumping !

Team Jumping in Mauritius

Sly — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

So, as I was saying in my earlier post, in Mauritius we work a lot.
And as everybody knows, when you work hard, you need to play hard in order to unstress a little.

So what's best than taking the team out on a Saturday afternoon for some team building activities ? And why not Tring a Best Team Jump activity ?

Vote for the best team !!

Team Building Jumping

Jumping in Mauritius... again !

Sly — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

That's one of the few perks of the job, getting to go work in Mauritius once in a while. The weeks is usually pretty packed with little or no time for anything besides meetings and work.

But the weekend......

Sunset Jumping

This picture was taken from the Hilton Resort & Spa beach in Flic en Flac. A truly little piece of heaven :)

Jumping in Saint Malo

Sly — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

After, Le Mont Saint Michel, time for sunny* Saint-Malo ! Charming medieval coastal city where your addiction for crepes (pancakes) and cider can be fulfilled beyond your craziest dreams.

Jumping in Saint Malo

A weekend in Brittany without any rain ? You can't be serious. Actually, on the last day, the rain caught us up just in the middle of a run to catch the last train from Saint Malo to Rennes.

A huge thanks to the SNCF staff onboard the train that delayed departure to allow us to get in (and kuddos to the passengers of the coach applauding once we were on board with our sorry faces, exhausted and wet like if we had jumped into a swimming pool !)

Jumping in le Mont Saint Michel

Sly — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A small escape from Paris and we end up in Brittany to visit the Presqu'île (= "almost-Island") du Mont Saint Michel.

Jumping in le Mont Saint Michel

Inside Mont Saint Michel Monastery, Fred's initiated a new jumping style: the praying jump ! Good job :-)

Fred's monastery Jump

Jumping in Belém

Sly — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Jumping in Belèm (Lisbon's neighborhood). Belèm is mostly famous for it's Pastéis de Belém (local version of the Pastéis de Nata), some delicious egg-based tarts.

Jumping in front of Pasteis de Belèm shop !

Jumping in Belém

Jumping in Sintra's Palace

Sly — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Jumping in Sintra Pena National Palance

Sintra is a little village outside Lisbon, facing the Atlantic, and now part of UNESCO World Heritage. At the top of the hill, lies the Pena National Palace. This 19th century palace, offering outstanding views of the surroundings, is what could be a palace out from a Disney movie with many colors, towers and mix between different styles across centuries (from middle age castles, to renaissance palaces and Moorish architecture).

Jumping on the way to Sintra

Jumping in Lisboa

Sly — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Jumping on Praça do Comércio

Portugal had been missing on my list for way too long. Hence I was very much looking forward to spending 4 days in Lisbon. And it was truly wonderful!

Lisbon is a gorgeous city. It spreads on 7 hills and overlooks the Tage River and the Atlantic. The weather was just perfect, so was the food and the general relaxed-mood. And, what's more, we realized that we arrived just for the Festas de Lisboa, also know as the weekend-long sardin BBQ party.

Jumping in Lisboa

Team Jumping in Frankfurt

Sly — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Team jumping in Frankfurt

This year again the had the incredible opportunity to have all people from my team spread over Europe to gather for a few days in a Training Event. Around 80 people from 15 different countries come to Frankfurt and I couldn't miss the chance to make some of them to jump while we were visiting the city after a long day of training and presentations.

Is this becoming a tradition ? Family jumping for Easter

Sly — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Easter Jumping

This year again, Easter long weekend was the perfect occasion for a family gathering in southern France. A tough weekend indeed, spending most of the time eating and enjoying the great weather of Provence !

After all that food eating contest, a little jump was more than necessary :-)

Jumping in sunny Piran

Sly — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Jumping in Piran

After the Alp Mountains, the sunny sides of the Adriactic !

Slovenia has a really little front to the sea. It is squeezed in between Italy and Croatia coasts. Piran reminded me of the little village of my own Côte d'Azur in southern France. The people around seem to be fluent in both Slovenian and Italian, much more than in the rest of the country.

Trying new Jumping styles in Bled

Sly — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Kawai Jumping

I really did have to think a while before deciding to post this picture. I didn't intend to look so Kawai / Kikoolol / Kute / [insert other girly adjectives starting with K here>...

But what the heck, surroundings, new Spring season and sunny weather might have gotten into my mood and ended up with this pose :-)

I tried to recover some charisma with another jump...

Nightclub Bouncer jumping

... but failed again.