I went to Madeira for a team meetup and on our free day, we went hiking. The clouds didn’t let us see the ocean but gave us a different type of sea. It was beautiful.

There was also a Madeira wine tour, good food, and of course, some work.

The day after coming back, I opened a drawer in my desk and found a welcome present from child #2 with my favorite candies (one baby jelly and one ourson guimauve)

Other random things I liked:

• The movie Drive My Car
• This article, showing things that do not shine at Cannes festival (via The Audacity newsletter)
• The movie The French Dispatch
• The book Cloud Cuckoo Land
• This screenprint. So very true.

And tomorrow I officially start my sabbatical, 3 months of paid time off, after 5 years working at Automattic. I am really grateful for this benefit and so is my family.