Held twice yearly (once in mid-Summer, and now in the depths of Winter) on the same site as Oktoberfest, Tollwood is a massive cultural festival in Munich. Do not confuse this, the winter version with a traditional Munich Christmas Market however, as although it has bazaar stalls aplenty, Tollwood feels like anything but (and although […]
Archives for December 2013
Sunday Photo – Motorway Flower
Motorway Flower Sculpture – Tollwood 2013
Æbleskiver
Behold, beautiful little globes of æbleskiver loveliness from Denmark. Although these are not actually from Denmark, I made them, and I can’t quite believe it. Of course, I can’t take all the credit. My thanks must go to the most amazing pan I now have in my possession. Bought on a whim at the nostalgic […]
Saint Nicholas and Friend
Saint Nicholas visited last tonight…. An event eagerly awaited by the Small People, who look forward to it almost as much as Christmas Day itself – thanks of course to the gifts he leaves if they have been good!! I have a Dutch grandmother so this isn’t a new tradition for me, but it’s something […]
Aluminium
A flower on the table of a restaurant on our weekend away. A flower that couldn’t remind me more of the place we got married those ten years ago. A flower that my husband tried to convince me he had arranged to be put there – until I asked the waiter! It might not be […]