Sometimes doing things on the spur of the moment can lead to interesting and memorable sights and situations when travelling (almost as much as getting lost – believe me, I am expert at that!)… And so, tempted by the “spur of the moment fairy” during a few (unreported) days in Venice last August, we […]
Archives for January 2014
Sunday Photo – Slide
All great shoe shops in Munich seem to have slides! Not great for getting your children to sit still to try on shoes, but great for getting them to want to go shopping in the first place!
Tortillas – Expat Essentials – 1
I am having a bit of a foodie week it seems, so here’s the first in the promised series of Expat Essentials – the humble flour tortilla! We tend to eat quite a lot of spicy food, and tortillas are perfect alongside a big bowl of chilli, to build quesadillas with, and as filled centre pieces […]
Brioche & Butter Pudding with Cherry Jam…
Copenhagen’s Torvehallerne One of the things I love about travelling is other country’s food markets, whether it’s the relatively new Torvehallerne in Copenhagen, Munich’s Viktualientmarkt, an American hypermarket or a much missed English supermarket, I am at home in them all… I love the vast array of alien produce (and much missed things from […]
Sunday Photo – Mountain Lake – Bavaria
Bavarian Mountain Lake at sunset…