Rose & White Muisjes in a nod to our Dutch heritage, traditionally given to guests visiting a new born in many a Dutch household (initially aniseed was thought to be good for milk-production, but gradually it became a tradition to eat them to celebrate when a new baby was/is born – and yes, there are […]
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Back to Bornholm – Denmark
In order to join in with Mari’s fabulous Time Traveller linky, I thought we would go back in time to our previous country, and one of my favourite trips we took while we lived there – to Bornholm… For those of you unacquainted, Bornholm is a small island in the middle of the Baltic sea, […]
Sunday Photo – A Venetian Memory
As one of my tasks has been going through thousands of photo archives this week, here’s one of my favourites I had completely forgotten about. An unusual picture from me, as you rarely get to see The Small People in photos in any sort of detail on my site (out of fear that one day […]
Celestial Cake…
A heavenly cake to welcome my beautiful niece Celeste Astrid to the world on Thursday.. Sadly, unlike the births of her two brothers, I was unable to make it back this time due to my own expanding self, and the fact that quite frankly, given the speed of her brother’s arrival, I really didn’t think […]
Castles, Bears and Candlelight – Cesky Krumlov
It makes perfect sense to me – even more so if the place we happen to be visiting is slightly touristy – to do a guided tour with a native. Someone who has lived in a place all their lives, knows it inside out, and can show you beneath the (often superficial) surface of their […]