A forty-five minute drive from our base near Curbar Edge, lies Lyme Hall. This vast (once sporting) Estate on the very edge of the Peaks was once home to the Legh Family, and is well looked after by the National Trust today. Used as a film/TV setting on many an occasion, it is probably most […]
Reviews
An Austrian New Year…
New Year can be a funny old time of year as an Expat – with many friends either travelling or busy with visiting guests. More often than not it can be – well, quiet… So after last New Year’s Eve that could only be described as a bit of a damp squib (a little […]
Log Cabin Life – Carinthia
We have stayed in a wide variety of places in this part of the world – from our beautiful but not so cosy Zugspitze Iglu, a fabulously well equipped canvas “house” (in a snow storm) in the heart of the Black Forest earlier this year, my special birthday palace near Garmisch, and a medieval hotel […]
Pastures New – Almabtrieb – Predazzo
Before Frau Holler (or Old Mother Frost) can even begin to think about shaking her feather eiderdown (resulting in the first blankets of snow as the German fairytale goes), something pretty special takes place across most Alpine regions, whether they are in France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria or in this instance Italy… I wrote about the […]
A Stay in Croatia – The Istrian Peninsula
So here it is, the first of my posts from our time in Croatia. Not to go on (and yes Mr R, this is directed at you!), but I could have live blogged this trip had I had a computer!! If I am truly honest though, it was actually really lovely to have some off-screen time […]
Nemo Science Centre – Amsterdam
I am not living up to my “publish a post every two to three days” mantra at the moment, but not without good reason – it’s “that time” of year! We have two weeks left at school and quite simply far too much going on. With the news that we will be here until […]
Messing About on the River – Floßfahrt – Bavaria
One day, when my dirndl is tucked to the very back of my wardrobe (consigned purely to fancy dress parties in other climes), and my antique cow bells (my Steel wedding anniversary present from Mr R a couple of years ago!!) hang high upon new walls (and not ever around my neck in case you […]
The Last Supper and the BEST Meal in Lake Garda
The annual goodbyes are beginning. I hate this time of year, ESPECIALLY when we still have no idea what we are doing (let’s just say there’s been a bit of a spanner in the works in that department!) – there’s definitely more than an ounce of jealousy in this post! Jealousy and good food. One […]
Black Forest Glamping
just relaxing by the fire According to my horoscope (which I only happened to see as someone small had been fiddling with my phone!), last week was due to be full of trials and tribulations. Thankfully however, I wasn’t to be “too overly concerned, as my guardian angel would be looking over me”. I […]
Venice with a Baby
The one and only time the pushchair was used… Beautiful Venice. It can’t claim to be the most baby friendly city in the world (or disability friendly come to think of it), but we can’t really be that cross with it as it only has its geographical location to blame for all of the bridges […]