Much to the jealousy of many English friends, here in Bavaria we have been back at school for almost a week (not that the locals have, they still have a few weeks to go lucky things!)… Organisation is not a strength of mine, but thankfully we had no uniforms to update, just a list of […]
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Bistro Bock and a Final Bunch of Pictures – Budapest
Urban Playground Budapest, I loved how the painted sky matched the real thing! There’s so much more to Budapest that I want to see, and definitely a lot more that I want to do there, so there’s nothing for it, we will just have to go back. Perhaps in the depths of winter to […]
Budapest – Part 2
Day two of our Budapest adventure, and we headed for the Castle District to explore, and to enjoy the best views the city has of Budapest’s iconic Parliament building. This area (in particular the Fisherman’s Bastion – named after the Fishermen who sold their wares in the main square once upon a time), is very […]
Expat Essentials – English Bacon
Yes, you read that correctly. This is a “how to make your own bacon” post – brought to you with the able assistance of Mr R (and a very helpful website. More on that soon!) as he is chief bacon/sausage maker in this house. I didn’t really learn to cook and bake properly until […]
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 […]