Away - part three

So, we've been away.

Part three: France.

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

So: Albi, Lascaux, Roque Saint-Christophe, Beynac-et-Cazenac, Padirac, twice, Millau, Mont Ventoux, Ailefroide.

Away - part two

So, we've been away.

Part two: Spain.

 

Bardenas Reales, Calatanazor, Soria, Burgos, Gaztelugatxe, Bilbao, San Sebastian.

Away - part one

So, we've been away.

Part one: France.

 

 

 

 

Do I need to specify? 

Mont Blanc, Aiguille du Midi, Carcassonne, twice, Col du Tourmalet, a heretic painting of the Trinity (16-17th century) at the Saint Andre templar church in Luz-Saint-Sauveur, Col d'Aubisque. 

Happy birthday

When one of your family members celebrates a special birthday, we're invited to a special party.

And she gets a special Italy-inspired present ;-)

 

 

Happy birthday, K! 

Holidays

More family holidays. 

Enjoying the summer, 

 

kayaking,

visiting some great adventure parks,

 

renting a cosy cottage,

 

hiking the bogs,

 

admiring the architecture,

and the history.

Latvia.

And a day trip to Lithuania. 

 I've still got over 3000 photos to sort!

Memories

To prepare two presents for two wonderful occasions, I scanned plenty of old photographs and made two photobooks. 

I inherited the photos from my parents (who unfortunately passed away way too soon), so going through the photos was quite emotional. 

But fun :-)

 

All these photos were taken between 1965 and 1967.

While I understand old skiing equipment, I cannot comprehend what my Dad was wearing for alpine hiking...

Today ...

Today my Dad would have been 80. 

But he was just 64.

Happy birthday, Dad, I'm sure you're in a good place now.

02022020

I know the traditional proverb says When in Rome, do as the Romans do. But what about if you like something so much that you adapt it as your own, even when not in Rome?

That's why I am totally adapting the French tradition on Candlemas, which is to eat pancakes.

So we had savoury galletes for lunch and sweet crepes for dinner.

Both with caramelised apples and flambées with Grand Marnier. And obligatory Bourbon vanilla ice-cream and more salted caramel (with beurre de Bretagne, demi-sel).

I didn't have the time to photograph the fire, but the results were de-li-ci-ous.

Any other French traditions that we can adopt :-)

10!

I can't believe this blog is already 10 years old!

So much has happened it between - births, deaths, moving houses, friends lost, friends found ... all in all very intense and grown-up period of my life.

Instead of posting 10 year old photos, I'm posting one of me when I was 10... Not that long ago :-)

December!

Well, the winter started and I'm loving it!

We are getting ready for Christmas. A poinsettia and an advent calendar are already on the dining table.

And MiniMojcek Nr. 2 has once again proven to be a genius. Although he is very familiar with the idea of advent calendar and the 24 days one has to wait for Chrismas... he quickly realised that 24 is actually the number of hours in one day and that instead of waiting till the 24th, he could open a number every hour of today :-)

I'm just looking ...

1. No, I'm not SUPing. I'm just looking.

2. No, I'm not swimming. I'm just looking.

However, Mr. Mojcek did swim.

 And won silver medal in his first open-water swimming event :-)

3. No, I'm not cooking. I'm just eating.

We stumbled upon a potato festival, organised by the  

Society for the Recognition of a Sautéed Potatoes as a Main Dish.

No, I'm not joking.

4. No, I'm not fighting. I'm just looking.

Did you know that the first documented boatmen's fight 

on Ljubljanica river took place in 1092! 

I also learned the distinction between Krakovo and Trnovo: 

in Krakovo, there were fishermen and in Trnovo boatmen.

5. But I am taking photographs :-)

Foam!

Believe me - you do NOT want to know what happens if you empty two bottles of bath foam into one bathtub...

... and simultaneously accidentally overfill the bathtub...

Foam everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE.

And I was only gone for half an hour!