Happy Christmas! :)
If anyone wants any glass decorations for next year.. Just ask 🙂
On marbelous biscuits
There was a plan for them to be more obviously swirly (I even added contrasting chocolate chips to each mixture) but I seem to have forgotten how easily colours mix together and become sludgy – it’s obviously been too long since I last played with playdoh…
On ideal games for planes
Mother: what are we going to play on the plane? Very little kid: I want to play hide-and-seek!
On ‘real’ mincemeat (with meat)
I try to make mincemeat in the middle of November. That gives it time to do its thing for a month or so before it’s needed. This year…somehow didn’t happen, which is why I’m making it now, less than a week before Christmas. Browsing the web for spice ratios, I came across a recipe for […]
On breaking convention
I usually like doing things in my own way. However, even I must admit that sometimes ‘normal’ is normal for a reason. In this case, there are probably better ways to open yoghurt pots…
On flying by night
Flying really late at night after everyone else has gone home has some advantages.. Mostly that everything is empty and none of the shops try to sell you things.
On cross continental travel
My brother and I wandered out of the shop and back to the car. I stand and wait for him to open it. My brother: *waiting for me to get in, looks round* Uh.. This one’s mine… *points* Me: … Turns out I’d been waiting to get into the driver’s door of the car next […]
On rage against ridiculous rules
It’s the last day of my holiday and I’m on a train back home. Just one (three counting the local trains at each end) with no changes between Düsseldorf and Berlin (which is a very good thing considering how much luggage I have* and how often the lifts are broken). Besides being tired and achy […]
On being a good photographer (or maybe just on taking lots of pictures)
I was recently in Girona on my way from Murcia towards Berlin. Girona is a really pretty city, at least what I saw in the 17 or so hours I was there. Much friendlier than Barcelona and much less scary to walk around at night. I wandered between the old old houses and shops, admiring […]
On memory
My phone is striking. Apps stop working mid-process, the map doesn’t know where I am, messages don’t send, emails don’t load, the camera won’t take pictures. It’s a pain. Especially when I still have a weekend left on the road (/rails) and a million photo opportunities. The sun’s out, autumn is well and truly here […]
On spending the day on a mental merry-go-round
Written on Nov 8th 2018. Mostly. The draft was saved on the 21st (also Nov ’18) Found and backposted on Nov 4th 2021. New intro: I was on my way home from a holiday in France and Spain, staying in the AirBnB for the second time. The owner had let me leave my bike there […]
On the first night in a new city
I moved to Germany to be an AuPair a couple of months over 13 years ago. I set out by myself with a suitcase and a backpack, flew a few hundred kilometres and got a bus and a train across Germany, in order to live with a family I hadn’t even heard of a week […]
On mysterious markets and frustrating pastries
There was an “antique” market held here today. When I think of antiques I usually think of expensive furniture. In this case the antiques were a mixture of things without any obvious age limit or theme. It was more like a sale of anything old enough and/or bizarre enough not to be wanted by the […]
On going to the sanctuary
We went inside but left before mass started. Impressive, but way too much gold for my liking.
On having Murcian Churros for breakfast
Lots of Murcians (and possibly lots of other Spaniards) have Churros for breakfast. Churros are like pieces of deepfried (oozing) doughnut-dough rings. Here, you dip them into thick, custard-like, rich hot chocolate. When in Murcia, do as the Murcians do. So I did. And here they are: