culture-date with a broken toe

Every month I and my friend Iris meet up for a girly day out – most of our dates have some culture event included. Yesterday was our first date for the year … because in January she was away on …

leftovers & cupboard – chorizo topped baked salmon

Time again to start working on my freezer, have far too much of everything. Honestly, I think I could eat comfortably for 6 months on it. It is all down to that the is no single package of meat, chicken …

travel diary – last and finale day, belfast

So officially Wednesday was the last full day in Belfast for this visit, but because of me not being clear about the dates I was going finish off with my friends, Geraldine and David in Dublin – there became another …

travel diary – belfast on a plate

Belfast is a very exciting city in more than one way …. but when it comes to restaurants, bars, and cafes it’s exceptional, one of the best in Europe. I have never had a bad meal in Belfast and I have …

travel diary – day 1 … belfast

….. Belfast has a very special place in my heart … my home city for 10 years and I absolutely love to go back to enjoy the spirit of city and soak up the Belfast atmosphere. There is something about …

my taste buds were jumping of joy – nota_resto, kraków.

I can’t recall when I enjoyed a dinner like I did during my last evening in Kraków,  at Nota_Resto by Tomasz Leśniak. It ticked all my boxes … and it didn’t leave my bank account stirring empty back to me the …

speedy pasta – pasta with bacon, spinach & arugula

When I accompanied my friend to her hospital appointment last week, there were some really old and well-read magazines … and in of them, this dish was screaming out to me. And the day after I enjoyed it for dinner …

christmas magic … in copenhagen

Today was it time for my friend Iris and I to have our monthly date (and our last for 2017) … and it was my choice of venue … The Nutcracker at The Royal Theater in Copenhagen. Denmark is a …

days with maja – loads of catching up

I don’t remember exactly when my friend Maja provided me with free pillows last time, but I think it must have been about 4 years ago. Not that we haven’t seen each other for all that time, she has been down …

lost (zagubiony) in dining – part 3 (grand finale)

Now we have come to the grand finale (last evening) … in more than one way. Sunday evening and then things went really crazy but turned out to be the climax of our visit. Because of the festival, no traffic was …

lost (zagubiony) in dining – part 2

So now it’s Friday evening and the city is crowded, all ages are out there enjoying the opening of  “Light Move Festival”.  Last year it was raining the whole festival, but we had nice evenings. We decide on Friday that …

lost (zagubiony) for dining – part 1

…. in Łódź. I’m going to make very long winding stories even longer. With the LIGHT. MOVE. FESTIVAL going on … I understood that I needed to book some restaurants. Around 50.000 visitors during the 3 days.  I also guessed …

weekly photo challenge – layered

“That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Majorelle Garden in  Marrakesh – December 2016) “All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is …

“if there is no chocolate …. (bruges)

….. in heaven, I’m not going.” – Jane Seabrook It’s very hard not to stop by nearly every chocolate shop – the creativity is endless and the packing is beautiful. But we didn’t fall for the temptation …. more than once and …

travel diary – bruges – getting there and the first evening

…. so now I’m one year old and not much wiser, but it’s what it’s!!!! When I lived in Dover, so often I had a chance I took Hoverspeed over to Ostende and then the short train journey to the …