my take on dubai (part 2)

… the early sunrise desert safari is my highest note in Dubi. Even if it meant that we had to be up by 04.15am. The pick up was 05.00am at our hotel. It was a very chilly start on our …

être prêt, nice!!!!!

… so on Monday  my friend Bärbel and I will be landing in Nice, France around lunch time. Haven’t been in Nice since October 1997. We are spending a  whole week during “Carnaval de Nice”. The Nice Carnival is one of …

a wet and cold half day tour in copenhagen

… with and royal smushis, palace and porcelain. Become head over or heals when my Scottish friend, Sandara and her daughter, Kimmi was coming to Copenhagen for a long weekend. A chance to spend some time with them in one …

travel diary, mojácar – a market that was no market … and liquid gold ( day 4)

Monday morning … and we were up for a glorious day.  Friends to Ian and Liz, Jill and Jimmy came and picked us up 9.30 … we were on our way to olive oil tasting and for buying a birthday …

travel diary, mojácar – after the storm (day 3)

… after our fantastic dining adventure at “GASTRO MALBAR” the evening before, we ended up in stormy weather. Ian suggested that was going to finish of the afternoon with a great cup of coffee at his “Hola Ola”, a bar …

travel diary, mojácar – sunhine, bowls and in memory of (day 1)

What a fantastic sunrise … my first full day in Mojácar gave me. No stress in the morning, plenty time to enjoy  the stunning morning coming alive. Nothing really planed as such more than Liz was getting her nails done … …

been there before and I will return again – sopot, poland

…. so now I have reached the magical number 70!!!????? The new 50 they call it!!!!! So how does it feel?????!!! To be honest, I will rather be 50 again, but age is like the weather …. not much I …

super chic, slick and popular … grace restaurant & bar, berlin

For my first evening in Berlin, I didn’t want to dine too far from my hotel, only a couple of minutes walk. I did my search with different websites and google map. And my choice fell on “GRACE”, located 3 …

it’s tough to be a tour leader …. (day 2)

On the program was two of my favourite spots in our county Skåne (Scania) – the little municipality of Mölle and Kullaberg Nature Reserve with Kullens Lighthouse. So we met up 10am … and got a fully packed bus #220 …

ladies lunch with tomatoes

Yesterday … the sun gave us a big break, at least until 8pm – we didn’t even a slight view of blue sky, totally overcast … but we are all screaming for some rain now, but nothing in sight. YET!!!! …

birthday celebration with sea view

In the “old days” we celebrated Midsummer, the longest day of the year (21.06) whenever it happened, but today we celebrate it during the weekend closest to date. Midsummer is the biggest yearly event and holiday in Sweden, something you …

travel diary; kirchbach, austria – a girly day out in tulln an der donau

Carol and I had a girly day out in Tulln an der Donau, about 20 min drive from Kirchbach – didn’t see much of river Donau. It was more about shopping and it was only Carol that had all the …

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 …