My French Garden Love
To appreciate Mother Nature in all her forms, gardening is a celebration of creation. Watching and nurturing seeds to sprouts, the stages plants go through until they flower and lastly give fruit: is a lesson in patience and love. Gardening is a common pass time and no wonder, when you can get your hands dirty and take a moment...
40 before 40 – Grandma’s Recipe Blog
Part of my 40 before 40 list was to eventually put together my grandmother's recipes in one place for the next generations to enjoy.
I learned to cook from my parents, who never used a recipe book when teaching me how to cook. They learned how foods blend, while the ingredients warm up to the proper consistency in the end....
Gaudi’s Güell Park – Barcelona Spain
Gaudi created Güell Park with the intension of establishing an elite neighbourhood for 60 houses in a setting high on the hillside, away from the smoke and pollution of the city of Barcelona below. The park and its roads were designed with natural forms and lines in mind.
To enter the park it is free but the Gaudi House Museum...
Do You Dream Of Your Name In Lights?
Alfonz and I dropped Angelina off at school by 9:00am and then we made our way directly to Toulouse.
It took us over 2 hours to get there, but I was pretty excited about the adventure I was about to start in Budapest Hungary, as an actual paid travel writer.
For years, I have been writing for free, getting my name...
Top 10 Best Trend Ever – Gardens
Starting a garden is very trendy. It may be a good enough reason to start one. When I look back at all the stupid fads I have seen, I start to think how much I like this particular craze.
Famous diet trends include the watermelon diet, the cookie diet and the ice-cream diet. Stupid trends include celebrities naming their babies...
Sagrada Familia Basilica – Barcelona Spain
If you do one thing outside of budget on your trip to Barcelona, go inside Sagrada Familia Temple. The large Catholic Church draws tourist from around the world. In 2010 Pope Benedict XVI declares the temple a minor Basilica.
The unfinished work by Antoni Gaudi is different than any other church. Its vastness alone is note worthy but with light...
Milano Bus Tour – A Line
Milano has a hop on hop off bus tour like Barcelona and Budapest.
Without a car, we decide to try the two day tour for 20€. Pleased to start off at Piazza Castello where the Sforza castle is located, we walked around the castle before the bus picked us up. A well preserved castle with a giant courtyard turned park...
40 before 40 – Circle of Friends, Playing Piano and Building a Website
Finishing up my forty before forty list...
I have been very busy this year, trying to get better at the things I already do. Up until leaving Canada my life was a whirlwind of mediocre achievements and rushed work at a rapid fire pace. I promised myself during our new life in France, (which started as a sabbatical), I would...
40 before 40 – River Rafting Roquebrun
We did it! River Rafting another ? tick off my 40 before 40 to do list!
With our Belgian guests Greet and Stephan, our local friends Pierre, Anne, Celine, Maxmin and Garance, my daughter Angelina, my husband Alfonz and I, we drove the forty-five minutes to Roquebrun on the river Orb to try our hand at river rafting. It was...
Post Hysterectomy First Week-Six Months
Today is my 11 day post hysterectomy operation mark, and I feel fabulous. Other than being tired, it has been a breeze.
The last ten days were full of modified activities; mainly writing, reading and shouting recipes from the pullout bed in the living room. Alfonz propped me up with pillows, and surrounding me with massive amount of books, drinks...