We visited Prem Castle in Slovenia with our kids in October 2021. The small village of Prem is close to Ilirska Bistrica which is the first Slovenian town after Croatian-Slovenian border. Even though it wasn’t a long drive from our home I prepared sandwiches and snacks for my kids. My son asked repeatedly in the… Read More Prem Castle, Slovenia
Life & blog update: February 2022…was a difficult month. Work was totally hectic. I felt overworked and tired. On top of that I experienced a real health scare and went to the ER. Luckily, it was just a false alarm. I am all right now. However, I got referred to some examinations.
Friendly Friday Challenge: What was the last good…? is the latest prompt from Sandy. It seems like an easy challenge but it took me some time to think of a few good things in this flood of bad news. I won’t dwell on the state of the world in this post because the idea behind… Read More Friendly Friday Challenge: What was the last good…?
My husband and I visited Brussels and Bruges in 2015. It was a fun city break but the definite highlight of our trip was the day trip to Bruges by train. Bruges is a picture perfect town with chocolate shops and horse carriage rides. We walked around Bruges and took lots of photos. I had… Read More Thursday doors: a few doors from Bruges
I visited my best friend in Düsseldorf, Germany last November. I have already shared with you some beautiful doors from a particular part of Düsseldorf called Kaiserswerth. In this post you can see a collection of rather pretty doors from the historical city center and from another part of Düsseldorf called Oberkassel. I’ll also blog… Read More Thursday doors: more doors from Düsseldorf
Life & blog update: January 2022 was a month of home renovation (again!). We got a new kitchen at the end of the summer but we’d planned to buy new furniture for the living room too. I’d been looking at different cupboards and bookcases from IKEA and other stores for almost two years but nothing screamed… Read More Life & blog update: January 2022
Venlo is a pretty, little town in the Netherlands near the German border. I visited Venlo in November (2021). When I planned my sojourn at my best friend’s in Düsseldorf (Germany) I’d wanted to include a short outing to the Netherlands. I actually flew to Weeze airport which is even closer to the Dutch border… Read More An afternoon in Venlo, the Netherlands
the Red Phone Box travels 