Putting up the Scotland photos made me realise I never put up photos from our post-Christmas drive to Venice via Germany and Austria and back home through France. I have less photos than warranted by the lovely scenery, I suspect due to the fact that it was REALLY REALLY cold which was a disincentive to taking the camera out.

( Having said that, here are a clutch of photos )

OK, we’ve finally managed to upload the photos from Scotland. And here is a small selection for those of you interested in such things.

( Orkney took over the photos! )

( Happy things from my week )

I have been too busy revising for the life in the UK test today (holiday was too fun to bother with much studying) but I promise I will be back to regale you with interesting facts that all British people apparently need to know.

( In the meantime, here are some happy things from my week )

( Seven happy things from the last fortnight (eep) )

So, Switzerland. This isn’t really a country I had at the top of my list of places I must see, but when I was idly surfing the Rail Europe site (as one does) and saw the good rail connections to Geneva (and then to Venice…the original trip idea morphed somewhat) the idea of dancing around mountain meadows eating cheese and chocolate started to ( Read more... )

( Seven happy things from my week )

( Seven happy things from the last couple of weeks )

I'm coming in for a late night entry - our guests are back so I haven't read other people's entries. I will catch up over the next few days. Also, feel free to poke me if I haven't written more about Green Knowe or at least a book of some description!

( Basically birds and food )

An overdue post on some of my recent travels. It mostly consists of photos!

( Featuring a mermaid, a Begijnhof, more spring flowers than you can shake a stick at and a chateau on a mountaintop )