Flower Power

Apart from ruins, stones & rocks there's more to see in Athens;

 beautiful flowers in great colours for example

Gorgeous red poppies, a splash of colour on a cloudy day

Oranges... plenty!

Even a simple dandelion can be beautiful

Dandelions & poppies bring sunshine!

Light purple Lavatera all over Acropolis Hill

More poppies, couldn't get enough of them!

The streets are all covered with colourful trees... Spring in Athens is beautiful!

And what a gorgeous weather we have in Europe, it's still spring but temperatures rise

 easily to a summery 25 degrees Celsius. Please let it be like this till December??

Time to enjoy the sun again.

 I wish you all a wonderful Easter, enjoy the weather & the (chocolate) eggs!

Bisous,

Chantal

On a trip to...

Yes, you guessed it right: we're enjoying a trip to Greece,

to Athens to be more precise!

The first day we found a nice restaurant, with a cosy terrace & good food!

We decided to do the Greek salad test during our stay, and this was the first one we ate:

It tasted really very good & the view even made it tastier...

A view on the Acopolis Hill & the Parthenon!

Will soon be back with more pictures from our trip!

Enjoy the week!

Bisous,

Chantal

The gardens of Chateau Versailles in spring time!

This time we tour around the gardens and the parc of Chateau Versailles.

Every time I walk here, I'm amazed by the way the parc and the gardens are maintained...

As it is still early spring, there are not so many flowers yet, so I guess I'll have

to do another tour later this spring again? 

It was another extremlely sunny day and my camera is still not working that well;

so  you'll have to do it with these pictures...  

So next time you'll be in Paris, take a trip to Versailles (easy accessible via de RER C) and see it for yourself. It's definitely worth the trip (about 30 minutes from Champs de Mars/la Tour Eiffel).

Have a great weekend!!

Bisous, 

A market day in Versailles

A quick tour around the Versailles market... loads of sunshine, a broken camera...

Not the best recipe for great pictures... 

But I just liked to give you a glimpse of the market in town, every Tuesday, Friday & Sunday

It's absolutely great for fresh vegetables, fruits, chicken, cheese, nuts, flowers, etc.

And of course a visit to the market isn't complete without a café crème & a macaron...

This one was a real calorie-bomb with a thick layer of crème noissette in the middle...

so delicious! 

Have a great week!

Bisous,

Spring arrived!

Around the blog-o-sphere I see pictures of magnolias in full bloom. Ours finally decided to follow!

It took a while...

The pink/purple flowers add much needed colour to our front yard.

The background of today's lovely blue sky gives the colour some extra depth.

Only one flower... isn't it a beauty?

And last weekend I needed something greenish for the lunch table... no time to go to the market for flowers. So I ended up with this little garden bouquet: violets, forget-me-not, parsley, rosemary and... some soft pink weeds! So you see, there is a reason to keep the weeds ;)

The end result was perfect for a springish tablesetting for a simple & cosy lunch with dear friends!

Hope you all have a sun-filled week & for us... spring break is around the corner... HAPPY!

Bisous,

Karl goes diet...

Wishing you all a fashionable healthy week!

Bisous,

Splash of colour!

Couldn't resist to buy this one:

Forget-me-not (Myosotis) in a flashy pink vase!

And just one doesn't do it.. does it?

So here they are together: 

Combined with some very soft pink astilbe in the background. 

And looking from the other side you can see them in combination

with the pink primulas in the back.

Hope your weekend is also filled with splashes of colour & sunshine!

Enjoy it!

Bisous,