Friday, 13 May 2011

A day in Chartres

A trip to Chartres has been on the calendar for what seems like ages!
It's rather difficult to set a date with a group of about 20 busy ladies, but we managed...
On the 5th of May we met in front of the gorgeous & famous Chartres Cathedral, which is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site.
Chartres itself is a cozy, nicely maintained, typical French city, so if you ever have a chance, I can highly recommend a visit, maybe when you're on your way to the Loire valley?

I made so many pictures that day and I find it extremely difficult which ones to show you, so I made a huge selection, hope you don't mind??























 I wish you all a lovely weekend!
Bisous,

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

And the winner is...

We've had some busy weeks with an almost 2 weeks holiday (in The Netherlands and in Greece) followed by lots of house guests. But now it's, more or less, getting back to normal, at least for the coming 3 weeks :)

I love having people around, like to prepare their breakfasts, plan cozy diners or show them around our 'home abroad'. As you can imagine, it's pretty difficult to keep up with the daily routine... So that's why I haven't been here on a regular basis... but will try to make it up in the coming weeks!

First of all I have a winner to announce: it's Elly of Elly's kleine Idylle. Congratulations Elly! I can recommend you to visit her blog, it is, as the name says, a 'small idyll', beautiful pictures & serenity. Have a look!!
Elly, if you can email me your address at abacaxiandhortela@gmail.com, I will send your presents as soon as possible!!

A bunch of pictures to follow, just from the last 2 weeks:

Some entertainment at home

An afternoon at the races... Hippodrôme de Saint Cloud

We celebrated a birthday...

Just a tablesetting

Notre Dame... from the back side

Notre Dame... from the side

The boys on one of the bridges, watching all the 'bateaux mouches' full of tourists passing by

One of the 'bouquinistes' along the Seine

Arc de triomphe on a Saturday morning

8 May

View over the Champs Elysées and Place de la Concorde

Montmartre & the Sacre Coeur, view from the Arc de Triomphe

On the other side: La Défense

Great weather... :)

Wishing you all a great week!
Bisous, 

Monday, 2 May 2011

Old & New!

Almost two weeks gone on holiday and the garden has died... well, that's a bit exaggerated, but all the plants in the vases had died, just the Astilbe and some Violets survived the 2 weeks without water, without rain I have to say, which is very uncommon here...
It looked very depressing, like in the picture above :(

The good thing is that I could go to the garden center again and buy all new!
Hot pink Geraniums, soft grey Lavender, the Butterfly Lavender and some dark pink Oleander.
Can't wait for it all to start blooming!


Still not finished, still work to do.
So I leave you now & wish you all a sunny week!
Bisous,
P.S. There's still time to join my give-away:
the 'Marie Claire Idées' 20th birthday issue AND some French goodies to win!

Friday, 29 April 2011

#211

Yes, this is post #211. And I promised you something for my 200th post...
Can you believe I just completely forgot that? Maybe too busy holiday-ing?
Marie Claire Idées celebrates it's 20th Birthday and there's a special issue published just now.
So for my 211th post (let's just pretend it's #200), you can win this special issue.
I'll make sure to add some nice French goodies too!

What to do?
- Please leave a comment on this post and
- Become a follower of my blog
- If you're already a follower, then just leave a comment

- For an extra chance to win, add the button to your blog & leave me an extra comment
The winner will be announced on May 6, 2011


Have a wonderful weekend!
Bisous, 
P.S. I ship worldwide!!

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

A trip to the market in Athens

Of course I had to visit the big market in Athens, full of fish, meat & nuts!





 As it was getting close to Easter, and roasted lamb is THE food served at Easter,
 the lambs were all over the place...


 And there was much more to see...



 Salted cod

Dried fruits &

delicious nuts...
Of course we left with a bag full!!

And now it's back to reality again...
We came home last Friday from our combined Athens & the Netherlands trip.
The same day friends arrived to stay for a few days, family is arriving the upcoming weekend,
so that means cleaning, laundry & organizing the coming days..
And hopefully there'll be some time left to enjoy the sun!

Have a wonderful week!
Bisous,

Chantal

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