Pics and other stuff

Grand Place , Brussels What, exactly, is Belgium famous for, apart from unelected bureaucrats and Brussels sprouts (which are not feat...

Today we walked to the tourist information to find out if there was anything interesting planned for the Sant Joan. There wasn't, or ...

Yesterday there was quite a few of those invisible fishes around at the Flag Beach. If you are wondering why I call them invisible, look c...

Both me and Kirill are attending Spanish classes two times a week, arranged by a local "adult education" organization. As the ...

There is very little chance of real snow here, although you never know of course.  We made this  garland before Christmas and it was han...

On Christmas eve, gnomes bought for Yuri in Stokholm found their way on our patio table :)

Those chocolate cookies work with local ingredients just as well as they did with others :) Baked a batch today and want to do another one ...

This cat, although different in color, in attitude and expression is a spitting image of Muta from "The Cat Returns" . From his p...

In El Cotillo, we ate in the restaurant called La Vaca Azul (The Blue Cow). I am not entirely sure what's the origin of the name, and...

Delonix regia , flametree. They are now in bloom everywhere

Today we finally went to the "La Biosfera" market at Puerto del Rosario. It's on Saturdays, an the first floor of their enor...

Pictures are just to demonstrate our morning coffee progress and test an explanation that I found yesterday for the my lens problem. In th...

My last week was full of "last" things - last zumba lesson with Luisa , last salsa with Nunchi and Udoka , last casual lunch in S...

There was an international market in Saffron Walden over the weekend. We only got there on Sunday afternoon, when it was pretty much over (...

I guess I’d better give them something to cling to before they suffocate each other More pea tendril pics at Shutterstock

No reason for this picture, except they look nice. I don't know how is it around here, but my granny would always put an onion that has ...

I really liked the way steam was caught in paella picture , so we repeated the setup today with my morning cup of coffee. I am pleased wit...

well, ok, maybe not quite. The pan's not right, there's no saffron in there and I added way too much liquid, but - it was deliciou...

The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and the usual meanings vary by region. Britain's Sea Fish Industry Authority for exam...