Having played tour guide a couple of times to friends visiting Cape Town, I’ve become aware that there are plenty of ways to fill your time there. In case you are looking for some ideas, here are 71 things to see and do in Cape Town (in no particular order). Continue reading
Month: February 2017
Weekend as Popelka in Brno
Popelka is the Czech version of Cindarella, screened every year around Christmas time (she’s also quite popular in Germany and Russia, I’ve heard). Fairytales are popular in Czech Republic; they are on TV all the time. Continue reading
Easy Boiled Fruit Cake
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a recipe, but this is a good one! While busy in the kitchen tonight making this fruitcake it occurred to me to share this quick and easy recipe on my blog. Although it’s called “boiled fruitcake”, it’s baked – the name comes from the fact that some of the ingredients (fruit, butter, sugar) are boiled together beforehand, giving the cake a more complex flavour. It’s a lovely, light fruitcake, perfect for tea or a snack. This recipe was passed down from my grandmother to my mother and now to me.
Top 10 posts of 2016 (in case you missed them!)
I’m always curious why some posts are read more often. Here were the most-read posts of 2016:
1. Namaqualand
2. Road tripping from Czech Republic to Slovenia and Croatia
3. Watersports and beaches at Müggelsee
4. Battle of the Seelow Heights and a walk near the Oder river
5. The wedding planning continues
6. Lakes of Berlin
7. Cross country skiing in the Harz mountains
8. The legend of Drachenfels
9. The complications of a multi-national wedding
10. Middle Europe Weekly small pleasures #20: Cambridge in spring
Enjoy! 🙂
There and back again – December to January
My last real blog post was just before we went away for Christmas holidays to South Africa via Namibia, and now it’s February already! I feel like I’m always behind these days. In between travelling I am overloaded with work, trying to meet all my many deadlines before the next trip. At the moment I’m away again, at a meeting in Switzerland. It should calm down a bit in February, but let’s see. Hopefully then I’ll have time to update on the places we’ve visited in December and January. Here is a sneak preview in the meanwhile. Continue reading