Happy Sunday!

So our holiday is also coming to an end, only a few days left before we start teaching again.. Things that make me happy today:

- being served cappuccino in bed, that has a milk heart in it (the cappuccino, not the bed).

- eating the rest of the amazing chocolate and raspberry mousse cake from last night's dinner.

- drinking tea from a nice tea cup.

- looking at photos from our wedding and honeymoon.

- reading John Donne's beautiful poetry.

- lighting candles even though it's still light outside..

- enjoying having the house to myself whilst my husband is out on a stag- do.

- anticipating the arrival of my new kitchen friend: Kenwood Chef Titanium, that we got as a wedding present.

- listening to Yves Montand and dreaming of Paris....

Rain rain rain rain...

It's raining today....again. Seems like summer has finally come to an end. And what a fabulous summer it has been!

Love

The best friends

Before our wedding I had a wonderful hen- do with the best friends in the world. They had planned the perfect day for me, and we drank lots of champagne, laughed all day and had so much fun I shall never forget it. I feel truly blessed to have such a wonderful group of friends, that have stuck together for a very long time. We don't see each other so much anymore, as we all live in different parts of the world, but I miss every one of them all the time. They know me so well, and we have shared so many things over the years, that they are almost like family to me. Hopefully it won't be too long until we move back to Norway so I can see more of them!

Photos: HJD

Honeymoon and lovely things

I am finally back, after a wedding that was even better than we had ever dreamed of, and a honeymoon in France with the man I love. We went to Alsace, a region in France near the border to Germany, which is famous for its cheese and wine. It is a very small region in a mountain range named Vosges, and consists of lots of very small villages not far from each other, separated only by miles and miles of vineyards. Their wine is fantastic, and so is the cheese. The most famous cheese is Munster, a very smelly cheese, which is absolutely divine.

I have spent the last ten days in these surroundings:

The courtyard outside our flat.

The vineyard we stayed on was very beautiful. They had a dog called Cayenne, who spent most of her time sleeping outside our flat.

Our courtyard.

Almost every hill in Alsace has a castle (or three) on it.

Wedding!

I'm sorry things are quiet here on the blog, but with our wedding coming up this Saturday (yay!) there are so many things in my head that I can't seem to concentrate on anything else. I promise I'll come back after it's all over!! Hope everyone's having a lovely summer!