give & take

Rasmus has this strange dislike of me stealing his food. I am absolutely forbidden for helping myself to food from his plate and must always ask if I want a taste – without fork already poised over the meal. Last night we went out for an impromptu dinner with a couple who are good friends…

celebrating Spain

Our weekend ended on the streets of central Brussels, celebrating the World Cup win with hundreds of Spaniards and excited onlookers! Rasmus and I had managed to find ourself a coveted position at the bar in an Irish pub downtown that was mostly packed with Spaniards dressed in red and yellow, with a few orange…

my weekend in pictures

My in-laws have been staying with us for the past week. We had fantastic weather and stayed out enjoying it most of the weekend. We took a day trip to Namur on Saturday and had dinner down river in Dinant. Then Sunday we planted ourself on the side of the road in a village near…

pinterest

When I was in my final year of school, studying for A-levels and trying to figure out what I would “do” for the rest of my life (wow, that feels like such a long time ago, and I’ve still not figured out the answer!) I was deciding in my 17/18 year old mind between interior…

home

The last two weeks, Rasmus and I have been enjoying a wonderful holiday in western USA, visiting Nevada, Utah, Arizona and California, seeing lots of my old friends, witnessing another dear friend get married and visiting some incredible new places. I have lots to tell and the blog posts will come because I promised my…

broadening my music horizons…

We wake up to the radio most mornings now, ever since buying a Squeezebox which lets us listen to internet radio from the UK or Denmark. There’s something much nicer about actually understanding what you are listening too… although for the Danish radio stations that tends to mean me exclaiming “ooh, I know that word!”…