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Lomma Beach
Experience the breathtaking beauty of Lomma during your journey to the South of Sweden. Picture yourself strolling along this magnificent mile-long coastline, where the soft, powdery white sand embraces your bare feet. Immerse yourself in tranquility as you find yourself blissfully alone during an early morning walk on this picturesque stretch of beach. Nestled in…
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Breakfast of Champions
The single most important meal of the whole day, so really put your heart into it. It’s worth that extra amount of effort in the long-run. Your mind and should will thank you for it and your health will follow suit. …
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
To all my followers, friends and family: Whether near or far, I’m wishing for you all to be surrounded by great love, true happiness and good health…now and always. Looking forward to experiencing exciting adventures with you in the year of 2014!
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What goes well with snow?
The first snow flakes have fallen onto the ground in Provence. Yes, I know, it snows, even here in the South of France. It doesn’t stay for long but long enough for one to get into a “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” kind of mood. I don’t know about you, but whenever…
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Vienna – The City of Music
How very fitting for a musical person like me (the girl who could sing before she could talk) to receive such an extraordinary birthday gift as a trip to Vienna and front row seats to the Staatsoper to see Madama Butterfly. The strong but at the same time so tender voice of soprano Ana Maria Martinez filled the grand room where so…
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Paris je t’aime…finalement
So it’s been a while since I wrote a post and what better way to restart my journey than to share my reflections on Paris with you! To be honest, I’ve never been a big fan of Paris. I never saw the charm about this city that everyone else keeps mentioning. However, my recent trip…
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Crème Caramel
One of my all time favorite French desserts, a classic Crème Caramel Serves 6-8 portions Ingredients: 1 vanilla bean2 l Milk2 1/2 dl of Caster sugar (I replaced half with brown sugar)1/2 tbls Lemon juice2 tbls Water4 Eggs Instructions: 1. Pre-heat the oven to 175° C. Cut the vanilla bean in half and put it…
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A Birthday Party Reception…
…in the most spectacular setting imaginable. A restored convent with its architectural elegance stripped down to its bare necessities. An old basin serving as the garden centerpiece with an old fountain to complete the ancient context and structure. Celebrating what could be one of the last Summer evenings, clinking our Champagne glasses and toasting to…
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Confiture de Figues
This year is truly the year of the fig. They are everywhere to be found and even wild ones in our own garden. What to do with all the figs that you can’t manage to feed your stomach with? Fig jam of course…Yum! Ingredients: 1 kg of figs1/2 kg of sugar3 tbsp of Cognac Our…
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Monte-Carlo, Monaco
It’s not everyday that one is invited to a wedding and certainly not one of your best friends and on top of it in Monaco…but this weekend I was one of the lucky ones to hit the check mark on all three. I had some time in between the festivities to walk around the city…
Quiet & Quirky 