Tag Archives: Holidays

Martinique

19 Oct

I have finally managed to go on holidays!!!! Wohooo

2 weeks of total bliss, relaxation, meetings with my granny (yep, she lives in Martinique) and a hell of a lot of food and rum.

Rum comes in so many variations in Martinique, there are at least 10 – 15 distilleries on that tiny island. You can drink it pure like a matured whiskey, with exotic juices, aromatized with ginger, vanilla or tangerine peels (Shrubb) or the classic ti punch: rum, lime, sugar cane

We had this really lovely studio in the south of the island where there are only white sand beaches. And because we came off season, we had the whole beach to ourselves, as locals hardly ever go to the beach. I just loved trying out recipes I would never ever have thought of, like papaya salad, shark soup, boudin, accras or a typical local dish “Féroce” (translation: fierce): mashed avocado, manioc flour, chilli, oil, salt and pepper, cod

We spend the second week in the capital Fort-de-France and went to visit the North side of the island which has black sand beaches because of the volcano Montagne Pelée. There are so many things to do in Martinique that, should you ever consider going there on holidays, you need at least 3 weeks in order to adapt, relax, visit all the sites that are to be visited, swim, try out the local cuisine or go diving. But I will go back there, I haven´t had enough red snapper yet. 😉

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Merry Christmas

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Christmas decoration

23 Nov

This week I have been to the Christmas market and drank my first mulled wine this year with friends from work.

Even though I think it is weird to be all Christmassy in mid November… I love the Christmas market for the lights, the smell of mulled wine (more facts about that later) and the wooden toys like nutcrackers.

As usual I got all inspired and busy, making my home holiday ready.  😉

For the salt dough you need:

–           2 cups of flour

–           1 cup of salt

–           1 cup of water

Mix everything in a bowl, and then roll it out with a rolling pin. Use Christmas cutters or a knife, then place the forms on baking paper on a tray in the oven, previously preheated at 150°C , for about 45 minutes.

It is completely up to you how you would like to decorate them. I used:

–           Watercolours

–           Acrylic colours

–           Various sprinkles

–           Glitter glue and pearl maker

–           Golden, green and red string

This is great fun to do with friends, as everybody can get creative. I like putting them in a cellophane bag with a nice bow  as a gift.

PS: Did you know? Apparently, if you spend more than six hours wandering around at the Christmas market, you can get drunk on the mulled wine steam… poor guys at the mulled wine stand. Or lucky them  😉

Bulgaria part I

29 Aug

Finally holidays…

As last time I went there, Bulgaria kept every promise it made. It was beautiful, relaxing and every bit enjoyable. Especially because I was staying with a bunch of friends, making this vacation even more fun.

We spend almost every day on the beach, enjoying a cool glass of Gin tonic and reading (Fifty shades of Gray) except when we were sailing in Sozopol or visiting Sofia (beware of straying dogs!).

Food was delicious, you could never get enough of shopska salad or little fried fish, at least I couldn’t. 😉

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Photo credits: Mathias & Mia

Happy New Year!

2 Jan

I wish you lots of love, happiness and luck for this year…

I spent New Year’s Eve in a beautiful old stone house in Franche-Comté. It was great fun and magical because it was well prepared (thanks to Florian, Mia and Anna). We had home-made foie gras (thanks to Anna’s parents) with Champagne to start the evening. Then we had beautiful lobster from the Ritz (thanks to Florian) and a delicious main course which I am too lazy to translate now…sorry… still a bit tired from the weekend.

We danced all night and had drinks near the fire place… I finally went to bed around 6am! Me! Ha! Love it  😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pics by Mathias & Mia