365 Photo Challenge - Days 88 to 95

Day 88: Wednesday 4th January - deep red flower

Day 89: Thursday 5th January - garden at work

Day 90: Friday 6th January - hedge outside kitchen window

Day 91: Saturday 7th Jan - Football trophy Alessio won

Day 92: Sunday 8th Jan - My car covered in snow 

Day 93: Monday 9th Jan - Birthday present from Arlene

Day 94: Tuesday 10th - Food made my ex mother in law

Day 95: Wednesday 11th Jan - Au peninsula

The weekend is starting, hope you all have some lovely plans! I will go with Alessio to see La La Land, not so sure he will like it though! As for the rest of the weekend we will see if the sun is still shining on Sunday maybe go out for a walk somewhere!

Have a great weekend!

Snowy Garden

Now that it is the weekend, it is actually hard to believe that on Tuesday morning the outside of my flat looked like this. I mean it looked really beautiful, don`t get me wrong! It is nice to see snow covered on nature, as it had not really snowed that much this winter.

I guess this was maybe the last show of winter before spring officially starts, there is always a chance of some late snow even in April. (let`s hope not).

Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!



 Some links to check out:

With Easter in a few weeks, here are some ideas where to go!
A blog I really like, there are always fab photos of flowers and gardens!
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Little Robin Redbreast

Last week in the garden we put up a bird feeder, and I had honestly forgotten all about it until I was looking out the window and saw a robin. Then on another day I saw another one, and he was hopping around on the grass. I was quite happy to see one as I am not sure if I have ever seen one before!

Nymphenburg Palace Munich

Three years ago I went to Munich for a long weekend for a wedding, my friend Janet got married that weekend. During that weekend my camera got stolen and for these photos I borrowed the camera from Claire, she sent me the photos but for some reason I have only now found them!

On the Saturday afternoon with Claire and Aimee we visited the Nymphenburg Palace, yes it was bloody freezing! This amazing Baroque palace was the main summer residence of the Bavarian Monarchs. Sadly we were too late to visit inside so we wondered around outside for as long as humanly possible! The geese were not so bothered by the freezing temperatures anyway!

I would visit it again so I can visit inside and hopefully in warmer weather too! As you can imagine it is one of the top tourist attractions that Munich has to offer! Afterwards if I remember correctly we stopped somewhere for hot chocolate!

A Weekend in Yverdon Les Bains/Grandson

The first weekend in December Alessio and I visited my friend Aimee and her family. They live just outside Yverdon les Bains in the French part of Switzerland. Alessio was really excited to have a sleeover and play with Noah with threats of staying up as late as possible.

The Saturday we arrived we visited Grandson Castle quite near to where they live. This is a medieval castle dating back between the 11th and 14th century and is the second largest castle in Switzerland. It is situated on the shore of Lake Neuchatel and it has a great view of the lake. Sadly when we visited it was not the best weather, it was interesting to walk around, it has a great collection of weapons and armour, plus a vintage car museum in the cellars. Just outside the castle was a Christmas Market which we looked around, and saw a lovely St.Bernard dog!

The next day we went briefly to the lake and saw the castle from the other side, then we went into Yverdon itself and wondered around the Christmas Market in the main square. It was a lovely day and the market was just opening and slowing getting busy. I think in general Christmas markets are not really for kids, they just get bored, want to eat and drink and run around. I only saw a bit of this town so look forward to see more of it the next time we visit!

Afterwards we hopped on the train back to Zurich, it was a lovely weekend and as usual it was great to see Aimee and the kids.

A Walk Around Zurich

It is now 3 weeks since the renovations started in my kitchen and to be honest it is really getting to get on my nerves. So on Mondays which is the day I do not work I usually take off to avoid the dust and noise of the workmen!

I drove around a bit and finally ended up parking along the lake, from there I decided to walk into Zurich and explore some parts of the city. The area up from the Niederdorf street has some lovely small streets to explore and buildings to see. Then I came to Neumarkt which is a great area with lots of cool shops, made my way to Central. By this stage I was quite tired, so I made a break and stepped into a bookstore.

I then had to make my way back to the car park to be in time for Alessio coming home from school. So I will be happy when everything is finished at the end of this week.