January Reading List

In January I got through 9 books and you may be wondering how on earth did I manage that! Well instead of watching TV in the evenings I just decided to read my books and my weekends without Alessio were not so busy so I read also.



The Girl with a Clock for a Heart by Peter Swanson

The Birdcage by Clive Aslet

Tread Softly by JJ Marsh

The Sea by John Banville

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan

Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich

1222 by Anne Holt

The Catalyst Killing by Hans Olav Lahlum

The Ice Child by Camilla Lackberg


I really enjoyed The Birdcage, 1222, The Catalyst Killing, The Ice Child, Tricky Twenty-Two and Tread Softly.

For my reading challenge the two books were The Birdcage and The Sea, both were new authors for me beginning with A and B. I will not necessarily go through the challenge alphabetically, as I have already done the letter T as I got the book from the library.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Photo of the Week - Mouth Watering Goodies!

Photo of the week comes from Barcelona and an amazing window full of fabulous looking pastries and cakes.

Here are some links to check out:

If you haven`t seen Melissa McCarthy on SNL impersonating Sean Spicer you should!

This was disgraceful Senator Elizabeth Warren was told to stop talking and sit down!

Looking forward to check this new series out Legion

Interesting read!

Which tree do you like?

365 Photo Challenge Days 96 to 105

Day 96 - Thursday 12th Jan - Only things missing is black pudding and tattie scone

Day 97 - Friday 13th Jan: Building in Barcelona

Day 98 - Saturday 14th Jan: Sagrada Familia

Day 99 - Sunday 15th Jan: Ceramic tiles on rooftop Palau Güell

Day 100 - Monday 16th Jan: Statue near to Marina

Day 101- Tuesday 17th Jan: Non-fiction book set in Iceland

Day 102 - Wednesday 18th Jan: Spinach pizza

Day 103 - Thursday 19th January: Purple flowers

Day 104 - Friday 20th Jan: Part of my reading challenge

Day 105- Saturday 21st Jan: Brandy`s new CD is out plus concert this Friday in Moods

Day 106 - Sunday 22nd Jan: Pesto sauce!

Hope you all had a great weekend! I saw two great movies this weekend at the cinema, Manchester by the Sea and Hidden Figures. I would thoroughly recommend checking both these movies out if you can!

I have been planning my trip to Iceland which starts on Saturday. I am so looking forward to this trip, Iceland has been on my bucket list for years! I am praying that we will be lucky and be able to see the Northern Lights (fingers crossed)!

Have a super week!

Palau Güell Barcelona

Palau Güell is a mansion designed by the architect Antonio Gaudi for the industrial tycoon Eusebi Gaudi, it is built between 1886 and 1888.

I really enjoyed visiting this place, the rooms, furniture and walls were all amazing to see. The huge gate at the entrance was to allow horse drawn carriages to enter and the horses were kept in the basement. The stained glass windows were just fabulous and the roof has a nice view and around twenty chimney with lovely designs.

I would really recommend a visit, it is located just off the Ramblas and it cost 12 euros and free for kids up to 10 years old.

Have a great weekend!

Sunny Morning Walk

This sunny walk was not at the weekend, although it could have been with the weather we had! It was during the Christmas period, I had a day free as Alessio was away with his friend and his family to visit the Transport Museum. I got the bus to the Rote Fabrik (Red Factory) and walked from there into the city.

 I like the Rote Fabrik building a lot, it holds concerts, art exhibitions, and it is also a dance club. There is also a cafe/restaurant which I have not been too, but had a peep in. As you can see from the outside it is covered in street art and there is some great stuff! There is a small playground which I have taken Alessio a few times.

The walk into the city was nice and there was lots of people out and about too, it did not take that long too.

Have a good week!

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!

Photo of the Week - Pigeons Galore!

This is in Plaza Catalunya in Barcelona, we went there on our first evening. The place was full of pigeons and Alessio was happy to walk through the whole bunch of them. Then this family was feeding them until suddenly someone walked a bit to near and they all buggered off! I have to say that I don`t really like the idea of all these birds around my head, when they fly off!

Wishing you all a good mid week!