365 Photo Challenge Days 312 to 327

Day 312: Wednesday 16th August - Dundee city centre

Day 313: Thursday 17th August - St.Andrews East sands

Day 314: Friday 18th August - Three oil rigs in the North Sea

Day 315: Saturday 19th August - Flying back to Zurich

Day 316: Sunday 20th August - Shells and stones from Scotland

Day 317: Monday 21st August - Gift from parents in my class

Day 318: Tuesday 22nd August - Goodbye cards from the kids

Day 319: Wednesday 23rd August - Lovely flowers

Day 320: Thursday 24th August - Diamond League Night

Day 321: Friday 25th August - Bought in Scotland

Day 322: Saturday 26th August - Tram in Zurich

Day 323: Sunday 27th August - Travel mag

Day 324: Monday 28th August - More travel mags

Day 325: Tuesday 29th August - View Lake Zurich

Day 326: Wednesday 30th August - Half moon

Day 327: Thursday 31st August - Jelly babies my favorite

So yes it is finished this challenge, I started it on the 8th October last year so maybe just 3 more posts to come.

Tomorrow I will get my haircut, on Saturday Alessio and I will go to see the new Thor movie and on Saturday evening going out!

Have a good weekend!

Beach Combing in the Outer Hebrides!

Beach on North Uist

Beach on South Uist

Isle of Eriskay

While we were in Scotland we had a week in the Outer Hebrides and as you can imagine we saw lots of beaches. We tried to stop as often as possible as the scenery was just beautiful, it was not always possible.

The first five photos are from a beach on North Uist, we had a few places which we wanted to stop and explore. This beach was just lovely and really long, there was hardly anyone about so we had it all to ourselves. We walked along the beach collecting bits and bobs and then we walked back through the machair and carried on to South Uist.

The next five photos are from South Uist and the beach at our last hotel which was called the Polochar Inn. Again it was an amazing beach and we saw lots of interesting things on the beach. Alessio and my father collected shells and rocks from all the beaches that we stopped at, so we have got quite a collection. By the way I would recommend the Inn it was really lovely.

Finally the last four photos are from the Island of Eriskay, on that day it was really cold and rainy but it did not stop us, us being hardy Scots! Again we collected our shells and stones plus Alessio was contemplating life a bit at the waters edge!

A Day in Ghent

Gravsteen Castle

During the October holidays Alessio and I went to Belgium along with my father for one week. Visiting Belgium had been on my list as the cities looked really beautiful and both my father and myself wanted to visit the many different WW1 sights.

We travelled to Ghent from our base Brugge which is not that far on the train, Ghent is the third largest city in Belgium with a population of around 250,000.

We took a tram from the train station as it seemed a bit of a hike to walk into the city centre. Once there we visited St Bavo cathedral, which is noted for the Ghent Alterpiece by the brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck. I did not go to see it but my father went and highly praised it!

Afterwards we wondered around the old town looking at the buildings and canals, eventually we found a place to eat. Afterwards we visited Gravsteen Castle, we walked around, climbed many steps and had great views of the city.

Again we just explored the city by walking and lucky old me found an English bookshop, so had to have to look around.

To be honest it was not my favorite city in Belgium, maybe we just visited on the wrong day or something as I was not impressed. (sorry)

I hope you all had a great Halloween, we had a small party at my home and it was fun! Yesterday evening Alessio went trick or treating with some friends and got some goodies!!

Flea Market in Zurich

The flea market in Zurich is situated at Bürliplatz and there are many stalls to check out. They range from clothes, jewelry, cutlery, plates, cups, books, toys, paintings, furniture, boxes and much more. I often wonder if the sellers make a lot of money or they just enjoy meeting with the other sellers and having a fun day out! It is usually during the summer months maybe earlier if the weather is good I suppose. There is always lots of people looking, when I am there I usually go to the book stalls (surprise).

This weekend I am having a Halloween party, I have bought decorations and we had lots from last year. Alessio is quite excited about it and will be keen to help decorate. My friend Hannah is making Halloween cupcakes, already looking forward to them! I hope to make pumpkin pie, yum! I have completely forgotten about a costume though! I do have a witch hat, yes it is not much I know!

Have a great weekend!