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Boiler Issues

08/05/2019 Written by Helen

As is quite usual here, we’re not connected to gas mains. If people do prefer gas, for heating or cooking, then you usually find that they have it delivered and huge cannisters will be located somewhere about the property and we didn’t really fancy the eyesore or the faff. So we’re all electric here – […]

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Where There’s A Will, ThereR...

07/05/2019 Written by Helen

Renovating a property can be very expensive. Even though things out here are often less expensive than back in the UK, we don’t have a bottomless money pit and so sometimes, rather than splashing the cash, we look for alternatives. And, currently, spray paint is proving to be worth its weight in gold. Quite literally… […]

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Exploring Ephesus, Turkey

02/05/2019 Written by Helen

I’ve always had a fascination with ancient places such as Knossos, Pompeii, Delphi and Ephesus and we are slowly but surely ticking them off, on our travel wish list. As yet, we’ve not holidayed in Turkey and haven’t had any plans to do so, so I thought Ephesus would have to be put on hold. […]

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Our Kitchen Renovation

29/04/2019 Written by Helen

When we moved in, the kitchen seemed quite a cold room. Which seemed odd, because even though there was only one window to the side, it was a light room. The walls were white (and this was the only room that had actually been decorated) and the units were pretty inoffensive cream IKEA base and […]

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Garden Project…

26/04/2019 Written by Helen

Although the weather is still not *perfect*, we’ve definitely come out of winter and hibernation. The woodburner is on less these days, our heaters are only switched on to get rid of the early morning chill, and we’ve even had a window or two open. The garden, which last year was largely a building site, […]

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Plastic-Not-Fantastic

09/04/2019 Written by Helen

Italian supermarkets are generally very, very good. Produce is usually always very fresh, and locally grown – great for the carbon footprint – and often loose, so you can avoid the plastic overload. Fish, meats and cheese are often sold in the same way – loose, unpackaged and by the weight. Same with breads and […]

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The Outside Renovation Begins…

03/04/2019 Written by Helen

To the front of the house, we have an area which is mix of concrete paving and grass. The grassed area, in particular, is a bit of a mess, as it’s where we currently park the cars. We’ve used bamboo plants to screen the garden as much as possible from the road – although to […]

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Retail Therapy in Marrakech

20/03/2019 Written by Helen
Souk Shopping : Marrakech

Marrakech is up there as one of the craziest, loudest, most colourful, chaotic, beautiful, exhausting and intriguing cities we’ve ever visited. Hot and dusty (even in January when we’ve visited), it’s somewhere that we only do for a couple of days before escaping to the calmness of the coast, and the gorgeous Essaouira. You can […]

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Hotel Grand Wiesler, Graz

19/03/2019 Written by Helen
Hotel Grand Wiesler, Graz

Sometimes, you see somewhere online and you just have to go. No matter what. This happened recently when I discovered the website for the Hotel Grand Wiesler, in Graz, in the Styria region of southern Austria. When we lived in Manchester, the thought of seeing a hotel online, in another country, and planning a spontaneous […]

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Going Green…

17/03/2019 Written by Helen
Gorgeous green angle poise lamp from TK Maxx, Graz, Austria

We’ve decided that the not-so-bottle-green bedroom wall, is staying. Despite it not being the colour I had in my mind’s eye, we’ve grown to really love it. And a bargain of a find in TK Maxx when we went to Graz, in Austria, sealed the fate of the colour – a beautiful green angle poise […]

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The Backstreets of Bergamo

15/03/2019 Written by Helen
Festival time : Piazza Vecchia, Citta Alta, Bergamo

Bergamo, located west of Milan, in the region of Lombardy, is beautiful. Often overlooked for the more glitzy (and possibly more brash) Milan, it has everything. There is the lower, more modern town (Citta Bassa) – although, as well as your retail therapy kicks, you can still soak up the history of the town. Wide […]

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Maribor, Slovenia

14/03/2019 Written by Helen
4 Flats, Slomškov trg 11, Maribor, Slovenia

Maribor is Slovenia’s second largest city, but that doesn’t mean it’s big, by any stretch of the imagination. Up until now, we’ve overlooked it, in favour of the capital, Ljubljana, whose appeal is immediate. It’s beautiful, full of well restored and well maintained historical buildings, with a winding river, fringed with weeping willows and a […]

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