Midsummer in Scandinavia - Solsticio de verano en Dinarmaca.

Mi marido hace semanas que está trabajando para los daneses en las oficinas centrales en Copenhague y tuvimos que hacerle una visita para reconocer rostros!

Una ciudad bien parejita. El casco antiguo se mezcla fácil con los edificios neoclásicos y en las afueras la nueva tendencia de edificación de post guerra.

Tranquila, con aires casi provincianos, en comparación a otras capitales europeas, llama la atención con un dejo de dolor al bolsillo, lo caro que todo puede ser todo. Taxis, pan, bebidas, trenes, comida, remedios etc. Pero cuando estás en Dinamarca, haz como los daneses, gastar!

Celebrations!

Hace unas semanas estuve de cumpleaños y creo lo he celebrado de la mejor forma posible. Con mis amigas latinas, mis amigas chilenas y la familia.

En un salón de te exquisito en mi pueblo, luego en un restaurante libanés en Londres y en Marruecos, al norte de África. Contando mis bendiciones!

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Remembering my mega birthday celebration few weeks ago. Tea room in my town, London, Morocco! counting my blessings.

Tea room, Ely.

Medina, Fez.

Medina, Fez.

Medina, Fez.

Londres.

Medina, Fez.

Tea room.

Medina, Fez.

Londres.

I really, really rough guide to Prague and Český Krumlov.

Dear Michelle’s friend:

How exciting you’re are planning your holidays to such a wonderful place in the world! The Check Republic is still a little jewel within the massive touristic waves of Europe, and still conserves some of the cheapness that people appreciate. You do not want to brake the piggy bank!

The C. Republic is relatively cheap in comparison to Italy or other trendy parts of Europe, so no wonder it has so many visitors! Also it has a lovey pretty architecture, landscape, good warm-hearted food and they are very pro English people, even though I am Chilean.

I have been to Prague many times, but I will just comment about my last trip.

My first stop was Prague. I went there in a British Airways flight as Easy jet from Stansted was having really bad times table. That was all. I was meeting up with some friends and we needed to time it well. So for further information, Easy Jet flies frequently from Stansted. Perfect!

I stayed in a very fancy hotel called:  Residence U Cerneho Orla .

It was fairly priced and few steps from the big and majestic Vltava River and the amazing Charles bridge. So that was nice. I think is always handy to be closer to the city centre, depending on the budget and how long your trip is. I had only 1 week, so I did not want to waste time in transportation.

The city itself is very bohemian, Cafes and bars everywhere. Ice-cream shops, pancakes, traditional patisseries from the zone. Homemade type of dishes, altogether it will be very hard for you to starve! The old part of the city is beyond beautiful, but as soon and you walk away, you start to see the legacy of the communist time and its block like big building signature. Not very appealing.

There are day’s trips from Prague to other part of the country. It worth to have a look here.

http://www.viator.com/Prague-tours/Day-Trips-and-Excursions/d462-g5

http://www.myczechrepublic.com/prague/sightseeing/day_trips.html

Instead, we went to Chesky Krumlov, a very quiet, medieval town. It is the mother’s place of one of my favourite artist Egon Schiele and it did provide with a lovely 2 hours or so train journey. So we changed from CITY to countryside. It was nice.

You can easily go to the train station and purchase your ticket to almost everywhere, even to other countries! Unfortunately, English is not that widely spoken, so you might encounter some difficulties there. But people are nice and patient.

The South is considerable cheaper that Prague, accommodation and food.

We stayed in this wind mill like tower called Pension ve Věži . But it was a budget accommodation, I would not dare to stay there with children, the experience was nice/weird though. Weird, only because I am not used to such hippie style. :P

It’s safe. People are friendly. Food is nice. It is cheap. It has all going for it.

:D xx

Somerset 2012…

Esta es una de mis fotos favoritas! Así que la imprimí y enmarqué! Es de un viaje que hicimos a Somerset en 2012 para la semana de Pascua de resurrección. Nos internamos en el campo mismo del Oeste de Uk. Qué bello todo, como siempre. Phillip y yo hemos estado en lugares tan divinos… qué afortunada.

We had one of those holidays, “almost” totally cut off from any internet, facebook, blog, twitter activity (not for my husband, of course,  who totally lives in a parallel planet always connected to the artefacts)

We were right in the middle of nowhere, Somerset that was; in a stunning property of the National Trust with a windmill in the back garden.  Our nearest neighbours were the sheep and the lambs. Nothing but the sound of nature and the marvellous look of it.

If your children do not get ill in the meantime and you do not have to drag them partially drugged in paracetamol everywhere, it is a place for all sort of activities, promising breathtaking discoveries. We covered all Glastonbury, the sea side, Bath, Cheddar (where the cheddar cheese come from), Wookey Hole (an amazing place for children, plus its caves), Cheddar Gore,  the prehistoric caves and lovely tea rooms…

It rained just the day we left… so we were very lucky in that respect.

Now I need a break for the Easter break! What is next? Oh… Italy jejeje

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Tuvimos una de esas vacaciones… “casi” enteramente desconectados de internet, facebook, blogs, twitter y cuanta lesera virtual aparece – no por mi marido, obvio, el que vive en un mundo paralelo vinculado a un artefacto en las puntas de sus dedos, casi como prolongación natural.

Nos quedamos en una maravillosa propiedad de National Trust con un molino de viento en el fondo del jardín, estábamos justo en la mitad de la nada, el campo puro del condado de Somerset! Nuestros vecinos más cercanos eran los corderillos y sus madres ovejas. Nada más que el silencio conmovedor .

Si vuestros hijos no se enferman a mitad de camino y no tienen que arrastarlos medios drogados en paracetamol, la odisea  promete ser un viaje espectacular, con actividades y descubrimientos para quitarte el aliento.  Nos recorrimos todo Glastonbury, la playa, Bath, Cheddar (cuidad de donde viene el famoso queso), Wookey Hole (parque de entretenciones alucinante, con unas cavernas magnificas), la quebrada de Cheddar y otras cavernas prehistóricas, y para qué hablar de los hermosos salones de té.

Llovió justo el día que nos fuimos, en ese respecto fuimos también muy afortunados.

Ahora necesito un brake de estas vacaciones de pascuas, qué sigue ahora…oh, Italia jejeje.

Our cottage – la casita de campo.

The windmill at the back of the garden – El molino al fondo del patio.

From the living room.

Scones with friends who came to visit us – Scones con amigos que vinieron de visita

Wells’s Cathedral – La Catedral de Wells

Cream tea @ the Pump Tea room in Bath