The weather so often a topic this summer is finally warm creating an overabundance of ripe summer fruit. Unfortunately the prices at the market haven’t really dropped and fruit remains too expensive to make jam or simple fruit sauce with. Luckily I live near endless banks of blackberry brambles offering succulent juicy berries for the ...

  When I awoke this morning at 09:10 it was pouring rain, only 18 ° Celsius with strong slashing winds, the men had already swum 2.4.miles / 3.86 kilometers and most had also already completed 67 kilometers of the 112 mile / 180.25 kilometers, and the women an avaerage of 60 kilometers. I look out ...

Culinarily speaking, Bavaria is known for it’s hearty food such as pig knuckles and beer. Yes, beer is a food in Bavaria. Whereas Frankfurt am Main also referred to as Mainhattan because of its bank skyscrapers, is part of Hesse, and it is known throughout Germany for it’s Apfelwein (applewine) and it’s Grie Sooß – ...

Spring is slow in coming here this year. As if it isn’t sure if we are ready. Ready for rebirth, ready for lushness, ready for the new chances and opportunities that spring brings to nature. And symbolically to us. Are we prepared to accept the challenge? Are we ready to enjoy and revel in the ...

I have stayed in Jumeirah Group hotels for many years now, both for business and for leisure and it is always a pleasure!!! The elegance and luxury of the furnishings, the thoughtfulness of the staff, the little extras that make me feel like a princess. My family loves it too. I have stayed many times ...