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On the 17th day of December…..our traditional Christmas Dinner
No, I am not cooking it 8 days early, but thought I would share with you what we traditionally eat on Christmas Day here in Northern Ireland…which is what we ate last year, and exactly what we will eat again this year! I enjoy cooking Christmas Dinner, but hopefully this is our last year with…

Bonjour – House Swapping in France, Day 1
And so begins our 4th house swap adventure, and our first to France. You can read about previous home exchanges to Dublin, Boston and Galway previously on my blog. This time we are staying on the edge of a beautiful medieval hilltop town about 90 minutes north east of Paris. For the first time we…

I came 2nd in I Heart Faces Photo contest this week!
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A Room with a View
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