When is February Going to End?
After a lovely weekend of celebrations with family and friends I was up early Monday morning to tackle a long list of ‘to dos’ with gusto. Durning these short breaks in our travels we are busy with the mundane tasks that have to be done to keep everything in order at home and to ensure […]
Do We Eventually Become Our Parents
When my birthday comes around each year my thoughts often turn to my mum. More especially this year as I turn the age she was when she passed away, at just 57 years. My mum was a wonderful person and an incredible mum, she was kind and generous with her time and energy. She always […]
Görlitz in Pictures
This weeks blog is a picture gallery of photos taken on an afternoon in the old town centre of Görlitz. If you haven’t already and you would like to read more about the history and rebirth of this town, click on the link to my last blog: The Rebirth of a Town Streetscapes Alleys and […]
The Rebirth of a Town
I have been visiting the town of Görlitz on the German Polish border for over 20 years and I have watched its transformation. For hubby that time frame has been even longer, as every year his mum brought him and his siblings to visit her parents and relations behind the Iron Curtain, but those are […]
From Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan
This week we have been staying on the Southern shores of the beautiful Berzdorfer See (Lake). Located just south go the town of Görlitz and within easy reach of the Czech and Polish borders it wasn’t always a beautiful place to visit. From 1835 to 1997 this was a huge mining operation. Initially as an […]
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