Summer is full on here in Weimar. We’ve got temperatures hitting close to 40 degrees C and the weather is like on a tropical island. It f...

My word for 2014 came to me this summer when I was vacationing in Thailand. Up until then I had a few words sailing around in my head: li...

I was washed over with a variety of such powerful feelings I had never experienced before. It was more than overwhelming. Predominantly t...

  [Farinata | Image for Köstlich Vegetarisch Italian Special 04/2013] Time has been speeding past me like a super-high speed jet. It’s like ...

Close your eyes. Imagine the one place you would love to be in at this moment. Where are you? Me … I am in Norway – winding up around the...

Funny how one week can differ so drastically from another and the days are a constant roller coaster ride filled with barrel rolls, boomeran...

It was just about a year ago that I was frantically packing my suitcases, mentally reciting a few lines from my presentation and packing ...

“I feel old! Turning 44 has not been good on me.” I looked at my dear friend and smiled. She did not look 44. Her face glowed and the ski...

Time: here today, gone tomorrow.  Trying to hold onto it is like trying to grasp sand in our fists, it creeps through our fingers leaving...

I’ve led a life of a gypsy for a large part of my years. Together with my family, our wanderlust took us from Cairo to Bali, from Colombo...

I’m packing again! This time I’m off to Florence and as much as I would love to say it’s for play and shopping, it’s not. I am afraid I...

It seems Autumn has finally come to Weimar. September was filled with non-stop sunny days, bright blue skies and summery high temperatu...

Staring at the ceiling of our bedroom, I was feeling restless, my mind going through the chores and tasks of the new day ahead. Sleep did no...

   Mercilessly pounded by catastrophes that send it rocking and erupting into a fury, it would seem as if the Earth is falling apart. This w...

   As I entered the house the first thing that struck me was the composed stillness. The lights were on but it really seemed that nobody was...

   This weekend I was able to create a milestone to call my own. A milestone that fills me entirely with pride and honor. This weekend I b...

    The air in the house is cool and refreshing. I let out a slight sigh. The weather outside is hot, sticky and sunny and thankfully the ho...

   I like to reminisce in regular intervals. While I am whisking, chopping or simply stirring I will tilt my head to a side and think to m...

  As I got back from Dubai one of the first blogging duties I did was check out the latest Daring Bakers’ challenge. Although the group ...

  “Sorry we’re not baking this month...” was the very first line I read as I opened up the Daring Kitchen forum earlier this month to see...