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Fish & chips by the seaside

Published on October 25, 2010 by HannaLeave a comment

It is lovely being in Devon breathing fresh air. It is quite cold but it was blue skies and sunshine yesterday so we had fish and chips by the beach in the cute village of Beer. 🙂

A trip to Devon

Published on October 23, 2010 by Hanna1 Comment

Christopher and I will take the train down to Devon today. I’m really excited as I haven’t been there before but I have heard (and seen on TV) that it is beautiful there. We are going to stay with Christopher’s grandmother Joan. She is absolutely lovely, and it will be great to spend a bit more time with her.

I look forward to nice walks in the woods and along the coast, to breathe fresh air and to relax and drink lots of tea. Hopefully we will have time for a visit to The River Cottage for lunch. I really like the series, so it would be great to experience it properly. I imagine the life in the countryside here to be a bit like in the series with lots of village fairs happening all the time. In Sweden people keep to themselves a little bit more, or meet up in smaller groups, but here the culture is more sociable. Having said that, Swedes are very sociable too, just in a different way.

So I am very much ready for some countryside life, I love London but I am a country girl at heart! 🙂

Chapel Down

Published on October 1, 2010 by Hanna1 Comment

When I moved to England two years ago I had no idea that there were vineyards here. During that time, even my parents neighbours in the south of Sweden has started a vineyard, and both there and here the climate is mild and suitable, so why not. The most famous vineyard in England is Chapel Down in Tenterden, Kent in the south-east.

So far I have only tried one of their wines, the Flint Dry and I must say, it is very good. The wine is (of course) dry and the mainly consists of Chardonnay, Huxelrebe and Bacchus. I find it quite fruity despite it being dry, and it was much nicer than I had imagined. Why not try local produce when it comes to wines as well as food?!

A few foodie days

Published on September 25, 2010 by HannaLeave a comment

I have spent two nights in Southampton with my dear friend Gaby, relaxing, gossiping, shopping, eating and talking about food. It has been a few really nice days and she has spoiled me tremendously. On Thursday evening she cooked herb crusted rack of lamb with Potatoes Boulangère. The recipes are Gordon Ramsay’s from the F word, and it was delicious!

Yesterday we had a lovely day in Winchester, looking in shops, having a lovely Croque Monsiuer for lunch, and cakes in the afternoon and in the evening we had cheese, charkuteries and bread followed by Gaby’s apple crumble.

It has been a lovely foodie filled few days! 🙂

Liverpool

Published on September 3, 2010 by HannaLeave a comment

This past weekend I went to Liverpool to visit my dear friend Karin. It was my first time up north and it was a bit what I expected (the dialect, the skimpy skirts, all the Beatles paraphernalia) and some unexpected (nice old buildings, interesting maritime museum, good bars), but the best thing was of course to spend three days with Karin, to meet her friends and hang out.