Thursday 27 June 2013

Tasty Supper dish .....

 
No special name ....
 
just TASTY
 
♥♥♥
 


INGREDIENTS
 
Spaghetti al Peperoncino

         Pancetta

               Peppers , skinned and diced

                      Tomatoes , skinned, deseeded and diced

Tomatoes , chopped, tinned (optional|)

               Chillies , to your taste ..

Few cloves of Garlic (chopped)
 
Seasoning.
 
RECIPE
 
Dice your Pancetta if not already diced, fry off in a tiny drop of Olive Oil , add your diced peppers , then your tomatoes  , you can add some tinned chopped tomatoes too , if you wish... whilst this is all cooking down nicely , cook your Spaghetti in a large pot of salted water,  this Spaghetti was so long , and it is doubled in the packet , BUT still do not break it up ... cook it Al Dente ,, because it does carry on cooking and when mixed INTO  the sauce it cooks a little more ... !
 
 
Buon appetito
 
 
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Monday 24 June 2013

Away from the crowds ,,

Whilst everyone was in a rush to get to the crowds.
Linda and I took ourselves off for a walk,
we would be amongst the crowds soon enough .


 
We continued  in Fontvielle
with a walk around the Sculture path.

On the initiative of the Sovereign Prince, Monaco has been enriched with inspiring works by internationally renowned artists. The  Sculptures occupy a special place in the Principality and many fine examples are strategically placed  in the streets, walkways and gardens so the public can admire and appreciate these important and valuable pieces.
 
 





 
 
We were the only people in this area, lots were down the steps in the shops and
restuarants but up here ..Only us.
 
 
 
 
 


All the photos of me  are on Linda's camera and unfortunately she
does not do a blog ,, keep trying to convince her .. !!

The statues are all around Fontvielle .....

 
Linda and I wanted to see as much as possible and do the Grand Prix
and even though we did see lots , there is so much more !!!
So we are now considering another trip!!!
 
♥♥♥♥♥
 
 
 
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to tell us or are just missing France, why not hop over to An Accidental Blog with
Paulita and join in her meme .. ♥

Thursday 20 June 2013

A little gift ..............................

 
 
Last year when I was in Harrods Perfumery department ,
I got a little spray of a perfume ..
 
It was
 
 
I have held out buying a new perfume
 
JUST IN CASE ...
 
LOOK what is in Olivia's hand !!
 
 
♥♥♥
Merci to my eldest son and his wife Claire ♥
 
 
 
This  week , they surprised me with it ,
as a THANK YOU gift, for having
Olivia while they moved house and got it all
sorted ,, A huge surprise and a FAB one,,
 
LOVE IT!!
 
♥♥♥♥♥
 

Thursday 13 June 2013

Visiting Fontvielle, Monaco, Dreamin of France Meme .....





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Other than going to the Grand Prix ,
we wanted to fit in as much
as possible , seeing the fabulous
areas in Monaco.
 
Linda and I walked
alot on our own, venturing to
new things each day , time permitting.
 
This day we went to
 
Port Fontvieille
Monaco



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Only fifty years ago Fontvieille was nothing
 more than a narrow stretch of sand where the rock plunged into the sea







 

We took a peek at the

The Museum of Stamps and Coins of Monaco


 
A
walk round the port ,,
the little boats you can see are the boats that
take the guests to the private yachts , there is no other way!!
 
 




 
 
 
This is the other side to the sundial and it says
Cadran Solaire De Fontvielle ,,
 
I cannot find a link for it .. I will keep looking.
 
 
 
 

They have lots of statues around this area , so more to come!!



Tuesday 11 June 2013

My Birthday ...

What a day it has been ...
 
Big thank you to everyone for their
birthday wishes ♥
 


Cards and pictures made by Olivia (and from Amelia) ♥


We love you Nanny mug with fun photos - Olivia and Amelia.


Lovely heart from Aidan ..♥

 
and the postcard from Cupar :-) Aidan is from there.

 
A lovely plate painted and decorated by Lily (from Thomas too)

 
Café and croissant with Sarah ♥



Beautiful angel from Sarah


 
and the dragonfly 

 
Beautiful cards from everyone .

 
and scarf ♥

 
and the surprise relaxing pj bottoms
from my bruv!! and on time LOL
 
(look the Eiffel Tower)!!
 

 
 
and I had my great super trip to Monaco
and off to Paris soon ..thoroughly spoilt.
(Euros from my eldest son and wife too and money towards my next trip)
♥♥♥
 
BIG BIG Thank you to all. ♥♥♥

Monday 10 June 2013

My finished painted bowl ....

Remember this ..
 
 
 
here is the finished bowl,
all painted and fired ♥
 
 



♥♥♥♥♥

I know I am meant to be doing our trip
I will get it done, but with grandchildren coming
helping my friend , finding it hard to concentrate
with my blog , our holiday seems such a long
time ago and when I look at the photos,
I long to be back there..

You will see the photos ♥
 
 


Wednesday 5 June 2013

The first night in Nice ..

We were staying in Carros ,
which is about 10kms
from Nice , so a little far out
but as we were on a Tour with
an excellent Tour Manager
it was not a problem.


 
The hotel we stayed at was brilliant and the
staff were really good , friendly and helpful,
 
The company we used to travel with
have used this place before and they know the staff.
 
After arriving there at between 7 and 8 pm ,,
and travelling all day  from Chaumont,



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we were given the choice
of staying in the hotel and sorting ourselves out
or going into Nice and getting picked up at 11.30 pm ..
 
What do you think we did???
 
 
Of course we went to Nice !!!,

We went to Nice Flower Market

Cours Seleya.

which is
Flowers by day and restaurants by Night!!
 
We didn't sample the fabulous Seafood dish
but doesn't it look tasty??
 
Linda unfortunately doesn't like fish but it's fine
I got to try some later in the week .
 
♥♥♥♥♥
 

Monday 3 June 2013

Whose for Nougat??

As we were making our way down to
Chaumont, for our overnight stop,
we took a break at the delightful services!!
(I mean that sincerely not in a sarcastic way)

We stopped at one that had the most fabulous shop
 it was filled with NOUGAT , bags of it , slabs of it,
all delightful flavours too!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 






The words  "nougat" and Montélimar have gone together
since the end of the 17th century, when the first almonds were
introduced in the region by Olivier de Serre, some years earlier.
 
Nougat has always been made with honey, almonds and spices and in  the 17th century Provence became the only place to make it,  also  during this time Olivier de Serres planted the first almond trees near Montélimar, and they started adding the nut to the recipe.



Have you read or heard about the 13 desserts (Nougat being one of them)
of Christmas in the Provence??
 
Can you imagine it at all!!
 


 
The history of Diane de Poytiers can be found on here
, it is a very interesting read.
 
 
Love the tin , there were lots more designs but this one caught my eye.
 
 
I have been reading about Montelimar since I got back and
I WANT to go ,, my list is getting longer and longer ..
 
(I must take the date thing off my camera!!!)
Sorry there is not much write up, I did a
post earlier and blogger decided not to play!!
 
♥♥♥♥♥