Welcome 2013....it's been a while I don't have any excuses except this precious invisable thing called time has passed me by in a flash.
There's been plenty to enjoy and celebrate and now here we are in 2013,
The festivities have been and gone I feel rested, a little rounder, and so grateful to have spent this precious time with my wonderful husband, just the two of us relaxing, enjoying our home and enjoying time together.
It was a tough decision not to go home for the holidays this year, but we decided we wanted to stay in Italy and start to create some of our own new Christmas traditions.
Decorating our home...we went out a week or so before Christmas hunted and gathering some festive sprigs and colour to add to our already fully trimmed tree.
With Christmas Day being our own...turkey in the oven we headed out for a Christmas breakfast at Lake Garda...we were totally spoiled with the peace and quiet enjoying our very own first Christmas alone together with a yummy breakfast - on a jetty with only the passing swans for company.
:: Christmas Day Breakfast ::
Scrambled Eggs
Smoked Salmon
Tea
Bloody Marys
As the day was ours to be as leisurely as we wanted Christmas lunch was extended to late afternoon lunch early evening dinner.
With enough food to feed a family we were done in and crashed out on the sofa.
:: Christmas Day Lunch ::
Turkey
Roast Potatoes
Carrot & Swede cheese mash
Roast Parsnips & squash
Stuffing
Gravy
Cereriac Mash
No room for dessert
Boxing Day we headed up to Cortina...for our well anticipated snow shoe walking with our two friends.
It was the best way to spend the day after Christmas, out in the most breathtaking scenery with friends followed by a well deserved lunch at the refuge at the top.
It was the best way to spend the day after Christmas, out in the most breathtaking scenery with friends followed by a well deserved lunch at the refuge at the top.
With days spent watching films, eating and snuggled up on the sofa the idea of a grand New Years celebration inspire either of us. Instead we gathered two friends and headed to Slovenia...with a real treat in store at a multiplex cinema showing films in original language... 6 hours later we left having eaten our way through too much chocolate & popcorn filled with excitement for the next installment of The Hobbit and James Bond.
To see in the New Year we celebrated over a great dinner in Ljubljana.
News Years Day will always hold a special place in my heart as it's the day my husband & I made the commitment that we wanted to become Mr & Mrs. This year we spent a beautiful morning at Lake Bled in Slovenia, followed by a slightly hairy drive back towards Italy through the mountains and National Park. Another perfect way to start the New Year.
