View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CZfHOA1KF6B/ Mum doesn’t look too impressed that she was taken out for coffee by sister and I, but I think she enjoyed getting out despite the look here.

View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CZUg-M2qDBU/ New wall decoration at Piata Romana metro.

January 25 is Burns Night, a celebration of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns.

View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CYURktishha/ One of many historic houses left to rot in Bucharest. I’m sure someone somewhere benefits from this, but we could all benefit from keeping these beautiful old buildings and points of history.

View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CXjOv2DKbq4/ Honestly, most versions of A Christmas Carol are ponderous and dull, the muppets get it right with a perfect combination of terror and humour.

View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CXYwb3tqzhj/ I always thought making mince pies would be hard, but surprisingly easy in the end, even when accommodating the dietary needs of colleagues.

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View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CW8t71vM9l2/ One of the oldest houses in Bucharest. Or once was.

Home-baking time. Ginger biscuit.

View on Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CWoL8DoqB1Y/ The neighbour’s cat has recently decided it can and will visit me. This evening I found it outside my front balcony. Which begged the question, how did it get there? There’s no direct connection between that balcony and any neighbour. […]

The mist often sits across the park this way in the early mornings, giving it a ghostly presence, and making waking up early seem worthwhile.

My mum’s place is full of historic items like this. There was a world where a sewing set was a tempting free gift with a woman’s magazine. In this world I used it to sew a button on a jumper.   View on Instagram […]