Bits and pieces by Lois

Walkie-talkie

In my series of old and new, here we have in Fenchurch Street in London the so-called Walkie-Talkie building; perhaps it is most famous for setting fire to things because of the sun’s reflected rays off its glass… Hmmm… good idea, eh, not far from where the Great Fire of London started, have a building which sets […]

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Food by Lois

Recipe books

I may have mentioned that I have a Yugoslavian cookery book. Yugoslavia no longer exists, it didn’t even last a hundred years as a country because it was founded in 1918 combing different people, Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, held together administratively. The desire for independence from each other was always strong, and after the death […]

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Places by Lois

Iceland rocks!

I’m so excited about returning to Iceland for a short holiday; the weather may not be very nice, but I don’t care! I am just looking forward to going and I’ll keep my fingers crossed for seeing the Northern Lights, and revisiting places I went before as well as seeing new places. Iceland is a […]

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