Snowy Sapporo
Coming out into the station plaza was like shifting to a parallel universe. It was bitterly cold, but A-Yueh just wanted to play. It was the first time she’d seen
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Yingge Pottery
Yingge district (鶯歌區) is renowned for it’s pottery and ceramics production. Recently A-Yueh and friends visited to learn and have a go.
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Enjoying the sunshine and the breeze
Summer is here again, but everything has changed. For a while it seemed that the world had contracted in to a tedious microcosm of it’s previous self. It’s past time to
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A-Yueh's Victoria Sponge
Today A-Yueh and Daddy had a baking morning and cooked up a Victoria Sponge cake . . .
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Apple Crumble
Surely the most lovely pudding on a cold winter’s day is hot apple crumble with thick cool custard? Let’s do it . . .
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Amsterdam
There is steep, and then there are the staircases in Amsterdam houses - quite an adventure with a little child or carrying a large suitcase. Although, the view from the broad windows upstairs gave a lovely view of the arced canal.
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