The other thing I am loving is that I have really got back into cooking for the first time in years. For the past ten years or so I have been working in large organisations with subsidised canteens, so I had totally gotten out of the habit of cooking dinner during the week. In the past year or so, the standard of food in the canteen was going downhill, but I still didn't bother cooking dinner. Now I cook good healthy dishes for dinner every day. John hasn't been this well fed since he left his mother's house! We had our next door neighbours over for dinner last week, and I even baked a pavlova. I filled it with raspberries, and topped it off with grated dark chocolate. Yummmm. It's been about two years since I have done any baking, so I was really proud of myself.
Anyway, I promised you some Italy photos, so here goes....
Street scene, Riva del Garda
Us on the ferry from Riva to Desanzano, with the Dolomite mountains in the background.
Beautiful Lake Garda
I read in a guidebook that the emblem on the rails outside the Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo of three testicles is a fertility symbol, and it's good luck for couples trying to conceive to touch it. So I duly dropped the hand on the three goolies. Desperate times, desperate measures :o)
While in Milan I decided to take a cultural walking tour....
which finished with us taking in the cafe culture.
This little D&G number was a snip. Perfect for those dominatrix nights.
And finally, a couple of nice pics of me and mah honey.
