Christmas in Bordeaux

 We went to Bordeaux to the Christmas market, the holiday season is in the air.
All the shops were beautifully decorated, people busy shopping,
the scent of chestnuts in the air

Love how they hung a chandelier outside

 roasting chestnuts

 the beautiful Regent hotel

 Whats Mickey doing here?

the hall way at the Opera 

 A bit of Louis for xmas

 our new cinemas

 a new scarf?

 George Clooney for Nespresso 

The Cathedral

Apéritif

We had lots of parties during the holidays, we had our neighbors around

for an apéritif, here is a glimpse at what I made

beets with goat cheese

good ol deviled eggs

a fancy version of shrimp cocktail

salmon rolls

caviar

tapenade palmier

London

Went to London for a Christening, Michael was godfather to baby Tom.

 off we go

 the tree at the Ritz

 beautifull gallery 

 gorgeous streets 

 busy street life 

Cartier got my vote for best decor

 the Christening 

 

Tom, Kim and Tatiana 

 

 

Tatiana makes new friends

on our way home, it started to snow

 view from above

Autumn 2010

This has been the most spectacular autumn, just breathtaking scenery

Halloween 2010

They dont really celebrate Halloween here, the older generation has no idea 

what it is. We went into our local village but no one was prepared. 

Tatiana got some oranges some cooking chocolate, some left over candy in a 

bag, old peanuts. She didnt care since she doesnt like sweets anyway.

She just wanted to dress up and be seen.

 

 she got some oranges here

 so desperate she went into the local bar and got some pennies, 

here she is being sniffed by the owners dog

met another boy in costume and they decided to do it together