Hello lovely peeps,
Here I am again. We got back from the Netherlands yesterday evening and I am writing this at midnight as usual, but it will be a short one as I am tired and really want to go to bed.
No postcards this time as I am not really organised, but I do have some photos from our trip.
First off is a lovely Dutch 'appeltaart'. It is a traditional recipe that my mum taught me, but she herself cannot bake as she is nearly blind, so I promised I'd bake her one. So here it is and that was a huge smile from everyone present. (My cousin and his family visited)
It was basic but comfortable.
As soon as we had 'dumped' our suitcases, we walked to the bus station to buy our bus tickets for the next day. The trees in Elche are spectacular! Lots of palm trees and these cacti the size of trees.
Wikipedia writes this:
The Palmeral or Palm Grove of Elche is the generic name used to designate a system of date palm orchards in the city of Elche (Spain).
Currently, in the urban area of Elche there are a total of 97 different orchards containing about 70,000 date palms. This number does not include other large plantations located around the city proper. All together, the number may be close to 200,000 palms. The Palm Grove covers over 3.5 km2 (1.4 sq mi), including 1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi) within the city of Elche.
It is the only palm grove of its type anywhere in Europe,the northernmost of its kind and one of the largest in the world, surpassed in size only by some in Arab countries.
Those were my smiles for this Friday.Of course I will add a few funnies at the bottom.
Wishing everyone a pleasant weekend,
Keep smiling!
Hugs,
Lisca
8 comments:
Looks like you had a lovely time and the tart looks scrummy. The funnies are brilliant, loving the chicken one especially. Have a great weekend. Hugs, Angela xxx
Ah that tart looks fantastic, I'm glad you had a great time. I hope you are managing to catch up now you are home and glad your flight was good. Loving the funnies as always.
Hugs
Welcome back home-and great funnies-
The date palm grove is impressive! I enjoyed reading about it. Thanks for that information. Your tart looks delicious! No wonder it was met with smiles :)
I'm really late doing the rounds of my visits today but as they say it's better late than never eh?
Lovely to see you are safely home and to hear you had a lovely time with your mum.
I double checked....Lapin is French for rabbit. Lievre is French for hare.
Hugs,
Annie x
So glad you are finally home, but you know I'm obsessing over all those date palms. What an amazing adventure. I would have stayed for days, I fear. LOVED the tart. You did good and I know your mother was pleased.
Had a laugh at the funnies, especially Denise and the bread. Have a super rest of Friday and a brilliant weekend, too. I bet you are glad to be able to sleep in your own bed again, dear Lisca.
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That appeltaart woke my sweet tooth for sure!
Beautiful nature you have there.
:-) All around the globe, yes.
Denephew is also a very good one.
Thank you for the smiles, hugs from here!
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