A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 19 December 2023 - T for Tuesday

Hello lovely peeps,

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas", and only a few days to go! Are you ready? I'm certainly not! 

Instead of rushing around (I'll save that for later), I'm staying at my sister's for a few days. More about that later. Let me show you my postcard for today:

It comes from France, from a place that I have always wanted to visit: Carcassonne. Carcassonne is located in the south of France about 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of Toulouse. Wikipedia writes: The Cité de Carcassonne  is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the Aude department, Occitania region. It is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Aude, in the south-eastern part of the city proper.

The citadel was restored at the end of the 19th century by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc. In 1997, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites because of its exceptional testimony to the architecture and planning of a medieval fortress town

There is an interesting legend about Lady Carcas, the wife of the Saracen ruler. Have a look at it (It would make my blog too long to put it here).

The stamp is beautiful. 

I don't get much mail from France, so I haven't seen this one. It shows an image from Calvados. Calvados is a department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It takes its name from a cluster of rocks off the Normandy coast. In 2019, it had a population of 694,905.

Now, what has happening in my neck of the woods? It has been cold in the evenings and I have been enjoying my lovely pellet burner and simply staying at home to watch tv. 

In the village the Christmas market is in full swing:

And with all the pretty lights it is very pleasant to walk along the Paseo.

This Sunday at church we had organized a 'bring and share' lunch after the service as next week everyone will be having busy family time. I cooked a quiche to bring along:

There were lots of lovely things on the table.

I wasn't able to stay for the desserts (on a different table) as I had a bus to catch. I went to Marbella to stay with my sister for a couple of days.

In the day time it is quite a bit warmer than where I am (at night it is just as cold). 

This is what I woke up to (seen from my bed):

Marbella bay can be seen in the distance.

On Monday we went for a walk along the boardwalk:

Here I am with my dear sister.

My brother-in-law has recently had an operation on his spine and his surgeon has told him to walk as much as he can tolerate. So we walked 4,5 km, which is 0,5 km more than he did yesterday. 

Then we had to go to the shopping mall. We let brother-in-law sit and have a coffee while my sister and I popped in and out of shops. She is looking for an iron with a reservoir.

Now today I am joining The T-Party hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard. I need a drink reference. Usually I will be in a photo somewhere with a drink in my hand. Not this time. My drink references are a bit more obscure: The first one is Calvados, which apart from a department, is also a French apple brandy.

The second drink reference is seen in the photo with the quiche. Behind the quiche is a coffee frother. I love frothy milk on my coffee and this little gadget is probably the most used gadget I have in the kitchen.

Now to finish this post I have a 'funny' especially for Spyder, who mentioned the man who hung the blinds:

Happy T-Day all and a very happy Christmas!

Hugs,

Lisca