Freesias.

Sometimes it could be great if it was possible to make a scented post on the blog. Because this one is all about smell. I think freesia must be my favorite flower. Not only is it decorative, but every time I come home, I am greeted with its lovely scent, that has taken over the majority of the apartment. And strangely I cannot get enough.

Details Form the New Kitchen

In June the carpenter finally finished installing the new kitchen modules. It is great to finally have cupboards to store things in, a new oven and a workplace around the stove.

Although the kitchen is still not completely finished, I thought I would post some details from it so you can at least get an idea of the changes. There is still a bit to go. We need to finish some of the walls and paint the floor so it appears fresh and coherent. Something that I hope will be done sometime this year.

The Old Kitchen

Even though it is a little while ago now, we had some changes done to our kitchen that I thought I would post. I was trying to look through all my old pictures to see if I could find some of the kitchen before. There wasn't much to choose from. I guess I never really felt that the room was very photographable. But I managed to find a few from throughout the years.

The black and white pictures are from before we did anything at all. Back then the wall was still half covered with wallpaper and old grease. We have gradually been improving stuff.

Last year while we did bathroom renovation, the wall on top of the working table was tiled, and before the new kitchen was installed in the early summer this year, we removed the rest of the wallpaper and plastered the walls.

Summer Visit

A while agon Pauline came to visit and it was a beautiful, sunny and warm weekend. We had proper time to catch up in the shades and on Sunday we went to the Thai market and had lunch.

Sunday in Paris

Sunday in Paris started out with a walk in Parc de Sceaux

Here a guy blew thousands of soap bubbles, which was enjoyed by children and adults alike.

Afterwards, we was a nice lunch

and beautiful cakes that looked like tiny pieces of art.

Then the heavy showers started.

So the rest of the day consisted of indoor activities.

The French Rose

From an afternoon stroll in Paris, where Vincent took me to Promenade Plantée (The Paris Highline) and we walked on to visit Parc de Bercy.

So many beautiful and great smelling roses in one day.

Food Food Food

As always a lot of the time in France is spent on eating, and this time didn't differ. The very last thing we did before we left Reims was run into the market hall and buy some Artichokes (they were right in season) so we had some food for the first evening in Paris. And of course, we also visited the market in Sceaux during the weekend.