After my arrival on Friday I was exhausted so I was really happy that I had booked Musee D’Orsay and the Hop on Hop off bus. The hotel I was staying at was right across from a train station St. George’s and it was only a few stops from the museum. One thing I would …
Paris!
What an interesting city. It is full of history, famous artists and beautiful architecture! I arrived on Friday and took the train to Gare de Nord. Met my first scam artist, a gypsy who pointed at the stops and said I was on the right train, handed me a note and demanded money. I was …
Happy New Year!
Positive vibes for 2020! I wish everyone health and happiness!
Homemade salts for cooking!
Last year when I retired I experimented with making different flavoured salts. My first Salt was Lemon and Garlic Salt. I tried different methods of preparing the salt and I found the easiest way is remove the lemon zest from the lemon and chop up the garlic and use kosher salt in a small food …
Retirement in February !
What a shock to my system after spending the whole month of February in minus 20 weather. I had a great 2 weeks in Costa Rica and came back refreshed and positive to approach the cold weather. I was expecting to work some shifts at the hospital and lo and behold they didn’t call me. …
Declutter complete!
It took a couple of days and some research before I completed my first task my master bedroom closet. I watched a couple of episodes of Marie Kondo on Netflix and she focuses on keeping what you like ,what gives you joy and get rid of the rest! I had 11 empty Lululemon bags stashed …
My declutter project!
It’s a new year and now that I am retired ,it is time to tackle some outstanding projects! My closets need some decluttering and I will be working on it this week. I have done some research and it is suggested you start with recycling, donate and garbage bins This is my before picture and …
Top Tips when travelling to Costa Rica
American cash and Costa Rican colones. If you want to purchase souvenirs everyone takes US dollars as well. The grocery stores prefer colones or credit card. Some ATMs will give you colones and some will give you either currency. You will need 30 US departure tax to leave country. Insect repellent. I made the mistake …