...and here we go again...

This is my second attempt to write something, so this time it will be short and to the point. I had a long story with many photos already prepared but forgot to save it and somehow it all disappeared, I am soo mad!!!! But not so mad that I don't want to fill you in on our latest adventures.

We have now arrived at our little cottage on Orust and the drive through Germany went okay even though it was very long so we allowed ourselves two wonderful stops at nice hotels off the beaten track on the way.

First stop in Wolfenweiler? On the wall behind me it said
that it was first founded in 1508, wow!

You know how it is when you travel and it gets to be the
witching hour and you have not booked a place to stay.
It gets a bit nerve-wracking and that is how it was for us.
Suddenly we saw this welcoming sight in the historic town
of Hann. Münden, and they had a room, and we could have
dinner even though it was a bit late. It was magic! Even
though we were a bit intimidated by the waitress who was a
Goth. When we asked her "Do you have a wine list?" meaning
"Can we see your wine list?", she said yes, and didn't get us
the wine list because clearly we had not asked her to do that.
We gave her a good tip out of fear!

The flight from Australia was okay too but it is very long and we didn't have any stop-over. Instead we had eight long hours in Dubai to walk around and try to find a place to lie down. They are so mean, every seat has armrests preventing you from being able to sleep. However, this man, at the tourist office,  was nice and friendly.

We spent a couple of days in Grenoble and caught up with some friends, but not all of course. The weather was very nice and as we were staying with our neighbors we were able to profit from their pool which was great.

The house in the background is our house.

Breakfast in the sun with C and J, thanks to hubby's new
selfie-stick, or should I say, selfish-stick.

Dinner at Cafe Forté, in Grenoble, with friends.

Saturday was booked for having our evening with our dear neighbours and it was an evening to remember. It was all the good nibbles for aperitifs, which we love and seafood and fish for mains and cheese from our neighbour's special cage. We don't quite know how old it was but it was hard to take it for cheese.

It's very unfortunate that none of our many many photos taken that night came out in a way that could possibly be used here. For everybody's sake I am refraining from using them. Selfie sticks can be dangerous when used under the influence and under tables!

We left Grenoble on a Monday morning via Pontcharra to see our friends out there as well and then it was off for the long drive mentioned above. included the 18 km traffic jam that took a few hours.

Today will be very busy finishing the kitchen cupboards before picking up my mother so she can stay with us for a while out here. It has been beautiful weather up to now but today is raining, typical.

This turned out a bit longer than I expected and I still didn't tell you everything. Take care now and have a nice summer!