Sunday Smiles - Saccharin

The clocks fall back one hour today.  Here is a fun meme for you.

 Linking  to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

European cruise continued - Malaga, Spain

I wrote this post before the terrible flash flooding that has recently affected this area.  Sending prayers to Eastern Spain. 

We had a day at sea before our next port of call in Malaga, Spain.  It was around this time husband M and I, son K all caught this cold virus.  I think daughter L's husband also was sick.  It lasted for weeks but we got through the cruise thanks to Tylenol Cold pills.   That night we passed Gibraltar on our way to Spain, which was kind of neat.

Anyway, Malaga is the birthplace of Pablo Picasso.  The tour guide took us to the square close to his birthplace.  There we bought these delicious roasted almonds in bags at 2 bags for 6 euro.

That evening I remember we were on the top deck of the ship and experienced the lovely sail away from the port of Malaga.  The weather was balmy, music was playing and they were serving a special lobster dinner.

Spanish roasted almonds

Malaga

Picasso's birthplace is in this square

To be continued.

Friday Art - Ant Face

 Welcome to Friday Art!  I did a black ant  face ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") for you today.  It is coloured in with watercolour pencils and outlined with acrylic marker. 

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

And we are in November! Brrr!  We got 13 kids for Halloween last night same as last year according to my blog.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Pumpkin Patch, Chocolate Cake and Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween! I took this one in our neighbourhood.

And here is a fun one for you.
 

 Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date!  Here is my Pumpkin Patch ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolour pencil.

For the dinner date I am showing my chocolate cake made with a Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge cake mix and a can of store bought icing.  It was so good!  Admittedly, I dislike making icing, cheese sauce and gravies.

Wednesday Memes

 

why chameleons can't play games

European cruise continued - Porto, Portugal

We all did the tour to Porto. The weather was very warm in Portugal as we were close to the Mediterranian, yes! The bus dropped us off near some shops where we got pastel de nata, the famous custard tart. It did not disappoint.  I would add that the tart crust is croissant-like.  I was expecting more of a pastry crust.  At this point daughter L and her husband decided to tour the other side of Porto as they had been there before. The bus took us to see the busy train station then we walked this steep path down to the Douro river. There we had some delicious sardines and fish cakes at a cafe.  Then it was time to rush back to the bus.  

In retrospect, husband M and I really liked Porto.

To be continued.

Douro river

 

sardines

fish cakes

pastel de nata

Europe trip continued - Cornwall

 Continuing our European cruise.

Our next was Falmouth in Cornwall.  It is a pretty port.

Falmouth port

We all had an excursion to the city of Truro.  There we enjoyed authentic cornish pasties and shopped at Marks and Spencer.  We used to have Marks and Spencer in Canada but the chain closed after awhile.

Cornish pasties

We had a day at sea to enjoy the facilities on the ship.  We enjoyed the Buffet restaurant on the ship although we had booked some delicious specialty dinners too.   We even did laundry on the ship because we could.  Husband M's sisters decided they were on vacation so no laundry for them! 

To be continued.