Amsterdam Lights Festival 2017
Every December and January Amsterdam is the scene of the Lights Festival, I had the chance to walk around one December evening in 2017. Was the 6th edition and the theme was "existential" with a route on land and one on the canals for [...]
Wild yeast baking challenge: white sourdough boule
Wild Yeast baking challenge About 2 weeks ago I tried to make my own sourdough starter not without failing first. I documented it day by day in the "Sourdough starter experiment" post. eventually grew strong, active and bubbly and it is named Dudette. I [...]
How to make Sourdough starter: an experiment
Where do I start writing about this subject? A lot to say but I guess you know about sourdough something or you have heard about it. Seems the trend of it boomed during the pandemic lockdowns. I am slightly disturbed of the way sometimes [...]
Oman Aquarium
The visit at the Oman Aquarium was an unexpected surprise. We went there on one of the Eid days, it wasn't busy at all. It is Oman's first Aquarium, you can access it by driving to Muscat Mall (in Seeb), quite a drive. You [...]
Ibra and Hot Cross buns
On the day that is known in Catholic Europe as Good Friday we decided on a road trip to a new place, Ibra. Living in Ireland thought me new traditions, even though I am not big with religious customs I believe some traditions are [...]
Spring in Wakan Village
Spring in Europe is marked by incremental weather warming and blossoming trees. I have always liked the change between seasons and I knew by being in Oman I will not have much of that happening. It happened that on the 1st of March was a [...]
