Marianna was off to Venice with Mara for the weekend so it was just me, the boys, McDonalds, the circus and the trilogy.&nb...

The weather has finally given us a break in the cold and rain - on the weekend, although it was chilly (and let me have a whinge here - they still haven't turned on the central heating and we are frozen both indoors and out), both days were fabulous sunny, blue-sky days. I abandoned all thought of translating responsibilities and we went out with our friend Mara (who is back for a month to pack up her stuff and ship it back to Oz) to her family's gorgeous yet dilapidated country manor - to gaze...

This is the latest exciting thing to happen at our place. The dudes can't agree on who sleeps on top and who sleeps on the bottom, so they alternate every night. (Oh by the way, it may not look like a pirate ship, but if you lived here you would understand).and now for something completely different....