a trip to Munster

A short trip to Munster to visit the Christmas markets. We stayed at the Movenpick, spent a morning with S. at the Munster Zoo, had delicious food at the Stuhlmacher, drank gluhwein and feuerzangenbowle, and visited the 5 or 6 Christmas markets in town several times to make sure we didn't miss anything.
Some curious facts about Munster: it is the bicycle capital of Germany, and during WWII 91% of the old city was bombed and destroyed, therefore most of the historical buildings and sights that can be visited are actually restorations.

a striped tee and some frog pajamas

During our trip in Gent I didn't forget to stop at a yarn store. The only one which had a convenient location was Stoffenidee, in Burgstraat. They have a decent selection of Lana Grossa, Rowan and Debbie Bliss yarn, but they also have a nice selection of fabrics.

I got some LG red yarn to make S. another Tiny Tea Leaves cardigan (she definitely outgrew the other one), but also couldn't resist some stretch fabrics. It's very difficult to get really good stretch fabrics in Lisbon, quality is usually poor so I was very excited to have found these.

I bought some red and grey stripes to make this long sleeved tee for myself ...

 ... and these cute frogs to make some pajamas for S. (which I knew would be a hit, since she loves frogs)

I didn't follow an exact pattern, just used one of my own t-shirts and one of her pajamas to draft the pattern (for her I just made everything a bit longer, hoping it will last for a while).

Gent by night

a trip to Ghent/Gent

We made this trip at the end of September, but for some reason or another I haven't had the time to post about it. And we recently came back from another short trip (involving German Christmas markets, because it's just that time of the year and we LOVE them :)

Anyway, we spent a few days in Ghent, this lovely city (probably my favorite Belgian city now) which I knew so little about.

We stayed here , which I very much recommend (it's close enough to the center, with the advantage of being in the middle of the Turkish quarter and therefore with very good restaurants nearby).

:: views from the Belfry

 :: favorite chocolate shop

 :: neuzekes  ... i sampled this Ghent delicacy but I'm afraid I can't say I enjoyed it ...

  :: striking a pose ...

 :: Cupcakes at Julie's House

 :: tea time at Julie's House

 :: nice graffiti near the Turkish quarter

 :: the apartment we stayed at came with a very friendly kitty

 :: we took a boat ride, and it was the perfect morning for it

 :: buying mustard at Tyerentein

 :: views from the Gravenstein Castle