One of my goals for this year was to visit at least 4 new places within Northern Ireland. I believe there is a lot for me to discover about this country and I'm looking forward to exploring!

So I can tick off one out of 4 as Sir and I had a wee trip to the very sweet seaside town of Strangford, which is found one side of the narrow inlet to Strangford Lough. It's a very quaint little town with nice old cottages and interesting shops. It also has a ferry crossing point over to Portaferry, although we didnt go on it.

Here are some photos of the area:

Yeay! The computer is working again...for now! It is extremely tempermental and may crash at any moment, but hopefully it will be content long enough for me to finish this post.

So as I said previously, I was away last week in Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, with work. The work was very hard, especially as everything had to be through an interpreter. But I was totally won over by the city. Its very small and compact, and although it has been through quite a severe past, the 'old' town which had survived and been regenerated has so much charm. Here are a few of my photos:

Although I don't really believe in Astrology I do find it fun to read my horoscope from time to time, and I do find that I hold a fair few of the typical Libran traits. My mum gave me, as a stocking filler, one of those books which lays out your fortune for the coming year. I don't think I will read it in any great depth, and I certainly won't let it dictate when I decide to do or not do something. I was, however, touched by a couple of quotes that were cited in the book. Totally unrelated to Astrology, but I thought they were poignant enough to share:

Oh dear...bit of a break since my last blog, things have been a bit hectic!

Well, what have I been up to lately. Well I finally have my new desk made and up in my spare room...so little excuses left to keep me from starting my craftiness. Still have a touch of tidying to do...but nearly there. One 'crafty' related thing I have been up to recently is making my costume for the Halloween party Im going to. I still have a small bit to do, but here are a few photos to show the work in progress:
I just used gloss paint as I didnt have time to go out and buy fabric paint and I figured I would only be wearing it once! I'm kind of regretting that now as the SMELL is pretty intense and doesnt seem to be fading at all....and it turned out so much better than I thought it would, so it would have been nice if I had used a paint I could wash. Ah well.
I also bought tights which have bones down the legs and black gloves with boney fingers painted on them. It looks pretty cool - I'll see if I can remember to put a pic up of the finished result.

But that might not be for a little while as Im off next Monday to Kosovo with work!!! Just for a week, but it will be a very intense week full of awful, boring, intense meetings. Believe me, I'm not actually looking forward to it. But I am looking forward to seeing what Pristina is like, it will be my first visit to Kosovo. I do love visiting new places!

Just a quick post to say isn't my banner cute! Its taken from one of my photos from my holiday in Greece earlier this year.

Really fell in love with Greece. First time I have ever been there - I would definitely recommend for anyone to go - especially try a sailing and diving holiday like I did. I went through Mystic Blue.

Speaking of which - there are some amazing holidays on Responsible Travel - all with an ethical twist to them...which is always good for the conscience ;)