And the Answer is ....

Believe it or not, Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, where I have just spent a delightful mad rush of a few days.. More to follow shortly. In the meantime, enjoy the satay.......

Where in the World........?

Is this magnificent cathedral?

Hubby and I had a very dear friend who sadly passed away recently and far too young.

We had a little game going - wherever we travelled,  we'd find a picture of a church and ask the other one to guess where it was. We tried all sorts of tricks and disguises to put each other off the scent..

And now I've come back from my voyage,  I'll do the same.

With its Gothic facade, its colonnades,

it's rose window and elaborately carved pulpit,

Tim, this one's for you.  Clue: it didn't half rain a lot!

For an answer, watch this space!

Sunset Happy Hour

The Florida visitor's favourite time of day - or why we like the west coast better than the east...

 And so I leave you with some more hackneyed old Golden Beach views, as I'm away on some even more exotic travels. Watch this space....

Misty Morning

On Golden Beach. At this hour, when no one's around but the gulls and sanderlings and early morning sharks' teeth prospectors and metal-detectors, it has a special beauty.

The early bird.

And friends

Looking back to the distant fishing pier.

And over the dunes

As the sun shines through

A Walk on the Wild Side

A picturesque little lake down the road from our house but one not to be trifled with.  The sign on the right is, you would think, a little redundant but then this is America.

For some, it's all in a day's fishing.

By the way, I only had my phone camera with me. The anhinga really did let me get that close. In fact, as some passers-by remarked, she was posing. (Here we go again. More paparazzi. Like me profile, luv?") Meanwhile, on the fishing pier, business was slow.

This pelican gave up trying to hang around the fishermen and tried the beach.

Where a few people were out, raking for prehistoric sharks' teeth.

On the way home, a likely-looking swamp. But not an alligator to be seen. Too cold, probably.

A Banana Tree

In the garden of a friend's house, while not exactly in Palm Beach, fairly near Palm Beach. I rather like the idea of getting up in the morning and picking a banana or two but these apparently have been looking promising for several weeks and months and have still not ripened.

Which may be why you don't see that many banana trees in Florida.

And Speaking of Food

A selection of dishes that might make up a Florida brunch. 

Eggs Benedict - I have to say not the best I've ever tasted. Should have tried the bacon instead of the gritty, watery ham but there you are. Still, they look pretty and the potatoes with them, called "home fries" were good.

And two kinds of what Americans insist on calling a chicken sandwich.

Which makes for quite a culture shock for British visitors. No use asking for a plain old sarnie. Doesn't exist here. But then again, who's complaining?