bird's eye view

My mini-break in KLU and environs was very nice indeed and I was more than compensated for the ghastly weather I had to endure in August. On the Thursday (our national holiday) I went hiking on Mount Dobratsch a.k.a. Villacher Alpe with my Mum. I had not been on a mountain that high without a pair of skis since the days of my bi-annual school hikes. To be honest, I'd almost forgotten just how beautiful the mountains of my (childhood) neighbourhood are and how great it feels to spend a couple of hours breathing in unpolluted air. Not to forget the great views:

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Other weekend-highlights: Getting a new set of winter-tyres sponsored by my family (ahem, the joys of being an only child...), a sight-seeing excursion to Italy (Cividale, Rocca Bernarda, Cormóns, Gorizia) in glorious sunshine, meeting B2 (complete with new engagement sparkler!), the PP with hubby and sis and of course spending time with my parents and my maternal granny.

Speaking of the PP who actually is more of a PPP (pregnant Pampered Princess) these days, when her sister was talking about her very stressful job, they asked me if I was still rather underworked at Coma HQ and if I still spent my days reading blogs (I'd mentioned that some time ago). "Do you have a blog as well?" the PP asked. "Yeees", I replied. "Oh, cool, what's it called?" the three of them unanimously shouted. "I'm not telling you", I said. Cue slightly uncomfortable silence. "I bet she's writing about us", the PP said. "Naaah", I said, "I'm not". White lies are allowed every now and then, aren't they? I dared them to find out my pseudonym and the blog's URL, feeling rather confident that both are well-disguised. Still, a bit of editing might be in order...