My new home in Totnes, England

Totnes, South Devon, England

The last two weeks, Mats and I have made ourselves comfortable in our new home in Totnes. Our stay here is a very short yet most comforting with our hosts, lovely wise Olivia and remarkably witty and cool Chris as well as their children, Sole, Rafi and Rowan.

We had our own little summer house to live in which we share with our awesome and hillarious Spanish mate who is our brother now, Manuel. The summer house faces an incredible view of south Devon.

From left to right: On our day off, Mats and I went for a walk along the river and steam train track where we went for our cold little dip. We found a couple of beautiful ducks; Dew on the plants in front of our room; Me, posing on a log; Our cute little summer house with a huge rose plants that is ready to bloom in May, shame we won't be here to see it; Our view from our room, the typical Brittish weather with mist all day long; The walk along the river; Me, climbing up a tree on our walk; The beautiful river

On the weekend, Olivia and Chris took us to town to check out the markets where we had really good curry and where we discovered the uniqueness of Totnes. I love Totnes, it's a very cute alternative little town.

It was a nice sunny day on Sunday, so Chris took us and Sole to the beaches in South of Devon. It was a really nice day where we managed to get a bit of tan after all the rain we've been getting lately.

From left to right: One of the beaches Chris took us to in South Devon; Same beach; This is one of the rural beaches close to Dartmouth with incredible views; Mats, posing on the beach; Me, after dipping in the water preparing to sun bathe; Manuel found a hammock where he had his little siesta after lunch, not too bad at all; Sole, Chris, Manuel, Mats and me having a picnic on the top of the hill facing the beach; Our view while munching our delicious soup and sandwiches; Mats and Chris chatting away; The boys walking along the beach.

It's our last day of stay in Totnes and it was Manuel's birthday today where I cooked him a mix of my recipe and Olivia's recipe. I also baked him a nice big guiness cake. It was really touching how much he appreciated my gift to him. It was a very emotional birthday. I'm sad that we will have to depart tomorrow, but that's travelling for ya. I'm definitely coming back one day.