I arrived in mystery destination country yesterday after well over 24 hours of travelling time. Australia is a long way from Europe!
It was cold yesterday when I went out for an afternoon explore. I found some surprising things to look at, which cheered me no end. (I didn’t particularly need cheering, I was just happy I found these things.)
I wasn’t able to find two shops that I’d picked out as wanting to visit. One had obviously closed as the windows were all papered up, and the other, well, there was no sign of it ever having been there. This seems to happen to me! When in Dublin many years ago, I went a long way out of my way to find a particular needlework shop, and it had closed a little while before we’d gotten there. Not closed as in for the end of the day, but closed as in closed the business down.
Jet lag hit last night, and I was in bed soon after 7:30pm, and I must have fallen asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow. By 1:30am, my body decided it was time to wake up, so I spent a few hours before I could convince it it was wrong, and that I still needed to sleep some more!
Today I went to one of the two museums I plan to visit for my research while I am here. While I was not able to arrange an appointment at this museum on such short notice, I was still able to view the embroideries they had on display.
And I learnt a lot. There were some *beautiful* embroideries there. Photos were permitted in the museum, so I took heaps. They will form a wonderful resource when I go home, and one day I might share some with you! 😉
I also did a bit of souvenir shopping, and today found a much better class of souvenir than yesterday which was very pleasing! Yesterday I did manage to find some souvenir flags for my daughters, as we like to collect flags of the countries we’ve been to. Not that they’ve been here… 🙁
By asking at the tourist information centre I was able to learn where one of the shops I had planned to visit was now located, so I spent a lovely hour there.
Tonight I’ll take the overnight train to my next destination. It’s a pity, because it is apparently a very scenic journey, and for me it will be in the dark. But I chose that time deliberately, to make the most of my daytimes.
Tomorrow I will be in a regional city for some sightseeing. I’m really looking forward to it.
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
Are you going to give us any clues at all? Europe isn’t as big as Australia, but there are still a lot of places you could be!
I have given you clues, Rachel. 😉 It’s in Europe, and it’s been both cold and warm (though maybe I just said that on Facebook). Isn’t that enough? 😀