5 years

Hello there gentle readers.

Today is a very special day for me. 1826 days ago on the 27th January 2015, I posted on the blog for the first time.

5 years on I am happy to say that I still have the same enthusiasm that I had towards the blog then.

Lena was my inspiration and the main reason for me doing the blog has been to share my life and the changes that have happened to me and my family.

When the blog first started I lived with Lena in Riga,  Latvia and we were planning our wedding. Since that day we got married, adopted Robert, travelled to China and Armenia and lots of other places inbetween.

The blog is fast approaching half a million views from 824 posts and I want to thank all of you who have ever read a post for your support. I am truly honoured by your visits.

I also want to thank Lena and Robert for their love and support. Without them I would probably have nothing to write about.

#5years #thomsonsworld #ascotsmanin

Today in History: 26th January

Hello there Gentle Readers. Lets fiddle with the knob of history as we try to tune the idiot box of time.

1885: General Gordon is killed as the Mahdi's troops capture Khartoum.

1905: The largest diamond ever found. The Cullinan is found in South Africa. It weighed over 3000 carats.

1925: Actor and salad dressing king Paul Newman is born.

1926: John Logie Baird demonstrates television for the first time.

1955: Guitarist Eddie Van Halen is born.

1998: US president Bill Clinton famously denies having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky.

#todayinhistory #26january #clinton #vanhalen #paulnewman #cullinan #television #khartoum

Lena's Lazy Lavash Lasagna

Hello Gentle Readers. I hope 2020 has been good to you so far.

Lena told me about this recipe and I told her that I wanted to try it.
Well actually she said "Who wants Lasagna?" and I said "Me! I will go and get lasagna sheets."
"No, we need Lavash" she said and as you can imagine, I was perplexed.

Lazy Lavash Lasagna

Any way it was absolutely delicious and here is the recipe.

Ingredients
250g beef mince
1 onion
I carrot
Sour cream
Cheese
Lavash
Garlic
Oil
Tomato sauce



Method
Chop the onion and grate the carrot and fry off with the oil in a frying pan. Add the mince and brown. Squeeze in a healthy dollop of ketchup and stir well. Let it simmer.


Take a round cake tin and layer the lavash so that it covers the bottom completely. Spoon in a thin layer of sour cream so that all the bread is covered. Onto this spoon on a thin layer of the meat sauce.

Add another layer of lavash and repeat until the bread, creme and meat layers reach the top of the cake tin.

Layering Lavash

adding the cream

Mince!

Cheese

Grate the cheese and sprinkle it onto the top layer. Place the tin into a preheated oven (180 c) for about 10 minutes and serve immediately once the cheese has melted.

Serve with salad snd nice crusty bread. Delicious

#recipes #lazylavashlasagna

Christmas Adventure: Roundup and Tips

Hey Gentle viewer.

Here for you is oyr newest Youtube video featuring an overview of our recent European adventure, enjoy.

#christmasadventure #thomsonsworld #youtube

Today in History: January 1st

Hello gentle readers, Happy New Year. Lets gulp down the advil of time as we carefully nurse the biggest hangover of history.

1502: The Portugese found the settlement and explore the land that will become Rio di Janeiro.

1776: George Washington raises the first ever US flag.

1788: The first edition of The Times newspaper is published.

1959: President Batista of Cuba is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.

1999: The Euro is introduced as a common currency in several EU states.

#rio #usa #thetimes #cuba #euro #1stjanuary #todayinhistory

Wednesday Thought: Happy New Year

Hey Gentle Readers. Its just turned midnight here in Latvia so Happy New Year.

Here are some cool and interesting thoughts about the end of the old and the start of the new

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.

Tennyson


For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice.

T.S. Eliot


Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

Oprah Winfrey

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Benjamin Franklin

Tomorrow, is the first blank page of a 365 page book. Write a good one.

Brad Paisley

#wednesdaythought #happynewyear #2020