Mark and I are off to Bruges and Ghent this weekend - we're driving in our wee new car with its new tires, to try out the satnav (that's our excuse and we're sticking to it) - so normal service to MFB will resume on Monday with photos of Bruges Christmas Market, pics of ice sculptures, hopefully some snow photos and some Flemish books I'm planning to buy to read.

I even bought a woolly hat to keep the head warm as the weather predicted has a high of 1 degree celsius, with snow forecast. Bring on the hot chocolate!

Stay warm!