Throwback Thursday, Moments in Time, 12 May 2016 Wiesbaden, Germany

Wiesbaden was where my husband was based just before we moved to Germany

and quickly became one of my favourite places. 

A historic spa city from way back in the Roman times, 

 it is filled with beautiful architecture as it suffered far less damage

than Frankfurt in WWII. 

Only a twenty minute drive from home, was a favourite place to shop, eat and drink.

This time last year I headed in to Wiesbaden on a gorgeous Spring day. 

A gorgeous day to wander through the market square, marvel at

the gorgeous neo Gothic Marktkirche, the City Palace, a palace for the Heir to the throne

 and The Heathens Wall, Wiesbaden's oldest structure from Roman Times.

Also a perfect day to buy some in season and absolutely delicious 

White Asparagus and for just €1 a kilo you can have them peeled before 

heading home and having a scrummy white asparagus, prawn, tomato pasta dinner.

Now feeling homesick for Germany and really, really missing White Asparagus season!

Throwback Thursday, Moments in Time 5 May 2012, Shanghai, China

In May 2012, my little family was on the final countdown to the 

end of our expat adventure in Shanghai.

Life was full of farewells and 'last times'. Adventures to be squeezed into our final months. 

On 5 May, we headed over to Pudong to visit the Shanghai World Financial Centre or 

"The Bottle Opener" to expats and locals alike. 

We had watched this building being constructed while we lived in Shanghai and

wanted to go to the observation deck 474m above the ground one last time.

We looked out over the Pearl Tower, Jin Mao Tower and the under construction Shanghai Tower, 

well before it overtook the Bottle Opener.

The magical city of Shanghai was spread out before us, though the skies 

were murky...until of course we had gone back down to street level and

the skies finally cleared and were bright and blue!

The ever changing Shanghai Skyline, frozen in time, 5 May 2012, 

boy has it changed since!

Hard to believe that we have now lived away from Shanghai for nearly as long as were lived there.