1. On the breakfast bar, a piece of golden honeycomb is flanked by two silver knives.
2. Standing on a jetty watching carp kiss the water below us.
3. Tucked between the pages of my new Moomin book, I find again the gift tag that Nick up on the wrapping.
4. The view of the grey hotel among autumn trees on the other side of the valley.
5. Slices of tender, pink venison surrounded by a chilli-chocolate sauce.
6. Coming back to our room after dinner and finding that bed that was rumpled from our afternoon nap has been made and turned down; and the towels and bathrobes that we left strewn around the room have been carefully hung up.
Coffee, right there and advent calendar.
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