In our old life, as well as Royal Parks and Palaces, we had a certain city on our doorstep (as you’ve heard many many times). Once children came along, and the daily commute into London was finally over for me after 8 long (but mostly fun) years, we found ourselves rarely going in to […]
Archives for January 2015
Sunday Photo – Siegestor Munich
On the Last Day of the Year…
After Christmas at Dine’s Barn, we moved on to South West London, and to my Sister’s for the next half of the festivities, where we spent a couple more happy days with family members (some of whom had undertaken their own mass exodus to sunnier climes for Christmas itself!)… But, on the last day of the […]
Christmas at Dines Barn…
Christmas can be a strange time of year for Expats. Many find themselves torn between having a quiet but convenient festive period in their host country – tempted by the promise of endless lie-ins, not having to worry about smuggling presents anywhere from Father Christmas (and managing to keep them out of sight), and […]
Sunday Photo – Glücksschwein
As is tradition in these parts, a little pink marzipan Glücksschwein to wish you luck in the year ahead – I haven’t eaten him yet! And now that we are back in Bavaria (and have thawed out a little – returning to a house surrounded by snow, and with a broken heating system is interesting to […]