At the weekend…. That short introductory sentence always makes me laugh. Journal writing on a Monday morning with a bunch of 5 year olds can reveal some hilarious stuff, corkers from my children’s weekend journals at a similar age include “At the weekend, we bought a pet snake called Adrian (we hadn’t)” to […]
Expat
A Period of Readjustment
And we are back. After a slightly extended Easter break from the blog, thanks to a great trip to the Peaks (plenty on that coming up!), a bonkers week spent with my sister, niece and nephews in deepest Hampshire, and two separate spectacular seventieth birthday celebrations for my parents… Finally, we (and I am talking […]
A Glimpse into our New City
As promised. Slightly later than promised, but still… A glimpse into our new city! I expect most of you probably know what Cambridge looks like anyway, as most people (apart from me!) seem to have visited on numerous occasions – but let me show you a little bit of what it looks like just in […]
Sunday Photo – Good Things About Being Home
Late to the party today, but this photo – taken this morning whilst the little one was busy exploring his Great Grandparent’s house – made me appreciate that despite how weird it can feel at times, there are an awful lot of good things about being home! It’s not a technically brilliant shot, but it’s special to me.
12 Tips for a Successful Repatriation
This post is a bit of a work in progress given that it is a mere three weeks since we moved back. But, in the hope that it helps people about to make the same jump themselves, here’s a list that I will probably amend several times and/or expand to 672 tips instead of 12 as […]
Leaving Home (Again!)
Yes, I am still alive… If you need me, you can probably find me underneath the biggest pile of unpacking detritus and a mountain of stuff that we have somehow accumulated and squirreled away in our temporary homes over the years (and appeared to have completely forgotten about until now…)! It’s been a funny old few weeks. I had meant […]
English Speaking Baby Classes – Pippagina – Munich
You might think that giving birth in a foreign country sounds stressful, but believe me, it’s nothing compared to moving house on the day you give birth to your first child (we don’t tend to do normal in our house)! However, if you were to ask me about those early weeks and months of motherhood, […]
Revisiting Saints
When we first moved abroad, I had a four-year old and a two-year old, and quite frankly it was an awful lot easier to convince them of the traditions of our then temporary homeland. In the run up to Christmas we would watch the nightly advent programme on Danish TV, which filled their heads […]
A New Chapter…
As many readers will know, it has been “crystal ball time” in our house for at least the past year (if not slightly longer!) And, as many a work expat will tell you, that complete limbo land of not knowing what on earth you will be doing/where on earth you will be living, can be […]
A First Birthday in Fairyland – Märchenwald im Isartal
Turning One is a huge event, but where do you take someone that tiny for a special day out to celebrate? I am sure his Lordship would be more than happy with an hour in the baby swing at the park, but we do that quite a lot, so it’s not all that “special” […]