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 […]