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 […]
Expat
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” […]