If you happened to have some form of music available, they say that you will always remember the song that was playing when your baby is first placed in your arms. The Small Girl, thanks to the wonders of Kingston Hospital FM (that, together with the gas and air had me hallucinating about ABBA at […]
Expat
Of Hackneyed Heimweh
Catching up with his 95 year old Great-Grandfather (Hackneyed – made commonplace or trite; stale; banal: Heimweh – German term for homesick:) Not that I am sick of going home before you think I have finally lost the plot. I am just totally sick of the annoying little things that go with each visit. For example, endlessly […]
The Last Supper and the BEST Meal in Lake Garda
The annual goodbyes are beginning. I hate this time of year, ESPECIALLY when we still have no idea what we are doing (let’s just say there’s been a bit of a spanner in the works in that department!) – there’s definitely more than an ounce of jealousy in this post! Jealousy and good food. One […]
The Simple Things – May
Just a quick post whilst I cope with a baby with his first real lurgy, an absent husband who thought it was a good idea to book a work trip without realising that we had a three-day week here in Bavaria, and a couple of slightly more serious stresses that are just too boring to […]
My Bavarian Boy at 6 Months
After a somewhat bumpy start, I am happy to say that six months down the line (already!) life abroad with a new baby is pretty much what I hoped it would be. Our “Bavarian” Boy (or Bua if you’re really speaking Bayerisch) is hugely laid back and a very welcome (and super cute) part of […]