So much has changed in the four years since our last visit to the Mary Rose. The Three-Year-old wasn’t earthside for a start (so this technically wasn’t his first visit!), and I remember being very grateful for the cool and darkened corridors (plus the places to sit and rest!) as I waddled from one […]
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Residenz – Munich
There are things that will forever remind me of our other homes. Now, whenever I see a dahlia, I automatically think of Denmark. To be honest, I wasn’t fond of them before we moved there, they weren’t that fashionable at the time in the UK, and most people associated them with old people’s gardens… […]
Investigating the Brickosaurs at Marwell Zoo
Given that the Three-Year-old has a pretty vivid imagination, it was nice to be able to answer “yes, I think we will” when he asked whether we might see a dinosaur at Marwell… Luckily for him, from now until the 1st September there are 36 giant Prehistoric Lego creatures dotted amongst the Zoo’s usual […]
Meeting the Burrowers – Hawk Conservancy Trust
The eagle-eyed amongst you (!) might remember our Red Kite rescue a few months back?… You may also remember we were allowed to release her back into the wild, thanks to the wonderful people at the Hawk Conservancy who nursed her back to health and confirmed she was all good to go…? It’s been years […]
Middle Distance
I don’t think it’s possible to survive long in a country that’s not your own if you don’t have some grit about you. One of the very best things for me about life as an expat was becoming friends with some of the strongest people. Some of them have had to “shape shift” along the […]
The Furniture Appreciation Society
My obsession with beautiful furniture undoubtedly started in Denmark, where I drooled over it in friends’ houses (not literally), the most exquisite design shops, and of course the Scandinavian Design Centre that I would frequent on a regular basis to fill up an imaginary list for my house should we ever win the lottery. Danish […]
Nesting
A little interval in my Sud Tirol posts to give you a kind of mini tour of the new house, a sort of before and after if you will. There have been a few requests! Talk to most expats that have made that return trip, and I guarantee that nearly all of them will tell […]
Memories of Mottisfont
As the title alludes, I have been to Mottisfont Abbey quite a few times… Not for quite some time in case you think you’ve seen me… My last visit was when I was around ten or eleven, and probably wearing something horrific like stonewashed jeans, and possibly topped off with my favourite Garfield t shirt […]
A Lazy Weekend at Lainston
It’s not hard to find my child free posts in the Bavarian Sojourn “back catalogue” as they are typically called things like “The Perfect Quiet Weekend” or “Birthday Castles” (which wasn’t a strictly child free weekend, but as Schloss Elmau does such a good job at entertaining your offspring, you can pretend if you really […]
A Day at Duxford
I think my memories of living in Cambridgeshire will involve a lot of stereotypical things (even though it was for a relatively short period of time), bikes, punting, and gown clad students… And then a few not so – the masses of flag wielding tourist groups, Anglesey Abbey, Wandlebury Ring, and The Imperial War Museum […]