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 […]
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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 […]
A Saturday Kitchen with Baked by Romanos
During my time spent on Planet Earth, I have learned that there are typically four different kinds of people in life… There are those you won’t particularly care for, and those that don’t much like you either (and there’s no point in losing sleep over them!). There are those whose company you enjoy, and who […]
Exploring Kettle’s Yard
I am interrupting my ever continuing Milan posts (long term readers know how obsessive I am about posting everything worthwhile about a place) with my recent visit to Cambridge’s Kettle’s Yard. I had an incredibly rare child and husband free morning a few days ago, so whilst in town I popped along to to see […]
Pizzeria Da Zero and Italy’s Biggest Science Museum
Be warned. If you are one of those people that needs everything to be punctual and organised to be happy, Italy might not be the destination for you. We booked a table at Pizzeria Da Zero (tempted by its sky high ratings and reputation for the best pizza in Milan) for lunch one week day. […]
Exploring The Fitzwilliam Museum- Cambridge
The Fitzwilliam was the first Cambridge Institution we visited as prospective new temporary residents back on that cold Autumn day a little over a year ago. Fresh off the plane from Munich, and anxiously awaiting the call to tell us whether we had been successful in our bid for our current rented home, we headed […]