The weather has been cold in London, as it has in the US this past week. It seems that when it’s cold here, the sunshine is out in all its glory. I love brisk, sunny days. As a result, several walks in the area have had me outside enjoying it. I spent one day walking…
I love driving and road trips but I am still getting accustomed to driving in the UK again after 6 years away. Thank god for navigation in cars, but figuring out which lane to be in is a little stressful at times. We took a drive out to Kent to visit Hever Castle, childhood home…
My eldest had been selected to take a screenwriting class for teens over the half term holidays. The group gathered at a couple of local theatres in town to workshop writing. It was a very cool opportunity and completely free, how awesome! On the first day, the kids learnt about script writing and on the…
My son attended a football match between Fulham and Sunderland over the weekend. He hadn’t been to a game since he saw Arsenal play when he was 3 years old. He had a lot of fun made much more special by his football enthusiast friend. Yeah for friends and for sport! The game ended in…
We spent the New Year in Edinburgh with friends. Edinburgh is so pretty to look at and so different to England. The climate cooler, the winter light shorter. the building’s stone is darker and the architecture unique. On New Year’s Eve day, we climbed Arthur’s Seat, the weather was mild and the path was muddy.…
Some friends reached out and let me know about their wonderful visit to Greendale to see the sunflowers. Oh, I had never been to a sunflower farm before and was intrigued. Lavender, tulips, vineyards, orchards, pumpkins, but never sunflowers. Loving a new experience, we decided it would be a great weekend family outing. The farm…
My daughter has just recently started high school here in Melbourne, she is just 11 (high school starts in year 7 in Australia.) Since day one, she has been bullied and laughed at because of her place of birth, even though she has never lived there. Whether out at recess or in the classroom, there…
Traveling to Fiji, a first time for us and our first holiday abroad since Covid began. We booked our trip as soon as the Australian border was announced opened and once we had a travel bubble with Fiji. We kept our planning simple and secured an all-inclusive deal with flights, never feeling confident that we…
I literally had no idea about the grading system in Australian schools until recently and we have been in Oz now for going on 5 years. To be honest, I had a partial idea from what my kids have told me, but never did any research on the topic. I am just not the type…
Today is day 1 of of our fifth lockdown here in Melbourne. We are just rolling with it, realising it really will be our new normal. We have done it before, we are clear in what we need to do now feeling very professional in lockdown mannerisms and we will continue to have these randomly…
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