One of the hardest things about expat life is all those goodbyes. They don’t seem to get any easier. But there is an upside…
holiday
Christmas Guests?
What evokes Christmas for you? For me, it’s the smell of mince pies and tangerines and the twinkle of fairy lights. It’s the opening bars of ‘Fairytale of New York’ and the tears that come all too quickly whenever I hear children singing carols. It’s being at my parents’ house with all my family, which […]
Skiing With Kids? Top Tips on Ski Trips as a Family
The first time I ever skied was three years ago. So my first ski holiday was skiing with kids – we were all beginners. We were also a bit of a ragtag group as my husband opted to snowboard – less because he wanted to look cool (ha!) and more because the many knee ops […]
Expat Traditions – Our Cultural Pick & Mix
What are expat traditions? Well, one of the best things about living overseas for me is picking up new traditions and joining in different celebrations. I love this cultural mash up – or rather, a pick and mix of traditions I have written before about the fact that our family is monocultural – my husband […]
Surviving the School Holidays…
When I was at school the summer holiday stretched out for six long weeks. Now that my kids are at school, I feel a bit duped. Their summer holidays stretch (drag?) on for eight whole weeks. Eight weeks, which is the equivalent to 56 days (or 1344 hours, but who’s counting?!). That’s a long time […]
Corsica with Kids – Top 5 Travel Tips
Why have I never been to Corsica before? I mean, it was always ‘on my list’ but never quite at the top. And now it’s up there with my favourites.. It took (yet another) last minute holiday booking experience (read: this was the only holiday we found that ticked all our boxes…the main ones being […]
Summer Reading…
Following on from my blog post about book clubs, I thought I’d share some book recommendations for your summer reading. Because we all now that now that school’s out and summer’s here we all have acres more time to read, right?! What makes for great summer reading? Well, that’s about as good a question as […]
Florence with Kids – Top Travel Tips
Florence. Capital of Tuscany, cradle of the Renaissance, ‘City of Art’. It’s romantic, it’s beautiful and it’s brimming with culture. But Florence with kids? Absolutely! Florence with Kids Florence is an easy city to walk around and there are tons of places to eat which is great when you have children who are constantly hungry! Like […]
Lake Como with Kids – Top 5 Travel Tips
We drove up to Lake Como from Florence, arriving mid-afternoon. By that evening, my husband had decided he wanted to live there. Now we have been to many beautiful places, but none have elicited quite so strong a reaction – not sure though whether the greyer he goes, the more he’s wondering, ‘What would Clooney do?’ And although […]
Tuscany with Kids – Top 5 Travel Tips
Ah Tuscany…a dream of a place. Stunning countryside, picture-perfect villages and fabulous food. And I can’t think of many better places for a family holiday than Tuscany with kids. Children are made very welcome in Italy, and there is so much to see and do. For us it was the perfect mix of relaxing (as far […]