Life Before Kids
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Travel in Review 2017
Here is our travel in review for 2017. After spending two summers of house renovation, we finally got to sit back and enjoy the house, organising dinner parties and summer BBQs with friends.…
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Travel in Review 2016
Another week of lock down, another week of nostalgia and feeling hopeful that we’ll make our mid-autumn trip. Until then, here is our travel in review for 2016. In 2016, we had yet…
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Travel in Review 2015
Hope you and your family are keeping well, staying safe and healthy during this unprecedented global coronavirus pandemic. Though the days may feel repetitive, like Ground Hogs Day for us parents, the silver…
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Newcastle: Geordie Territory
Last month I had a chance to visit Newscastle on a two-day work trip. For you Americans who still follow this blog, “Geordie” is a reference for people from the Tyneside metropolitan…
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Royal Ascot 2014
This year’s Royal Ascot coincided with the summer solstice, the longest day of the year. Summer is was; it was a glorious day for horseracing with endless sunshine and blue skies. Royal Ascot…
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The Shard
Sharply protruding into the London skyline is a glass tower that has invoked mixed reactions among Londoners. Constructed relatively quickly, the Shard now occupies an iconic place in the image of London and I’ll admit,…
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Reisling Tasting in the Moselle Valley
Supposedly we were to scale back on all European travels for the remainder of the year, but I couldn’t refuse the £40 RT per person tickets to Frankfurt Hahn, albeit on RyanAir {{shudder}} over…
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Hong Kong & Macau 2014
For me, a trip to Asia is never complete without a weekend stopover in Hong Kong to indulge in my favourite past time: eating and hanging out with the niece! As per usual, we…
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Thailand: Island-Hopping on the Andaman Sea
After Bangkok we took a short flight to Phuket where we met my family who flew in from Hong Kong. As the middle child with sisters both 7.5 years older and younger, growing…
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Thailand: One Night in Bangkok
…. and the world’s your oyster. OK, make that two nights in Bangkok. A big, polluted, and crowded metropolis, definitely not my favourite city in Asia but there are some lovely temples and…
