I finished the last post just before we moved hotels to the Alto Hotel on Bourke Street. To be honest,…
Sunshine, shopping and salad: a weekend in Melbourne part 1
It was with great joy that I left work early on Wednesday to meet Karl and catch a flight to…
Cee’s Challenge: Week 48
Only a few weeks to Christmas and the start of a new year. For us in the southern hemisphere, it…
Sunday: morning, noon and night
After the awful weather on Friday, the sun returned on Sunday, with a gorgeous day and no wind (at least…
Watching, listening reading: November
I honestly cannot believe it is the end of November already. It seems like yesterday we were watching fireworks at…
Strawberries, cake and jandals
It may be Thanksgiving in the USA, but here in New Zealand we are all looking forward to summer and…
Cee’s Challenge: Week 47
I didn’t manage Cee’s Challenge last week, but here we are this week, counting down to the end of the…
Sunday, sunshine and a wee Scottish event
We woke up this morning (Sunday) to pictures on Facebook of a snow covered Copenhagen. As someone who dislikes snow,…
If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea
If we were having coffee, or even a cup of tea, I would be saying to you – where has…
An exhibition, an experience and a reminder
This Sunday we finally made it to the Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War exhibition at Te Papa museum. When…
Thistles and Kiwis 