A blog about life in Wellington, New Zealand
Gosh – the 500th small pleasures post! What started out as an occasional post has turned into my weekly Monday review of the week. Some weeks are just chock full of little things that make us smile, other weeks it can be harder to find things, but there are always some good things to note.
So we are now in week 28, well over the half way mark of the year. This Friday, 10 July, … More
Our time in Hamburg is coming to an end. It has been such a good few weeks, with lots of walking, seeing new places, figuring out the supermarket (orange juice is next to beer, well they are both drinks), and enjoying being in a different city where we aren’t just tourists. We will both leave this city with fond and happy memories.
Is it really only just over 6 weeks until Christmas? Just so hard to believe.
Well….where to start? The positives: I only had to work two days, I had my birthday, read 2 books on … More
We’ll start today’s post with the good news that I don’t need to wear the moon boot any more. Of … More
What a week! I had been to a work meeting in town on Tuesday afternoon, and as I came out … More
The sun shone today, which always lifts the spirits. We have had such a lousy summer, that any glimmer of … More
Christmas cooking is so easy in this household. We celebrate Christmas Eve, as does most of Europe, and while Poland … More
As we were away for the weekend, and with yesterday being my last French lesson of this term, (when dinner … More
Thistles and Kiwis 