Have you been to Portugal’s capital city Lisbon? I visited Portugal in 2009 on one of my last solo trips before I got married and it was marvellous. Arriving with few expectations of what to do in Lisbon, I took advantage of free tours of the city offered by the wonderful art hostel where I […]
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Apr
Apr
Two years ago an amazing opportunity presented itself to our family based in Melbourne, Australia. My husband was offered a job in London. I’m quite sure there are a lot of people who would think we were crazy to move half way around the world with 10 month old twins but for us it was an […]
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Apr
Apr
What were your musical influences as a child? Music has always been there providing a soundtrack to my life in some form or other. On reflection my tastes are quite diverse but I have had periods of obsession that have gone on sometimes for a decade or so. Yikes. So where did my tastes evolve from and what […]
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Apr
Apr
Some books and characters from your childhood remain with you forever. I don’t remember when I was first introduced to this delightful little rabbit but I have always loved Miffy! So when we planned a road trip to the Netherlands I put the Miffy Museum at the top of my to-do list. My husband was a […]
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Mar
Mar
It is no secret that I like visiting Belgium – a lot. From its majestic capital Brussels, to the quaint medieval town of Bruges and pretty city of Ghent, Belgium is a little under-rated on the tourist map in my opinion. We had long ago planned to visit Ghent on route to Amsterdam and decided to […]