Liverpool, where I live, is a very Irish city. I think I read somewhere that 75% of its residents have strong Irish heritage and so if you are going to celebrate St Patricks Day anywhere outside of Ireland, I think this is the best place to be. As such, it was pretty clear that we … Read more
I’ll readily admit that I was expecting this one to be a bit disappointing, if you consider that we actually live in the UK! But in the event we had a simply brilliant time with fish and chips and beach huts and kite flying. The key was to do something different and adventurous and so … Read more
When you google things to do in Italy, your search reveals, unsurprisingly, a huge number of Roman remains and as I am a Classics teacher – this is my absolute dream. There are Roman archaeological sites all over the UK and we are lucky enough to live about an hours drive from Chester. The other … Read more
Today we decided to visit Japan (or at least some Japanese culture). Japanese culture is brilliant for kids! Hello Kitty, Pokemon and the Karate Kid… what’s not to like? We had some brilliant ideas from friends too and the list was so long that I think we might have to revisit Japan at some point! … Read more
