Nigeria
This African continent is so rich in amazing culture and yet, if I’m honest it is place I know very little about. I have been to Morocco but beyond that I have never ventured into sub Saharan Africa. I have South African friends and I dated a boy from Zimbabwe many moons ago but my … Read more
China
Liverpool has the oldest China Town in Europe, and the largest Chinese Arch outside of China. No real surprise if you consider Liverpool’s role as an outward looking port for the last couple of hundred years. As such, this was an adventure I was really excited by. Breakfast We started the day with porridge as … Read more
New Zealand
New Zealand is our second home. Dual nationality is a great gift, but it’s just so far away! In the last couple of weeks especially it has seemed further away than ever and we are homesick. As such, we obviously had to include it in our ‘world travel’ and we had an expert at hand … Read more
Ireland
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
The UK
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
Italy
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
Japan
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
