Penny was playing a napkin in her drama group’s production of Beauty and the Beast last weekend and so to us that seemed the perfect excuse to revisit our favourite French neighbours. France has so many lovely foods and activities it was the perfect way to spend a sunny weekend. Last time we visited we … Read more
A friend of mine is working with a Danish company and she brought me back some liquorice from a trip to Copenhagen. Over a drink she told me all about the philosophy in Denmark of ‘hygge’ (sort of cosiness and comfort) and after a really stressful week for all of us it seemed liked the … Read more
One of my friends is the Director of the stage version of ‘The King and I‘ which was on at the London Palladium and now has come to Manchester, where the Kiwi and I are finally getting to see it tonight! Inspired by this we decided to spend Saturday in Thailand. Breakfast Coconut pancakes seemed … Read more
I’ll admit that this visit has been largely motivated by my discovery of two amazing and independent cafes in Liverpool which sell some of my absolute favourite foods! These foods are a bit (a lot) fattening though, so we included some fun winter Canadian style sports to burn off the calories… As such, Canada was … Read more
Last week, while on holiday in Spain, we took the children on a day trip to Morocco. It was brilliant fun, but we felt that we had only scraped the surface of this amazing place and so it seemed exactly the right adventure to go on from our home in Liverpool this weekend. Breakfast Research … Read more
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
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
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
