So here we are, over a month in to living life on pause. What a strange feeling this is. We’re not really living in England anymore but we’re also not yet starting our new lives in Milan. While we wait for documents and passports and all that fun bureaucracy to work itself out, we are…
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Blogette #13: Six – the Feel-Good Feminist Concert I didn’t know I needed
Earlier this week we saw another show on our quest to see as many shows as possible before we lose easy access to the West End. This show was Six, a musical concert/show about the six wives of Henry VIII. To be honest, I didn’t know anything about it other than the basic concept before…
Wandering through Westminster Abbey
I’m back! As I sit down to write I realize that it’s been a very long time since I posted. I apologize. We have been working on some huge things in the background and I can’t wait to share them but I need to wait a little longer before we make them public. So, instead,…
5 Ways to Learn Something New in Cambridge
I love learning new things, especially about history, but also about languages, art, architecture, flowers, cities and everything in between. I’ve spent a lot of time in Cambridge in the last couple of weeks and I’ve discovered some new (and rediscovered some previously experienced) ways to learn something new while in the city. I hadn’t…
Tim Speaks: his reflections on expat life after three years
Three years ago today we got on a plane and changed our lives. With six suitcases in tow, Tim and I headed for a country we’d never seen to start our first expat adventure together. Reading this blog you always get my views, thoughts and opinions on expat life and the traveling we do. What…
Seven Things I Didn’t Experience Until I Moved to England
The weeks are flying past (or crawling… depending on the day) and we are rapidly approaching the third anniversary of our expat status. As I reflect on this I’ve started thinking about all the new experiences I’ve had while living in England. Of course there are plenty of exciting things to share like traveling, driving…
Blogette #10: An Old Fashioned Weekend with Warner Leisure Hotels
From the first time I watched Dirty Dancing, I thought a summer away filled with games, activities and shows would be so fun. Kind of like an adult summer camp. Now a days we unfortunately (most of us) don’t have the leave time to take entire summers off the way they did back then, so…
Stepping into the Stone Age at Kents Caverns
The island on which we live is steeped in history. From ruins of Roman towns to Medieval Castles, you can find history wherever you turn in the United Kingdom. But history of man on the island far exceeds medieval kings and queens and even ancient Rome and we experienced this history first hand a couple…
Just Keep Dancing
My Zumba teacher, with his trademark ginger beard and backwards black ball cap, grins and says “good job, keep it up!” His bright yellow shirt reads “Zumba saved me” and I couldn’t think of a more appropriate shirt for class these days. You see. We’re not sweating it out in a gym or rec hall,…
Magnet Fishing on the Canals
Long before there were lorries bringing our goods to market, long, shallow boats transported goods throughout England on man-made canals. Begun in Roman times and expanded during the Industrial Revolution in the 17th and 18th centuries, canals were efficient ways to get heavy loads of goods throughout the island. Long, low boats were initially pulled…
Fernweh Findings 