Moving Day

The movers arrive today to take all our furniture and possessions away. Then we stay in a hotel in Luxembourg over night and tomorrow morning they’ll turn up at our new flat and put everything back in. I’m not sure when we’ll next have internet so apologies if the posts continue to be a little…

Scones and coffee

This morning, one of my best friends was coming around for a morning of long conversation, so I did what any respectful part-Scottish woman would do and whipped up a batch of scones. Scones are one of my favourite things to bake. I think they were probably one of the first things my mum taught…

black sun

Someone in the family had heard that was a place in northern Germany, just half an hours drive from the house, where you could watch the sort sol in the autumn evenings, where people would even drive from Copenhagen to witness it. None of us had ever seen this natural phenomenon, so at half past…

surprise visitor

This little guy flew into our window this morning and gave me the fright of my life. I went over to investigate and he was sitting there, looking a little dazed but none to worse for wear. I snapped these fuzzy photos, and was just contemplating what on earth I should do (try and catch…

beginning

Today we have been home one week. I gave myself that week off to recover from the bug I caught in New York. But today is officially start day. I have my studies to get back to after a break for our holidays, a new eight week course on web design starting today, and project…

detox

Rasmus and I decided some time ago that as soon as we were home again from America, we needed to break some bad eating habits that had been forming. We have a pattern (maybe you’re familiar with it too?) of having a wave of enthusiasm for healthy eating which slowly becomes less and less healthy…