home again

The last few weeks have been a whilrwind. A weekend in the UK, six days in Morrocco, home for three (Rasmus in Cairo), then off to Copenhagen for two days, over to the Netherlands for two and finally back home again. I love travelling, I love all these places (especially Copenhagen, have I told you…

transformation

Look! The chilli I picked was green. We left it a week on my cake stand that sits on the kitchen island (because it’s too beautiful to hide away) and it turned RED. We had no idea that would happen so were somewhat surprised! Anyone have an explanation?

miss teacher

Every other Monday night I teach English at an asylum residential centre just down the street from where we live. The centre is run by an NGO within the government system and about 90 people can live there at any one time. (There’s another centre a few blocks away run by the government that apparently…

autumn

Today is the first day of October. That kinda snuck up on me. Again. I don’t think I am ever really fully prepared for the next month! But September was good. And I fitted so much in that I haven’t even told you about yet – like my spa day! Photos of ladies in towling…

where is August going?

I am becoming one of those people who is always marvelling that time is just racing by. I’m not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. On the one side, time flies when you’re having fun, on the other side it can feel like you’re not fitting in everything you had…

week in Vienna

I’ve been in Vienna for the last week, attending the XVIII International AIDS Conference. It was a busy week: a networking zone to run, human rights march, sessions that started at 8.30am and finished at 8.30pm… I did also manage to fit in a few hours of sightseeing though and absolutely LOVED Vienna. It is…