first impressions

Thursday 19th March, Dhaka “I’m here. It is hot. I had forgotten what heat felt like. I breathe in hot air and already my face is damp. But it is nice after the long cold dark Brussels winter. Of course it is only 9.45am, so maybe I’ll take that back in a few hours. It…

here

I’m back in Europe, a whole three hours. I am tired, in need of a looong bath and an even longer sleep. Bangladesh is a fascinating country, like no where I have been before. Lots of stories and photos coming very soon I promise.

dhaka

Yesterday i bought flights to Dhaka, Bangladesh I am going on a work trip for nine days to visit health, education and development projects that work with people with disabilities and people living with leprosy I am very excited and nervous my first time in Asia!! I leave two weeks tomorrow…

German Granny

I’ve often heard people telling great stories about all the people they randomly meet while travelling and the conversations they have that are so significant. I always think, yeah right, like that actually happens to anyone. Yesterday while I was sitting at a bus stop in the middle of a housing estate in not-the-prettiest German…

always sunny at st colmes…

Only not this time. In typical Scottish fashion it rained most of the week and was cloudy the rest of the time. Hannah and I did fit in a trip to the grounds of Blair Castle during one lull in the rain, and even did a couple of walks with Ally and Ruby when they…

easter cupcakes

I had some coconut left over from baking some amazing sweet and sticky brown sugar brownies earlier this week so I decided to make the coconut lime cupcakes that I’d torn out of this month’s Tesco magazine (picked up when Jen and I went to get pizza last weekend). They are yummy! I think they…