A few years ago, we finally had to suck it up and spend Christmas together. This meant that one of us would miss Christmas with their family and, because this prospect was hugely unpalatable, the tradition of Fake Christmas was born. Fake Christmas or Faux Noel can occur anytime in the six or so weeks … Continue reading Getting a bit too settled at home
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Going home to do laundry
The journey home was long and exhausting. We had a layover in China and the security struck us as excessive in quantity and extraordinarily unfriendly in nature, and we were only transiting. The woman who was sat next to Caro on our second flight was clearly not a frequent flier; she kept leaning on the … Continue reading Going home to do laundry
The start of our European tour
Once we had made our decision to explore Europe, we needed to find a campervan, our preferred mode of travel. This turned out to be a fairly challenging undertaking at the last minute in summer but James was persistent and finally tracked one down. This large hurdle crossed, it was pretty straight forward organising ourselves. … Continue reading The start of our European tour
“A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 2: France, Italy, Germany, France again and back to England
We’d stayed still for all of 12 hours so it was definitely time to move again and we were up with the sparrows on the Tuesday morning following the Bank holiday to fly to Nice and Caro’s parents’ house. This too was a pit-stop on the way to Italy for Caro’s brother’s wedding and on … Continue reading “A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 2: France, Italy, Germany, France again and back to England
“A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 1: England
We had had a truly incredible 7 months but we were ready for a break and, whilst we were a little saddened to think that part of our adventure was now over, we were very much looking forward to heading home to our family and friends, comfortable beds, reliable plumbing and food that we recognised. … Continue reading “A sabbatical from our sabbatical” – Part 1: England
The Rolling Stones 