London French Fantasy Yeah- I knew the title would get you going…….But to spend our almost 13th wedding anniversary in Paris was a dream come true. I ate good cheese, good chocolate and drank good French wine (thanks Di and Greg for accommodating us and feeding us such excellent cuisine!). Tim watched
London To visit the Queen On Sunday I decided I’d had enough of being in the house and we set out to do an excursion again. We caught the train to Victoria Station then walked around to Buckingham Palace. The kids enjoyed seeing where the Queen lives, although they were a bit sorry we
London Local adventure playground It’s taken a while to find the local playgrounds, but finally we have. There seems to be a trend in London at least which is that a playground is something for kids under 5, and after that a bit of grass and a soccer ball is all you need.
London International Day I remember being at the international school in Jordan when I was a kid and we had an international day as well, so I wonder if it’s a british thing, or just a co-incidence?Anyway, on International Day the kids all dress up in their national costumes and bring
London Milk We love experiencing the differences between England and home, one that has been good fun is getting the milk delivered. It’s such an old fashioned thing to do, but quite convinient. It comes in pint bottles and they will also deliver deli goods like bacon, cheese and ham as
London He's out Tim has left the building….on his way home in a taxi. They read him the riot act about coming back if he feels sick again, but he’d much rather recover at home. The hospital was getting to be a scary place – they even had a prisoner on their
London Message from Tim from hospital Hi all,Most of you know by now I’ve been laid up in hospital since last Thursday – thanks for all your thoughts and kind wishes. I’ve been keeping up with them through my BlackBerry, including the blog entries and comments which all arrive in my mail. I am
London May not be gall stones now! The x-ray showed gall stones, but the CT scan doesn’t! Tim has pain along his left side, which indicates pancreatitis and not gall stones. So we’re still not certain about what’s going on. Tim will be in hospital until Thursday, maybe longer, having more tests done. We
London Single Mum'ing Tim’s still in hospital, getting more tests done and trying to get his fever down. They may operate, or not, and he’s sick of being there. Fortunately he’s allowed to use his Blackberry and can take calls and emails (timothy.j.bull@uk.pwc.com), so he
London It's gall stones... We have a diagnosis (after 2 days and nights in hospital) and Tim has gall stones, some of which have moved to his pancreas and become infected. Yuk! He’s on antibiotics and being left in hospital to stabilise, then they’ll decide what the next steps are.Kids and
London We've had better days..... Tim’s stomach ulcer is looking more like gall stones, and he’s currently in hospital; staying in overnight and having more scans done on Friday. He was in quite a bit of pain, but just as the kids and I left hospital this eveing they were giving him morphine.
London Love the English language The English are fantastic at inventing new words and phrases which seem to take off around the globe. I noticed with interest in the Brownlow count that the Australian press often referred to WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends) which of course has been doing the traps here in the UK for
London London Zoo This weekend we planned to get out again, but I spent all Saturday laid up in bed after no sleep on Friday night. A bit of emergency diagnosis on Saturday morning at it seems likely that I have a stomache ulcer — the positive thing is that the drug they have
London In London and little happened The last week has been a very “ordinary” one. Nothing bad, just nothing particularly exciting. The kids have had a good week at school and I went to work. Karina has started to fill in her time helping out with reading and things at the school which is good fun.
London London Eye We went to the London Eye today. Despite being touristy and all that, it was stunning. It takes a half hour to go around and the view really was sensational. Underneath the eye — it stands 135 metres tall. The passenger capsules. Each one holds around 25 people. Ella and Jasper
London Jet Trails A visual post. Strange sight this morning, it was very still outside and the sky was full of Jet contrails criss-crossing each other across the sky.
London Ella and Jasper The kids really do seem to be enjoying themselves here in London. Of course they have their moments with each other, but generally they are playing well and enjoying each others company.Yesterday I trimmed the front hedge and Jasper took a piece and “hid” in the back garden. When
London C'arn the cats! Whoo hoo!We are Geelong, the greatest team of all…It was a fantastic experience today to watch the Grand Final live with several hundred other passionate fans, mostly supporting Geelong. Port Adelaide fans were surprisingly thin on the ground. I got up and 3.50AM, had a quick shower
London Some positive differences In all the angst of settling into a new house, arguing with PwC over small things that should be included in our opinion, and shouldn’t in theirs, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that this has been overwhelmingly a positive experience so far. Here are
London Strict schools Did you know that when the kids are playing outside at school, and it’s time to come back into the classroom, a teacher appears in the yard and blows a whistle; then all the kids freeze!! It’s so weird – they’re under such control at school. I was
London What the heck are plimsolls? I thought England would be so like Australia, after all, it is kinda the original home? I have been surprised at some of the differences: 1. Kids do sport at school inside, and have to wear plimsolls. After asking around a few Mums at school, I determined that these are
London First day at Fircroft School is going well, the kids both enjoyed their first two days there. It’s interesting to see the differences, yet depsite all of these, the kids are just the same. The English system thus far appears much more “academic” and places a lot more rigour on the basic 3R’
London Legoland Windsor One of the first things that we saw on arriving in London was a brochure for Legloland out at Windsor. The kids have wanted to go ever since. Yesterday we got the chance and went on a big excursion. We had to switch trains, and then due to line works,
London Teething problems Well we are in the new house, but there are a few teething issues. Some major, some minor. It’s an old house, so I guess you have to put up with some idiocincracies, but coming from a newly renovated place it is a shock.Probably the most frustrating problem
London Moved in Well today was the big day, we moved into our new house. Turns out that the correct detail is kind of a combination of below — it’s both the house in the photo, and the one in the first link. It’s split over three levels, with a lounge, galley
