London Richmond Park Today (Sunday) Karina went shopping up and down the Richmond high street, while I took the kids to explore Richmond Park. I really enjoyed it — extremely large, rambling heath and woods right in greater London. It was so good, I went back again later in the afternoon to explore in
London 27 Wiseton Road When Karina took the kids to the school on Friday, they also took this photo of the front of our new house. We’ll move in on this Wednesday.
London School News Kids have been accepted into “Fircroft” school, a local school with slightly more students than Alphington (360+) and much less space! There is no playground, no grass and only a small garden. The walls are surrounded by high fences and barbed wire. Ahhh, the joy of inner city London. The
London Qualified Childrens Cook We saw this notice in a local shop window here in Richmond. Ella was in stitches as she swears it reads “cook your childrens”.
London Working in the city I’ve been enjoying the walk into the city each morning, the weather is sensational here at the moment. I took the camera in to share a couple of the sights. This is a view of Big Ben through the London eye — I see this as I walk from Waterloo
London Getting a school Well, we have settled in more now since arriving on Monday. Amazing how quickly it has all happened. The kids are not too fazed by the differences we have experienced, such as:1. Always walking on the right-hand side of the footpath, and standing on the right of escalators2. New
London Aqualisa, the shower controller from hell OK, that’s a big claim, but there is not much positive to say about this piece of esoteric engineering. Here is the process for getting the shower on. I swear every step is true, it took me about 10 minutes to sort it out this morning. 1. Turn both
London A little more Singapore Had to finish off postings about Singapore with the Chineese Gardens now I’ve updloaded the photos. We visited during the Autumn lantern festival, which unfortunately we didn’t know about before going or we might of tried it at night. As well as the lanterns (big sculptures out of
London The first day It’s now 6.15pm, and we’ve reached the end of the first day in surprisingly good nick, although there is no doubt we are all tired. Kids are in a very good mood which surprises me. They really objected walking up the shops this morning, but by the
London We have arrived in London Quick post to say we’ve made it safe and sound to London, kids were fantastic and we are enjoying our new temporary apartment in Richmond and just off to explore the local shops and buy some food. Should get our real place next week. Today’s agenda is to:
London Singapore Orchids In the afternoon while Ella relaxed with the TV, Karina, Jasper and I all went to the botanic gardens and visited the National Orchid Garden. It was wonderful walking outside and enjoying the weather after the showers of the morning which had cooled the air. I took a couple of
London Ella's 7th Birthday Today was Ella’s 7th birthday. It was very exciting to spend it with Grandma and Grandpa in Singapore. She had a very relaxed day, doing what she wanted to do. We had lunch at Spag”Eddies” and she watched movies and swam in the afternoon. We picked up a
London Parata lunch We ate lunch today at Mr Paratas. Singapore has both strong Chineese and Indian influences and there are many Indian eateries. The Parata is a roti bread, sometimes with fillings and eaten with curry sauce. Delicious. We tried a banana and curry parata which I really liked, although Karina wasn’
London Jasper and Mr. Bird Mr. Bird is a special bird that travels with students from Prep 1J when they go travelling. Jasper is very proud and excited to be taking Mr. Bird with him, although we often panic about where Mr. Bird might be on any given day! Today Mr. Bird visited the Singapore
London We have left the building... Finally we are on our way.The last few days have been very hectic. Had a party Saturday, went to Geelong Sunday to see Nan and then spent Sunday afternoon packing some things. On Monday kids were at their last day of school, so Karina and I madly continued to
