Hot And Cold
We are currently sweltering in Marrakech in Morocco. Yesterday we were wearing our warm gear in Bergamo, Italy, but arrived here at the airport in 40 degree heat. It was the hottest I'd ever been...
View ArticleDunwoodie Travels
Gidday Sorry about the lack of contact. We've just finished two weeks of travel in the Lake District, England; Scotland in a camper-van; and Paris.We've been in London for a few days and tomorrow we...
View ArticleDunwoodie Travel Itinerary
Things have been pretty busy lately; we're leaving London soon which has meant we have been packing, planning, and cramming in as much of London as we can before we leave. Below is the plan for the...
View ArticleSerendipity
After going to the Natural History Museum today we walked 5 minutes down the road to HTB - Holy Trinity Brompton. This is the church that Naomi and I went to when we lived in London in 2003 BK (Before...
View Article(Holy) Communion, The Mass, The Lord’s Supper, The Last Supper, Divine...
Different churches I have been in have had different views on Holy Communion. Communion has been an ‘issue’ for me, or people around me, at various times throughout my life. Here are a few of them: (1)...
View ArticleVideo Proof That Naomi Is In London With Us
Questions were asked about whether or not Naomi was actually in London. I sent evidence in the form of photos, but that wasn't good enough for some of you. So, for those doubters, here is Naomi in a...
View ArticleThe Sins Of The Son Are Visited Upon…That Son
When I was a lad I remember my father, who had been an English, Latin, and Greek teacher, trying to educate my siblings and I about when to use ‘I’ or ‘me’ and ‘Should’ve’ instead of ‘should of’ and...
View ArticleHorniman Museum
We went to the Horniman Museum. The comments below, with their name preceeding it, are the kids' comments.Joel- a long billed fishJoel - an over stuffed walrusMaria - I liked the walrus how it's got...
View ArticleAccents And Big Cats
Joel got new glasses last week and Maria mentioned that she couldn’t see as well from her left eye as her right eye. We booked her in and went up today. We left home and took 45 minutes to get there –...
View ArticleLost And Found
A month or so into our time in London we got to put into practise our well-rehearsed ‘what-if-you-get-lost’ plans. This potential eventuality had been put into focus a short time before we left New...
View ArticleWhere's Naomi? 2
I was a little upset to have my integrity questioned over the last post about Naomi being with us in London. Despite the photos that clearly showed she was with us in London I received this...
View ArticleWhere’s Naomi?
A number of people, who have been following our Blog, have commented that they never seem to see or hear of Naomi. Someone even suggested she may have missed the flight from New Zealand!She is...
View ArticleMummy Making
Today Maria and Grace learned about Egyptian mummy making in home-school. They then set about making their own one.A wealthy man arrives at the embalmer's place with his dead relativeEmbalmers cut a...
View ArticleEvering Road
For our first month or so in London we lived at 'The Cat Lady's House' as we knew it - we looked after their vomit-prone cat!We've been in our current place for about three weeks. The location is not...
View ArticleThe King Is Dead. Long Live The King
Today I went to the Graceland Presents Elvis exhibition. Most of the following thoughts I wrote down while in the exhibit, though some of the facts and figures were gathered as I typed this up.I used...
View ArticleNew Fruit - Pomelo
By JOELToday we bought a pomelo fruit. We had never had it before. People in the family had the following thoughts on this new fruit.Joel - It's yuk. Grace - Yuk. (Until she found out you weren't...
View ArticleWe're Famous...In Hackney!
We have been at several events where photos were taken and stories were written up by 'official' people. We were featured in two of them. The first is at a talk from a kids' author, Steve Cole -...
View ArticleVictoria & Albert Museum by MARIA
We went to the V&A Museum. Maria has chosen some photos she liked and has made some comments below.Sorry, but some of the picture quality is poor due not being allowed to use flash.Us at the...
View ArticleThe Essence Of A Woman
This morning we were reading the picture book of Beauty and the Beast. I read how Gaston wanted to marry Belle. After looking at the pictures we had the following conversationGrace - She can’t marry...
View ArticleRidley Road Market by LUKA
I like Ridley Road Market because we sometimes get to choose fruit.I think the people shouting about their food is funny.The most interesting thing I found is quail eggs because they are small and...
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