Back to School for Expats
Back to School Rituals it’s always fun to buy new stationery for going back to school. Back in Bangkok things are in full swing for the new term. Expat teachers are in their classrooms getting their displays and schemes of learning ready, parents may be breathing a sigh of relief, (taking a whole family back […]
Colleagues as Friends – Surely Not!
Work Chums! Having fun with friends when I turned 50! Is Making Friends with Colleagues a Recipe for Disaster Living overseas and being thousands of miles from family and friends back at home, most of my friendships have been made at work. My chums and friends are often my colleagues and co-workers. I have found […]
Is Staying in a care Home like Going Back to School?
Comparing the Old and Young This week I’ve been blogging a bit about working in the same school as my husband and kids. My dad also recently spent a week in respite care. I have since learned more about the option of staying at home with care offered around the clock. I hadn’t realised that was really an affordable […]
Being the Teacher’s Kid (or their Mum!)
Pros and Cons of Being a Teacher’s Kid These two munchkins actually enjoyed being teachers’ kids, or at least I think they did! I blogged yesterday about what it was like being married to the Secondary Principal. After writing my post the girls said to me that if I thought it was bad being the Principal’s […]
Family Holiday Harmony or Family Holiday Hell?
Travelling with a Family Tips https://youtu.be/yBERKTBazM8 There are lots of tips for handling holidays with tiny-tots or teenagers, but far less information around for managing harmonious travel with grown up, or almost grown up children. Travelling with a family can be a challenge. One excellent exception to this claim is this blog, flashpacking family.com which is great fun […]
A Guesthouse that’s Good Enough for a Middle-aged Mum?
Choosing a Hotel Having used these travel tips for packing our cases, I felt confident that we would be well prepared for our Northcoast500 adventure. I hadn’t realised, though, how challenging choosing a hotel, a guest house or a B and B could be. If only we had rDuring our Northcoast500 adventure we’ve experienced the ‘same same, but different’ […]