A New Decade is Approaching

A New Decade is Approaching

I don’t know where this post is coming from or what I am trying to achieve. I’m running on no gas, I’m super tired and scared of what the immediate future holds. I may look ok on the outside but the inside is not dissimilar to a bomb waiting to explode. I know this is all cryptic, it’s not intentionally a cryptic style Facebook post.

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What a week, I'm Shattered!

What a week, I'm Shattered!

So Saturday morning at 0730 we headed to the emergency pediatrician. By this stage, there was quite a bit of yellow gunk coming out of her ear which was all through her hair and over her bed, she was also complaining it was sore. The pediatrician did a swab, put her on a strong course of antibiotics and told us to come back tomorrow.

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Expat Life - When to go home?

Expat Life - When to go home?

We’ve missed so many Christmas’s, birthdays, weddings, arrivals of nephews, anniversaries, saying final goodbyes and the list just goes on. At what point do you go “That’s enough, we need to go home?”, how do you make that decision when you have two 5 year olds…

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Turning 40 - New House - Zurich

Turning 40 - New House - Zurich

Greencity is still rather grey, although as spring arrives some of the trees are getting leaves and things are getting greener. Maybe with time they’ll plant some lawn. Lol. The apartment is good though and is exactly what we wanted.

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Greencity Zurich (Greycity)

Greencity Zurich (Greycity)

Have you visited Greencity? Are you as confused as I am about the name? Wouldn’t a more appropriate name be Cobblecity, Pebblecity, Greycity, Graycity or even Cementcity? Why the 50 Shades of Grey?

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Half Marathon Training Starts

Half Marathon Training Starts

So next week we move into our new apartment and guess what, I am going to start running again. Ok, marathons maybe a little extreme at this stage but you never know. I’m well aware I will never be running the New York City marathon again but we all need to have dreams.

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Detained in Dubai

Detained in Dubai

We are thinking about heading to Australia later this year and it’s quite well known that the Middle Eastern (Qatar, Emirates, Etihad) carriers have become far cheaper than the Asian (Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific) and legacy European carriers especially direct from Zurich.

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