Still in draft (March 2021)

Still in draft (March 2021)

With multiple used face masks and two very excited little girls, we were escorted off the A350 by officials dressed as astronauts. We were greeted at Sydney’s International Airport by two very excited Grandparents and 14 days in isolation. That’s when it hit me, in 24 hours our life had changed forever. It was awful but it was awful for everyone everywhere!

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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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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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So what's in store for 2019?

So what's in store for 2019?

We are moving house in March, the twins start Kindergarten (first year of school here in Zurich) and apart from that there is nothing really planned. I think we have quite a few international guests (mainly Australians) visiting from spring on wards but apart from that there are no real plans.

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