Europe – July 2017T-9 – pre-departureWednesday 19th July Shit just got real. Yesterday, I bought some Pounds & Euros. This is a very tangible reminder that we’re now getting very close. It’s also another reminder of just how much this trip is eating...
Europe – July 2017T-15 – pre-departureSaturday 15th July Our departure date looms ever closer with now just two weeks to go. It’s kind of surreal. I should be getting excited and perhaps I am but the lurgy that has afflicted me along with some other...
Europe – July 2017T-22 – pre-departureThursday 6th July Today was not a good day. A good friend has become very suddenly very ill. As this isn’t public knowledge and the situation is ongoing, I won’t go into any specific detail here. Suffice to say that it...
Europe – July 2017T-46 – pre-departureMonday 12th June My attention to the various details of the holiday has come and gone a few times over the past few weeks. With now just six and a half weeks to go, it’s no longer about the logistics of the...
Europe – July 2017 T-93 – pre-departure Wednesday 26th April I dug a hole. If you’re Australian, and thus familiar with that Ozzie movie classic, The Castle, you’ll be familiar with that reference. For everyone else, it means…um…well…Sandy was completely...
Europe – July 2017 T-124 – pre-departure Sunday 26th March And so it begins. Since we arrived here in Melbourne, Australia some seven years ago, we’ve not yet – as a family – been back to Europe to visit friends and family. It has been far too long. Having...
