This February French half-term we had our first ski holiday with our two adopted children, in the small, family friendly resort, La Rosiere, on the French-Italian border. We had a sneaking feeling that our kids would enjoy skiing. They are active kids with bundles of anxiety generated energy that needs has to be continually burnt. Added …
It was a whistle-stop trip to meet a mummy friend who has escaped the big smoke, sold up a small Victorian terrace and relocated to a five-bedroom, 16th century farmhouse just outside Margate. My initial thoughts of Margate were – run down seaside resort, once grand Victorian villas sliced and diced into bed-sits, dying and …
You won’t be instgramming yourself in your favourite yoga position on the beaches of the North Antrim coast. But these beaches are spectacular and well worth a visit, at least once on your life. We spent a week this summer catching up with family and hanging out on the golden sands from Benone to Port …
We’re into our second full week at school and calm has descended on the household. My realization is that my children need order, rigidity, routine and that’s what school provides. For most children, the school holidays are looked upon with delight. No more mum dragging you out of bed at that ungodly hour of 7am. …
A flying visit to Belfast to visit family, just before Christmas, meant we were wrecking our routine, but this weekend away was a success for our two adopted children. Belfast is familiar, it’s where grandparents, one uncle, and two aunts and a couple of cousins live. Everyone speaks English. And we stayed at the Premier Inn, …
For our Autumn vacation this year, ( around the same time as the UK October half term) we took a few days out to travel to Tours, the gateway to the Loire Valley, just a three-hour drive from Paris, and boy it was magnificent! Travelling to Tours We hired a car, so we could take …
It’s National Curry Week, so what better time than share with you, and only you, my favourite Indian and Sri-Lankan restaurants in Tooting, south London. If you want to find good curry in London, Tooting is the place to head to. But now I live in Paris, and yes, you can find good curry in …
With King of the Mountains off on a football jolly in Stockholm, I needed something to keep the kids entertained on a Sunday afternoon. In stepped Paris Polaroid Tours with the offer to take us on a Paris walking tour to see the street art in Belleville, north east Paris (straddling the 19th and 20th …
We were taking a wander through Montpellier when we stumbled on a book market. A single stall sold English titles, and poking out of a box was a well thumbed 1986 edition of An Omelette and a Glass of Wine by Elizabeth David the queen of French cooking. At five euros, it was a steal. I have a …
We’re just back from our summer holiday in Montpellier, South of France with our two adopted kids, and we survived. Just under two glorious weeks of sunshine, beaches, and a few tantrums and meltdowns, otherwise it would not have been a holiday with adopted kids. Getting there As we live in Paris we decided to …