Tag: London
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Jail Birds
If someone had told me that my husband was going to get arrested at Dubai airport, and that a couple of days later I would be standing up in an English court of law, on a separate charge trying to defend myself, I’d would have said to them, ‘Yer ‘avin a giraffe with me mate’ But […]
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Sex, Pubs and Lemon Sole.
So here is an account of just one of the many adventures that I had in London whilst on holiday with the Irishman, and that I promised that I would write about earlier this week. In case anyone reading this has accidently stumbled upon this post by Googling a totally unrelated subject such as Incontinence […]
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Londinium: June 2012
I’m now back home home in Jakarta after having spent the past two and half weeks in London. What a great holiday! Indulgent and hedonistic is probably the best way to describe our time away, and incredibly busy but in the loveliest sense.There was certainly never a dull moment with each new day jam packed […]
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How Do I Kindle This Relationship?
Last year I forced myself to buy a Kindle. I repeat, forced myself. Of all the purchases that I have ever made in my life, I’ve got to admit that this was probably the one that I was least excited about. (I’ve been known to show more enthusiasm when forking out for a new set […]
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Baby’s First Words
When I was young, my mother was very keen for me to learn Dutch. In fact she was so keen for me to learn her Mother tongue that she bought me back lots of Dick Bruna * books from Holland in the very real hope that by my reading them assiduously, the words would then […]
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Prince Harry Kissed Me
We got back home to Jakarta last Thursday afternoon after travelling through 13 time zones and 3 long haul flights over 3 days. By the time we arrived at Soekarno-Hatta we both felt absolutely wretched, and Pedro even more so as he had to endure all the travelling with a roaring temperature, shivers and flu. […]
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Merry Christmas! And A Very Happy New Year!
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL! Pedro and I are flying back to London tomorrow evening! We are so excited to see our children, and can’t wait to give them all big hugs. It’s been too long away, and we’ve missed them madly. We are looking forward to getting into […]
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Fly Me To The Moon
Pedro and I have just had our very first ‘Bona Fide’ visitor to stay. Professor Hedley Roberts from the Uk. Up until Hedley’s visit four days ago, our only visitors to date have been unwelcome ones; –We’ve had to content ourselves up until now with entertaining various creepy crawlies, cockroaches and mosquito’s, so it has […]
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