Author Archives: marjo
Planning our next big adventure
So in the last few days of our European holiday last year, we started discussing our “next holiday”. We wanted to re-visit parts of England and explore Scotland and Ireland; we definitely wanted to re-visit Paris but also wanted to explore the European countries along the Mediterranean Sea. But we figured we couldn’t take another … Continue reading
The Other Left
OK so the British drive on the left side of the road so we are not concerned for when we pick up the car in about 10 days time. But what is wrong with British pedestrians? They all walk on the right…… I have enough trouble with right and left but now I am really … Continue reading
Grocery shopping can be a tourist attraction
So far we have been grocery shopping twice. First time was a small suburban Tesco Express; similar in size to a suburban 7Eleven but I must say much better stocked. Australian 7Eleven’s seem to have aisles after aisles of junk foods like chips, sweet and biscuits. In the Tesco Express we found small ranges of … Continue reading