It's taken quite a while to finish this episodic tale of our little jaunt around a few random European countries. It's been a particularly busy time lately and we've had a few weeks of various colds and flus etc. Thanks Winter, it's been real swell...In case you haven't had the chance to catch up with the rest of the trip, this final chapter is part 5. Seriously? I didn't mean to drag it out THIS ..read more

The day after the Eurovision Grand Final, we were ready to move on to our next destination. It's right there. Can you see it? Between the Lillgrund Wind turbines on the left and the Øresund Bridge on the right. Copenhagen!But first we had to catch the bus into Hyllie Station in Malmö and take one last ride in a 'hiss' down to the platform.And within 30ish minutes we were in ..read more

This years Eurovision in Malmö was so mega and filled with controversy, I had to break it up into 2 parts. Here is the 2nd and I'm warning you, it's a long one!So we were in Malmö... Have you noticed how I always make sure to have the two little dots over the 'o' in Malmö? I have to copy and paste the word in every time because it's bloody annoying trying to find the 'ö' amongst ..read more

Hello Malmö, this is Australia calling.... But before we get ahead of ourselves, let's start from where we left off.We left Helsinki after 6 short days trotting around that general small zone of south Finland (see part 1) and flew straight to Copenhagen, then a short train ride over the Øresund Bridge to Malmö in Sweden.For us Aussies, this leapfrogging from country to country is fun and ..read more

 You've probably noticed that when big things are happening, I disappear for a while. For the past few months we've been planning a trip away, then we were on the trip and now we're home jet-lagged but happy!We really didn't expect to make a trip to the U.K. and France last year for Eurovision. And we doubly didn't expect to make another trip to Europe again this year.... for Eurovision.For ..read more

We have a new addition to our menagerie. Meet Baxter.He's such a cutie! Baxter is my Auntie Horse Whisperers furbaby, but has come to live with us for a while. Baxter loves cuddles. Baxter doesn't love thunderstorms. This is a classic unhappy Baxter during a thunderstorm. He was shaking like a leaf!Baxter and 8Track play jokes on each other. 8Track jumps out of doorways to jumpscare ..read more

I recently received an email from someone that simply had the heading "Where are you?"  (thanks for the virtual poke Lorraine!)I never went anywhere. I just got a bit buried in all of the life stuff. I turned 50 in October. Vintage!!Gee that's a shit number!I have had quite a few ladies older than me tell me things like, "Oh you're still a baby!", or "Pffft! That's nothing! I'm ..read more

 Hello again!I've had a really busy past couple of weeks. How has yours been? It feels like life is saying: "Had a few weeks holiday, did you? Feeling kind of relaxed now, are you? Let's give you a little kick up the bum..."It is probably rather indulgent of me to write all these posts just for one trip, but so much happened! Everyday was packed full of places and things and smells and all of the ..read more

 My last post was huge. Well it was a huge week! I think of it as one whole chapter and found it tricky trying to break it up. I'm not really a professional writer type person so I'm sure someone else could have done it better. But it's out there now for me to look at, and read and remember how amazing and overwhelming it all was.If you're jumping in now and haven't caught  up with the first bits ..read more

Welcome back to the 3rd instalment of 'I went on a little holiday'. It really wasn't a little holiday though. A holiday that involves 25 hours of plane travel & leaves you drained with cankles bigger than truck tires is never 'little'.So it was a biggish holiday. But not for nothing would I fly to the other side of the planet. I was here to finally experience my favourite annual event in the ..read more