
Month: April 2017


Food
Food, who likes food? I do – pies, chips, burgers, cakes, muffins and fizzy drinks too. I wonder if the food in Houston will be exactly the same, or France. Maybe French food will be totally different or Germany will have a mix of foods-half different and half the same as here? Has anyone experienced the difference In foods from other Countries? or maybe the … Continue reading Food

Jet-lag
In a few days I will be getting Jet-lag. You may be wandering what jet-lag is. Well, it means that you have moved from one side of the world to one another and the time changes but your body time hasn’t changed. “Wow, how does that work?” We’re flying from Auckland to Houston. The flight is 14 hours long, but the time in Auckland might 8am but … Continue reading Jet-lag

Queer little restaurants, decent, though obscure?
A very interesting quarter, partly Italian, and thus full of queer little restaurants, in those basements you suspect blackbeetles. Yet, every now and again, some writing person, like myself, discovers what he considers to be quite decent, though obscure, restaurant of this type, and inexpensive. He chances the cockroaches. And he is filled with the explorer’s joy of discovery, and writes about his find. Thus … Continue reading Queer little restaurants, decent, though obscure?

Anyone been to Dylan’s Candy Bar in Houston?
It’s 8am and I’m lying in bed listening to the birds and my noisy family. I look through a crack in my curtain, I see sunlight and I said to myself “it’s going to be a great day. I hope it’s like this when I’m on holiday but just without my family noise”. I stand up and opened my curtains and jump back into bed … Continue reading Anyone been to Dylan’s Candy Bar in Houston?

Te Paroro (The Storm)
Storms can be unpredictable and I expect some of our travel to be the same. That makes it kind of exciting. Continue reading Te Paroro (The Storm)

KEEN as in numbers – 1,8,10,44461,4 & ∞
Those who know us will understand that there is something binary about our family. Our kids are lovely, especially when they’re asleep, awake there is an exuberance that can mean many things…depending on your mood. Continue reading KEEN as in numbers – 1,8,10,44461,4 & ∞