A friend of mine posted a picture yesterday of her and her entire life, packed into two suitcases. She’s Australian, gets itchy feet if she spends too long in one place and lives to travel. Luckily her husband’s pretty much the same so they’re off around the world, restricted only by locations with broadband (still gotta work). Does that…
Read MoreTis the season of Gemütlichkeit
Words I’d taken for granted as being a fixed part of the English language I recently discovered came from the German. Noodles, abseiling, rucksack. Obvious when I read them now. One word that hasn’t transferred over from the German is Gemütlichkeit. It’s usually translated as cosiness but that’s just one aspect of the German meaning. Think a roaring open fire,…
Read MoreIt’s our differences that make us special
I know this one, I know it … oh bugger, it’s not what I thought it was. Last night I indulged in my guilty pleasure, Masterchef Australia. This particular episode was about cakes, even better! The losing team were facing elimination and had to correctly identify the names of different cakes, the first three to get one wrong had…
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