The Swedish equivalent of a coffee break is known as Fika, and it’s infinitely popular. In fact, the coffee in Stockholm was so good that I felt like I was back home in Auckland again. The best little café in Stockholm (if I may be so bold!) is called Chokladkoppen, and it’s located at the […]
Read more "A Weekend in Stockholm"You can call me Usain. This is me. For real. When you fly Ryanair on a non-EU passport, you have to get a visa-check stamp when you arrive at the airport, before going through security. Every other airline does it just before you board. This means that if you’re silly enough to forget to get […]
Read more "Life Lesson #43 – Mad Dash"View from the top at Frognerseteren. Within a few hours of landing in Norway, I was having one of the best Saturday afternoons of my life. Mind you, that was kind of predictable the moment toboggans were mentioned! Frognerseteren is definitely my favourite thing about Oslo. Where else in the world can you catch an […]
Read more "A Weekend in Oslo"Today I learned what not to wear to court. It all started in June last year, when a rude official knocks on my door saying we haven’t paid our TV licence (who knew there was such a thing!?). I explain that our landlords are responsible for it, to no avail. We automatically fail the test, […]
Read more "Life Lesson #41 – The Court Jester"I loved Cluedo, and I love Downton Abbey. So the idea of a live-action murder mystery in a big old English country manor was irresistible. I bought us a pair of tickets on the spot back in June, but was somewhat bemused, when I rang, to find out that they were so popular there were […]
Read more "Murder Mystery Weekend"Copenhagen’s central station feels like a doll’s house. The large beams are painted dark brown, so they resemble wood. The Vikings would approve, comments Kat. This is our first trip abroad with Kat and Mikey – two of our best London friends. They hail from Adelaide. We got to know them when Kat was in Paul’s Flight […]
Read more "A Weekend in Copenhagen"Today I learned never to fly overnight and expect to go to work the next day. It seemed like a flawless plan, except for the part where I had to set my alarm for 2:45am. Ironically, with the four hour time difference, this was actually 10:45pm London time. Yep. I was up and moving before […]
Read more "Life Lesson #39 – Taking the Long Way Home"