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 just bought a new life on eBay. When we found out our bid for the new flat we wanted in King’s Cross was successful, I went OCD fast. There were lists. Within hours, I had saved hundreds of bargain priced fridges, rugs, vacuum cleaners, microwaves and couches to my watchlist. Each time I won an […]
Read more "Life Lesson #40 – The £5 Couch"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"Ice sculptures. That’s how I ended up in this park in the middle of nowhere in Moscow. Ice sculptures. My best friend came here ten years ago and raved. There were photos. Good photos. I was jealous. Now I’m here to see them for myself, and there’s nothing. Or at least, it doesn’t look like […]
Read more "Life Lesson #38 – Ice, Ice Baby"On our last night in London before Christmas, we had our friends Rose and Rowley over for a massive turkey roast. As always, there was loads of food left over. But I had a plan. I’d been warned in advance that Austrians celebrate on Christmas Eve even more than Christmas Day itself. “Everything will […]
Read more "Life Lesson #37 – Globetrotting Roast"Today I learned that you can’t lie to a Swiss train guard. That they are humourless is no urban myth. I’m ashamed to admit that it was a calculated decision… because everything is so expensive in Switzerland that we brought all our own food from home, and could only afford to sleep in a prison cell. The […]
Read more "Life Lesson #36 – The Swiss Grift"Wandering the streets of Clapham on a chilly Sunday morning, we couldn’t figure out why none of the bars were open. It’s the sporting event of the year – enough even to rouse me from slumber – and yet everything was closed.Eventually we found somewhere. Called ‘The Frog’. “Odd name”, thought I, “but at least […]
Read more "Life Lesson #35 – Kiwis and Frogs Don’t Mix"