On Monday (28th of December) we spent the Boxing Day Bank (Public) Holiday at Hampstead Heath. Hampstead Heath is an ancient parklands covering about almost 800 acres of ground between Hampstead and Highgate. It is hilly and (on the day we were there) muddy and just stunningly beautiful. It is […]
“Are we going to church tomorrow morning for Christmas?” says ArgeyMum, late-ish in the evening on Christmas Eve. “I guess we should.” I say. Although I felt I had done my religious duties for the season earlier in the day. Let me rewind a little to explain. I was awoken by […]
Boxing Day we decided to go out for a little trip to the British Museum. Unbeknown to us, the Museum was closed and we had no other plans for the day. So off to the pub it was for lunch and to then figure out a new plan of action […]
The last few days has brought about a bit of a shift of perspective. On Tuesday we went to surprise a friend of mine at her work, and let her know of our stay in London. But now we have now gone from feeling like we were on holidays, to […]
Monday morning we said to ArgeyDaughter “What would you like to do today? You can choose the activity”. “London Eye!” came the enthusiastic response. So off we went. We ran a few errands and then made our way to the Eye. We bought the tickets and I must say it […]
On Sunday we visited the church that is just around the corner from us. St Saviour’s Tollington Parish. St Saviour’s Tollington is a lovely little church nestled away in Islington. If you want more info on the Tollington Parish click here. The carols service was lovely. A wonderful combination of […]
Dubai was all new to us, we had only been there a matter of hours really. The aquarium was beautiful, the beds were comfy and we had caught up on some sleep at the hotel. Then dinner time approached on Wednesday afternoon and we got the call to our room […]
On Thursday Mum and I went to Dolphin Bay at the hotel in Dubai. We learnt about dolphins and how to play nicely with them. Then we went into the water with them. We got to touch them and we played with them. I threw the ring into the water and then the […]
Well, we have finally made it to London. BUT we had a great few days on our Dubai stopover, most of which was spent at the Atlantis The Palm hotel. FLYING TO DUBAI WITH THE KIDS The kids were so lovely on the flight (ADL-SYD-DXB). I had packed them activity bags […]
