Slowly. I’m trying to take things slowly. It’s not the normal state of play for me.  I’m more of a take things fast kind-of-a-girl. Since we are here, locked in our home for 14 days, it does seem the ideal time to try to change things up a bit. Or maybe I should say change…

As I said yesterday, there’s good things and bad things about being in isolation for 14 days. As each day passes I’ll share my thoughts on that with you. So far, we have not left the house (apart from the backyard) for about 48 hours. This would definitely be a record  for me, and probably…

Due to popular demand, and the very real desire to keep connected with you, my friends and family during this time, I have decided to continue to write my blog for the next couple of weeks. As you probably all realise, Dave and I are in compulsory self-isolation, having returned from Thailand yesterday. There are…

Since we are on movie themes, this one seems appropriate for today! The Eagle (us) has landed (in Sydney anyway)! While there is no plot to steal Winston Churchill, like there is in the movie (Movie synopsis here) we have certainly been on a big adventure, and at times it was like something out of…

Holidays achieve a lot of things, not least of which is to recharge your batteries from the busyness of life and work. When I’m working I go hard. Long hours, heaps of work travel, all-time emails, early starts, late finishes.  I’m not complaining, at all. I love my job, and it’s important to me that I…

You only live twice once. A quick quiz: What’s Sara’s favourite thing to talk about? What is the first thing Sara thinks about in the morning? What’s the last thing Sara thinks about at night? What does Sara think about more than anything else? Food, Food, Food, Food! Day 9 was all about it. The…

Today was a day of travel, starting with, as usual, a great breakfast. ‘We love having you stay Mr Dave and Mrs Sara. Thank you for staying from Australia, please come to visit us again’. It could almost have been called a fond farewell, as the staff who have looked after us for the past…

Laos was a French Protectorate between 1893 and 1953 (apart from briefly being under Japanese rule in 1945) and hence, as in many parts of south-east Asia, there is a significant French influence. For example, French is spoken by a significant number of people in Laos. French is used as a diplomatic and commercial language and…

Dave and I are a little bit addicted to overseas travel, and, as many of you would know (especially if you have been following this blog for a while) we like to get to as many countries as possible. Dave keeps a list of countries, in alphabetical order, to track our progress.  When we accepted…

The reason we are in Thailand is because my brother organised a house swap in Hua Hin, about 150km south of Bangkok, and invited us along. The reason we added Phuket to the trip was not what you may think – for the sun, beaches, resorts and shopping. Rather we came here for one reason…

People regularly ask me to either recommend a restaurant, or to tell them how I choose restaurants. If you happen to be listening to ABC Riverina this coming Thursday @ about 9.35 am (you can listen online, if you have the time or inclination), then thanks to a pre-record, ‘choosing a restaurant’ will be my…

I omitted blogging about a couple of short holidays we had late last year (a few days is never long enough to get into the routine of blogging) but as this break is just over two weeks long I thought I would bite the bullet and record our meanderings. On Friday night we decided to…