Can you believe just a little while ago we ticked over a year of traveling full-time, away from home? Yes, that's right, a bit over 12 months ago we were reveling in the mellow winter days of Noosa, with average daily temps of 24c. There were discussions about what clothes…
Wow, we never imagined Timaru could turn out to be one of our favourite places. For the past couple of weeks we've been house sitting in a very beautiful, comfortable and warm home here in Timaru looking after these cuddly brothers, and we'll be here until mid September. Last year…
I've been a little distracted of late, well actually I've been distracted for a very long time. But this particular distraction is all about upgrading my blog registration, setting up my own domain name and the (hopefully) successful transfer of all my Wordpress stuff to my new server - www.whereverarewe.com.…
Having recently spent the better part of 2 months in Brisbane doing all the essentials after a year away, we're back into the swing of traveling and house sitting, currently in Melbourne looking after 2 very adorable brothers. Here are Sprocket and Boo. If they're not in their favourite big bed…
The first person we met when we arrived at our Mohon house sit home was the home owner's friend Karen. Karen and her husband Rick are Brit expats and have lived in and around Josselin for around 10 years. Karen and Rick have established pretty good lives in Josselin, they've raised a…
Are you one of those people who hates grocery shopping? Back in my frantic days of attempting and failing at the whole work/life balance thing, shopping was right up there as a major stressor and something I almost resented. But now my life has slowed down to the point where I find…
On a late-Winter morning we were headed South on a day trip to Vannes on Brittany's south coast. Along the motorway a little crossroad sign pointing to the East said "Rochefort-en-Terre, 20km". Dave said, ah we'll stop in there, I'd love to get some cheese. Sure. What I love about random travel is…
What does that expression really mean, "live like a local'? I know I've used it, maybe even overused it, and I've read lots of stories about the benefit to travelers to slow down and "live like a local". Our current house sit is for 2 months in a 350 year old barn, converted…
This morning I noticed the back of Dave's t-shirt thick with white cat hair from where Doris was sitting on the back of Dave's chair last night, nuzzling against his neck. I know that makes it sound like we re-wear our clothes, we're traveling light. Dave and I are living the life we've talked about for a long…
A while back I was reading about Bradford on Avon, some kind of forum I think, where a writer called the town Bradford-upon-Avon. Well you wouldn't believe the indignation of some of the commenters! Apparently it is a great insult to the town to call it Bradford-upon-Avon, although it is…
