A Street Festival in Berlin’s Rainbow Quarter
I've mentioned before, that when we moved house last summer, we knowingly moved in to the heart of Berlin's 'Rainbow Quarter'. If you look up our neighbourhood in a guide book, it wouldn’t strike you as being typically popular with families.
Travelling with Kids: a little Scottish Adventure
Last week, I shared some thoughts about travelling solo with my kids. We just got back from our week in Scotland, and I've put together a little account of our trip from the diary I kept while we were away
Blogtacular Spectacular
I've just come back from the most fantastic weekend in London, which was filled with visiting amazing museums - including both old favourites and new discoveries - and attending the Blogtacular conference, which was so colourful it felt like a
A Trip to Brussels
I've just come back from a 4 day trip to Brussels! My main reason for visiting, was to take part in the Museum Marathon on International Museum Day last Wednesday (18th May): 1 day, 17 museums, 20km and over 25,000
Kids Books exhibition at Berlin’s Nordic Embassy
I absolutely adore Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren. She is one of my favourite children's books authors of all time, and when I was growing up I literally had *all* her books that had ever been translated in to German. While
A Spring Party
Just wanted to share some pics with you from the Spring party we attended at the Monkind x Greta's Schwester StudioStore yesterday. Home made lemonade, flower wreaths, giant bubbles and pavement chalk. What a wonderfully bliss afternoon. Thank you so much!
Father’s Day Treats
It was Vatertag (Father's Day) today in Germany, which always falls on a public holiday. It's also known as 'Männertag' (men's day), and mostly celebrated by men touring around with wagons filled with crates of beer, getting hideously drunk. Very different
April Snapshots 2016
April in snapshots, according to my iPhone (mostly)… Ma 3 Boys! Cherry blossoms are out. Whether you're 5 or 35, ice cream makes everything better when you're having a bad day. Sunday breakfast. First day of Kindergarten! Discovered a new playground. So proud of his new bicycle tassels.
Spring Festival at Berlin’s Domäne Dahlem
I’ve been itching to share our recent trip to Gothenburg with you, which we visited over Easter, but sadly our fantastic holiday was followed by Mr Fox falling ill. Again. So instead of finding time to write and download the
March Snapshots 2016
March in snapshots, according to my iPhone (mostly)… A new washi wall feature in the play room. Purple house. We discovered a new playground. First ice-cream of the season! New street art in Schöneberg. We ran in to Kung Fu Panda at the mall