Visit to Reptilia Zoo
It’s no secret that Kayla is a serious lover of creepies and crawlies. Her perfect day involves crocodiles […]
Tag: Fun
Canadian International Autoshow 2018
As you can probably guess from the title, we saw some cars the other day. And rightly so, […]
Sledding Fun
I mentioned on Monday that we went sledding for the first time. Loads. Of. Fun. I never imagined […]
Snow Fun
I learned one of the most important lessons of my life as an immigrant this week – don’t […]
CN Tower and Ripley’s Aquarium (My WIP)
I’m typing this as the snow is falling and slowly piling up outside. Just thought I’d put that […]
Gingerbread House
When we saw gingerbread house kits in Michael’s the other day, my husband immediately knew we had to […]
Toronto Christmas Market 2017
I guess we wanted to see how the Canadians do Christmas. You know, considering we’ve been to a […]
First Week in Canada
It’s difficult to believe, but there it is. We’ve been in our new home for a week already. […]
Family Weekend in Pictures
I’m so sorry I missed Friday’s post! It slipped away from me without my notice. We had my brother […]
Duisburg Zoo 2.0
We’ve had precious few sunshine days this past season, so whenever we had even half a chance of […]
Anniversary Pics
As promised, here’s the bonus Thursday post. 🙂 For the 9th anniversary, we headed to Düsseldorf. This actually […]
Visit to Duisburg
Would you believe we’d been living in Germany for almost two years before we went for a stroll […]
Soccer – Essen vs Mönchengladbach
We’re not the biggest sports supporters in the world, but there’s something incredible about going to a live […]
Sunday Afternoon Hike
Sunshine has been rare this summer – I don’t know what’s going on. Apart from three or so […]
When Parkruns Rain Out
Well, I’m sure some of the other runners still had their fun, but by the time we reached […]
Ten Pin Bowling
Life is full of little firsts. A while ago, one of these came up for Kayla, when we […]
Düsseldorf Kirmis 2017
Another weekend, another fair. Let me tell you something about this one, though – it was huge. Everything […]
Saarner Kirmes (Fair)
In the post about those things I love about Germany, I mentioned random fairs popping up at every […]
Weekend Recap
I’d call it a Weekend in Pictures post, only I took too few photos for that. I don’t […]
The June Report
My… month in pictures? The monthly recap? As far as alternative titles go, these aren’t the best. Sorry. […]
The Random Post
This is the end. We had a blast, saw amazing things and bonded with our tribe. We miss […]
From Beethoven to Burg Castle
On the last full day of our vacation, we drove to Bonn to fulfil a dream. Lizanne is […]
Tulips from Amsterdam
We returned to Amsterdam after a day of rest, but this time, we had a mission. Tulip fields.
Hello, Amsterdam
Oh, Amsterdam. Still one of my favourite places on earth. The sweet smell in the air (no, not […]
Visit to Maastricht and Aachen
We love these two cities so much, we’ve visited both before. This was our second time in Maastricht, […]
Farewell, Rome.
On our last day, we had to leave the apartment by 10. Since we had to keep our […]
Rome – Day 4
By this time, we were knackered. Four days in Rome, walking off your toes will do that to you. […]
Cologne 3.0
There’s a feeling that fills your chest when you round that corner, or take that step out of […]
The House is Quiet
Well, I’m back. This vacation was one for the record books. Having friends over was seriously special, and […]
The Rain is Late
Last year this time, we had maybe an afternoon of sunshine every two weeks. The drizzle was constant, […]
Kaiser Animal Park
With the weather in Germany finally turning, we’ve been seeing some sun. Though, that thought barely crossed my mind […]
Unexpected, but Fun
If you’ve been around the blog for a while, you’ll know I’m the obsessive type. Whenever I do […]
Water Fun
I’m happy to report that my insane revision period is over. For the moment. The editing was strong […]
Ice Cold
Last week, I bombarded you with images of snow. This week, it’s ice. You see a theme here? […]
Snow Day
If you’ve hung around the blog, you’ll know we’re a family of South Africans living in Germany. Johannesburg […]
Kayla’s Birthday Blog
My baby turned three yesterday, folks. Three. I can’t even. I baked the cake on Monday afternoon, cleaned […]
My WIP – Tree Decorating and Tower-scapes
We spent Kayla’s first two Christmases in South Africa, but for the one she was 6 weeks old […]
My WIP – Where Did Autumn Go?
First of all, I apologise for missing yet another blog post on Friday. I went to my German […]
My Long WIP – After the Rain
Hello there! Hope your weekend was good. Mine sure was. I didn’t take so many photos, but the […]
Visit to Kaiser Park
So, Oberhausen has a schloss (this word can be used to describe anything from a castle to a manor […]
My WIP – Forests and Food
Welcome back! I said this last week somewhere and I’ll say it again – I feel as if […]
My WIP – Heatwave
You would never guess from the title, but we had one hellishly warm weekend. In fact, all of […]
Quiet Time Book
By this time, you probably know what a creative genius my mom is. No? Click here and here for a reminder. […]
My WIP – Girls’ Day and Legoland
This title is probably a little misleading, because everyday is ‘girl’s day’ in my house. You know, because […]
Castle Hopping – Part One
Friends – castles. Over the weekend, we saw three of them. OK, fine, we saw one castle and two […]
South Africa Trip – Recap
Hi there, folks! I am indeed back in the northern hemisphere and back to blogging / work. Of […]
Schloss Styrum Aquarium
Since discovering Schloss Styrum, it’s been one of our favourite hangout spots. And of course we had to […]
Visit to Duisburg Zoo
On a sunny Thursday, we took Kayla to the zoo. Duisburg zoo is one of the biggest zoos […]
A Visit to Schloss Broich
These photos are actually from my Mother’s Day weekend. It’s late, I know, but I was writing a […]
Japan Day (and other stuff) – WIP
Japan Day is a big thing in Düsseldorf every year. Massive crowds of people dressed as their favourite […]
Visit to Werden
On Ascension Day, we hopped a train to Werden. This picturesque place is a suburb of Essen and […]
A Visit to Schloss Styrum – TGC
We’ve been living in Germany for seven months. Can you believe that? It’s been interesting. We’ve been adapting. […]
London Vacation Pics
Fair warning, this is going to be an image rich post. 😛 We set out for London from […]
Go Fish
Continuing on the other day’s shape-thing‘s wave, my mom made a second cool gift for Kayla. This one […]
Fun Shapes for Kids
When my folks came to visit, my mom brought some cool hand-made gifts for Kayla. I mentioned in […]
First Snow
Coming from Johannesburg, I’ve mentioned before that I haven’t seen real snow before in my life. Sure, there were two […]
Amazing Fun in Oberhausen
Continuing from yesterday, I’m going to share more pics with you from my brother in law’s visit. On Sunday […]