Category: Linda

  • Christmas is underway!

    Christmas is underway!

    Our last week in Lyon was the start of Christmas making her presence felt, with beautiful lights going up everywhere, lovely shop window decorations, and the Christmas market opening up!

  • France & Friends!

    France & Friends!

    Our second week in Lyon started brilliantly with the arrival of Sarah and Julian from London. They arrived on Sunday evening and we had dinner here at the apartment, which was, handily, just a two minute walk from their apartment!

  • From Sweden to France

    From Sweden to France

    We had a 12 hour travel day – car, train, bus, two planes, bus, metro, and feet… we finally made it to our apartment about 7pm and met our lovely host.

  • Aurora-hunting in the far north of Sweden

    Aurora-hunting in the far north of Sweden

    Last weekend we flew up to Kiruna, in Swedish Lappland, in search of the Northern Lights. I’ll not keep you in suspense, we didn’t see them, but we DID get a wonderful dose of snow! But first, the week that was…

  • Två – week two in Sweden

    Två – week two in Sweden

    Happily we had amazing weather so on Tuesday and Wednesday we went walking in parks after work. Stockholm has huge and amazing parks (of course!) and the autumn trees are just so beautiful it makes me want to cry.

  • Our first week in Sweden

    Our first week in Sweden

    We are big fans of Sweden! The bits we’ve seen so far are beautiful, well-organised, and safe. We’ve been able to find our way around with no trouble, everyone is happy to speak English with us, and the weather has been brilliant.

  • Our last two weeks in the UK (till Christmas)

    Our last two weeks in the UK (till Christmas)

    Regan had arranged a cat-sit in Andover – down south, about an hour from London, so I had a lovely breakfast with my new archaeology mates, then I left the island and headed to Berwick-upon-Tweed and a train to Newcastle.