Departure Day

Departure Day

Today is departure day. We are all packed, weighed (all good! Phew) and about to pick the kids up from school. Our resident Swedish weather expert (AKA Ylva), has been providing daily snow reports. We are hopeful that the snow sticks around. When a Stockholm native...
The retirement of Gem

The retirement of Gem

Gem and I first met in Covent Garden in London. She was a beauty in jade and black.  The Macpac assistant measured my back and Gem was adjusted so that we fitted together for maximum comfort.  Gem, my Gemini Macpac backpack would go on many adventures over the next 20...
So where are we going?

So where are we going?

I am so excited.  It has been 20 years since I left to live in the UK and travel.  I can’t wait to share these travels with Anthony, Amelia and Hamish.  So where are we off too?  Our tickets say around the world… so we are travelling west, around the...