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Always a Time and a Place
It has been seriously hot in Melbourne this week. The hottest in 100 years. The tail end of a massive heat wave which swept west to east across the country, igniting numerous bush fires in Western Australia, recording the world’s … Continue reading
Christmas Greetings 2013 from the Stainsby’s
This must be the 7th year that you have not received a Christmas card from the Stainsby’s. Instead we have vowed to provide a donation in lieu of buying the cards and postage stamps. As I look back on previous … Continue reading
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A Family Day
Our last day in Tokyo was busy, and wet! In between the sights of the Tsukiji Fish Market and the Tokyo Station we met nephew Mike and his beautiful family – Natsumi, Manami and Josh for lunch. It was a … Continue reading
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Disaster averted
Woke up this morning feeling grim… Bruce’s camera is broken, and photography is so important to him, that we decided to replace it with the latest alpa 57 model. After researching “buying a Sony camera in Japan” we learned that … Continue reading
Stuff Happens
Travelling is not without its woes. My watch battery died. It is an underwater watch so getting a battery and pressure testing it was too complicated. Easier to buy a cheap Japanese watch to add to my wardrobe. I lost … Continue reading
A Special Celebration
A few days ago Bruce & I celebrated our 40th anniversary. Wow! Ten years PK (pre kids), developing our careers, 25 years nurturing, feeding and schooling Hayden & Evan and 5 years downsizing and learning to retire. We met travelling … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Sally
It was delightful to return home and be reunited with Sally. We are so fortunate to have found some special people who took Sally in and treated her with such love and care. Sally thrived and at first wasn’t really … Continue reading
Finding his roots
We took Hayden to Nieder Weisel, the birthplace of his g-g-g-grandmother Anna Margaretha Bill. She was his mother’s father’s mother’s mother’s mother. She migrated to Australia in 1856 along with many young people from the same village. After spending time … Continue reading
Two hundred days and still counting
It is 200 days since we left home on this amazing adventure. I know, because my camera counts the days for me. We have slept in 64 different hotel beds, 2 ferry cabins, 1 overnight reclining plane seat and 3 … Continue reading
A Special Kind of Bonding
We have come half way around the world for our special adventure and also to spend some time with Hayden. We have had a lovely time in Croatia and a chatty drive back to Barcelona from there with him. But … Continue reading