As a proud Marmite loving, All Black supporting, jandal wearing Kiwi I couldn’t let this latest piece of news pass without mentioning it here. Yes, for the Fourth year in a row New Zealand has been named the world’s favourite country by readers of The Telegraph ,with over 75,000 people voting. In a similar survey for[…]
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Whether you are an Expat, a traveler or even someone buying goods from abroad you have probably needed to transfer money into an international bank account and felt robbed as you walk away afterwards. Not only do you often loose out to poor exchange rates but there is generally[…]
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With Easter Weekend upon us we decided to take the opportunity to get away and into the wilds of Eastern Finland for a few days. We grabbed a rental car on Thursday afternoon and set off from Helsinki mid-morning on Friday to meet the others in Lappeenranta before heading[…]
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Well it is hard to believe that it is coming up 8 months since Jimmy and I arrived here back in Finland to begin a new adventure together. Jimmy is settled into his Finnish school and has a pretty good grip on the language now so can tell me a[…]
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The Bombshell Well it has been a while since my last post, but unfortunately about 14 months ago my life took an unexpected and heartbreaking turn when Angela decided that after 13 years of marriage she no longer wanted to be a part of our family, no reason, no discussion,[…]
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Well it has been a few months since my last post, but unfortunately I have been rather busy with a few major jobs on. So with Christmas out of the way and the pressure off we felt that it would be a great idea to spend the New Year break[…]
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As the summer heat of Tokyo is so oppressive, for our last summer holiday getaway we decided on somewhere that could be a bit cooler than the city or at least offer the opportunity to spend some time swimming. We wanted to find somewhere within about 2 hours of[…]
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With Summer holidays in full swing now we took the opportunity this weekend for an extended weekend trip to Osaka. Osaka is the third largest city in Japan and offered a good mix of things for the kids to do and culture. After looking at travel options I worked out[…]
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Our recent excursion to Hiroshima started with a few days in the beautiful heart of Japan, Kyoto. Formerly the capital of the Japanese empire until the transfer of power to Edo (modern day Tokyo). I had been to Kyoto once before so was aware of the history and beauty of[…]
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We have recently been busy with visitors and showing them around both Tokyo and greater Japan which included a trip down to Hiroshima. This is one of those places that many people visiting Japan want to visit not so much for the historic shrines, castles and beautiful gardens that[…]
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