Iceland in December

beautiful Iceland in winter

  Iceland in Winter We chose to go to Iceland in December for our winter holiday for various reasons. The girls were dreaming of a white Christmas. Nick wanted to see the Northern Lights and I always wanted to see Iceland and the diamond beach. Another reason to go in Winter was to avoid the […]

Geothermal Swimming Pools in Iceland – Alftanes

Geothermal Swimming Pools in Iceland   What is your first mental picture when you hear “Iceland”? In my case, it’s the Blue Lagoon – the famous hot spring mineral swimming pool in a bed of lava rocks. We haven’t been there yet, and I don’t know if we will go – it’s a tad too […]

A Farm in London? Is This Possible? – Mudchute City Farm

Farm in London London for me is a city with countless (free!) museums, street art performance and office people in white shirts, well-fitted suits and freshly polished shoes. I never thought that in all of this I could find a farm in London. Mudchute Park and Farm. Mudchute Park We found Mudchute city farm and […]

Camping in October

I don’t usually sleep in a bobble hat, but usually, I don’t sleep in a van either; especially in October. Camping in October in the UK seemed crazy. But we wanted to show the girls a bit of England, and I couldn’t resist the invitation from Quirky Campers to try one of their vans, so […]

Weekly shopping with daddy

Weekly shopping with daddy

Weekly shopping Being a mother means that you rarely have time for yourself. Being a mother of twins means you don’t have time almost ever. And being a travelling mother of twins….oh just don’t get me started. One of the things which take me the biggest amount of time (besides cooking) and I dislike most […]

Unusual morning with young birds

Un… usual morning That day started like any other day.  The usual morning. The girls woke up early and ran upstairs to my bed for morning cuddles. No –  that’s not quite true.  That day started even better. I have achieved parental success: – Tania usually wakes up first, and I have trained her to […]

Good Mother

Good mother What is the definition of a ” Good mother ?” I have never thought about it.  What qualities should she have? It’s kind of obvious that she should take care of the child’s physical and emotional needs, should teach the child what’s good and what’s bad and set up the first boundaries. And […]

Mr Fox

Do you remember my Instagram post from a few weeks back about a fox who visited us and played tricks with our shoes? Yes we had a fox – past tense – now we don’t. I miss seeing him outside our window. He was visiting almost every morning and late night. But I caught him […]