For this week’s “blogging at home” series, I decided to do a photo blog of the Manly Jazz Festival. Jazz is not generally my cup of tea, but it was a glorious weekend and I usually stumble across some music palatable to my ears :o) And the best thing, it’s FREE!!!! Info: The Manly Jazz Festival is held every year on the October long weekend in Manly, Sydney. The festival takes over the Corso and the ocean … Continue reading
The curse of a wandering soul, I have only been home a few weeks and I already have itchy feet. I decide to satisfy my soul and head to the snow for a few days. Yes, non-Aussies, you read correctly, the snow!!!! During the Australian winter, up in the Snowy Mountains, they actually get snow down under. It is the end of the season, but for a newbie like me … Continue reading
Sydney is such a great city to live in, I decided to share some of the cool things I do here as an expat and to give you some ideas if you ever find yourself wandering down under. Welcome to #2 in the “blogging at home” series. Yesterday, I joined 34,000 people who gave up their Sunday morning lie in, to instead lace up their trainers, as part of the … Continue reading
Most people come to Hong Kong to shop, but not me :o) When I found out there was a hiking trail called the Dragon’s Back, being Welsh I just had to check it out. I was hoping to do the trek with Walk Hong Kong, however unfortunately they weren’t running the trip this weekend. I was a wee bit disappointed, so when, after some research I found it is a … Continue reading
On the road again and this time Hong Kong. My first adventure was yum cha with my new colleagues. We sat at one of those wonderful round tables where you can spin the food around. Once seated, I was asked what I wanted to drink, so being my boring self I replied “I’ll have water” . I was then informed than I can only have tea. Yum means drink and cha means … Continue reading
