Not a lot to report on the blog site today except that Di got to celebrate very quietly yet another birthday. Going forward she is going to start counting backwards as the numbers are getting too scary. We spent the morning after the dog walk and other bits and pieces doing a good clean of … More Tuesday 13th June – Final Parenting Day

We had our first win with Bronte the dog today!!! Took her on her usual walk around the hyda this morning and managed to avoid all the puddles!!! We did miss her consuming some doggie delicacy though which she then proceeded to throw up – gross. The comparison between small and large dogs is huge … More Monday 12th June – Numb Bums

Sunday 11th June – Hilversum the Netherlands Hanging out with the kids today. Starting to get the hang of this. Really it’s all about blending in with the teenager crowd. If you can achieve this you are basically there. Knowing this we have adopted our new image. See below   We think it might be … More Sun 11 June – Hanging with the kids

Big day today as we opted to catch the train to Madurodam which is at The Hague (Den Haag). It took us two trains and one tram and about 1.5 hours. Amazing how well utilized the public transport system is but we find it pretty expensive. Prior to leaving for our trip we took Bronte … More Saturday 10th June – Madurodam, Den Haag

Not particularly newsy today as mostly domestic duties. It rained extremely heavily all morning so couldn’t get Bronte to the dog park. Instead we donned all our wet weather gear and blatted off down to the High Street to do a little bit of top up shopping. On our return the rain had stopped so … More Friday 9th June – Hilversum, Netherlands

The last few days have been busy with picking up our new bikes, parent induction course completion and familiarizing ourselves with the Netherlands health system. It was very exciting when Mark (next door neighbour) took us down to the bike shop where he had organised for our bikes to be purchased from. They were all … More Thursday 8th June – Parenting Duties, Hilversum.

Sorry blog followers but have been a little remiss over the last 48 hours. We left Oslo and flew directly to Amsterdam. Just want to mention here that the airport at Oslo has got to be one of the best airports we have ever been to. It has that real Scandinavian design about it with … More Tuesday 6th June – Hilversum, Netherlands

Final day in Oslo as we fly out tonight at 7pm. The day is soggy, wet and foggy as you can see by this chap who was rowing across the Oslo harbour. Decided the best course of action was to check out a museum. Selected the Fram museum which focuses on Norway’s polar exploration and … More Sun 4th June – Farwell Norway

Final touring day in Norway and unfortunately the wettest. You probably need to expect this as it is their spring. So, overall impressions of Norway: – It is a stunning country – It is an easy country to get around – It is a very prosperous country – Little evidence of poverty – No graffiti … More Saturday June 3rd – Stavanger to Oslo

Today it is all about Fras as his day was the most exciting. Di’s day was spent relaxing back at the hotel trying to get on top of this yucky, gross chest and sinus infection that continues to hang around. I (fraser) checked out the weather forecast. Generally it was to be a drizzly and … More Fri 2nd June – Stavenger and Pulpit Rock hike