The holidays, particularly a uniquely American and family-focused holiday like Thanksgiving, can be difficult for an expat thousands of miles away from their family on any given day. From our very first Thanksgiving here, it was very important to me that I make my family’s classic gluten-free pumpkin whoopie pie recipe…
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Time is flying! I say that every month, but lately it’s been madness how quickly the days and weeks pass. September and October went by so fast, I didn’t even manage to write a September post! September marked two years since we moved to London (you can read about my…
This past weekend marked two years since we touched down in London to begin this great expat adventure. The time has flown by and yet it has provided us with so many opportunities that it feels almost impossible that it has been just two years. Looking back, we are so…
August was another month spent primarily in London! We did travel for the August Bank Holiday, but other than that we enjoyed the hot summer days and summer fun that London has to offer. With just a few months left in this city, we started more aggressively doing the things…
Apart from our epic Swiss hiking trip, we spent the entire month here in London this July. It was a lovely change of pace from the past few months of near madness and really hot. We were passport-less for most of July as we sent off for our visa extension.…
Is there anything better than a sunny London spring day? Luckily, we Londoners enjoyed a few in April. You might even say we enjoyed some summer days, as a heatwave swept through the capital mid-month. London in April was filled with fun, art and flowers. London in April We started…
As promised, I’m kicking off a new series that I’ll (hopefully) post each month: a sort of month-in-review of expat life here in London. It’s not unusual that I’ll pass some sort of London-y scene that makes me stop and smile, and because of that there are so many neat…