by Hannah | Jan 26, 2014 | Food, From Hannah, Travel, Writing
I’ve driven back to my past. Almost two decades worth of time travel which took less than two hours. Two comfortable hours, through mist, past cows in fields, on highway and we are here. I visited Waikato University in my final school year as a favour to a friend who...
by Hannah | Nov 2, 2013 | Food, From Hannah, Travel
I’m having trouble starting this post. It all sounds a bit fairytale. We picnicked at dusk in an olive grove, serenaded by tuis….The sun toasted our shoulders as the iceblocks melted on their sticks….While the girls giggled and ran down the...
by Hannah | Oct 19, 2013 | From Hannah, Markets & Food Stores, Travel
When I was 21 I moved to Melbourne, Australia. I had two bags, no job and nowhere to live. It was my big, bold thing. I needed to do something brave at the time, to prove to myself I wasn’t meek or incapable of being independent. I’d finished University,...
by Ria Voros | Aug 7, 2013 | From Ria, Markets & Food Stores, Travel, Writing
I love a good bit of research. I’m a geek–it comes naturally. Much of the time I rely on the old interweb, but that’s often not enough. Like that novel idea set in Bali and requiring intimate knowledge of the beaches, cuisine and how it feels to be a...
by Hannah | Jul 21, 2013 | From Hannah, Kids and Parenting, Travel, Writing
Last weekend we went on a little adventure. The kids, the hubby, the visiting in-laws and I pretzelled ourselves into the car (I thought, at one point, one of us might have to be strapped to a roof rack – it was like clowns in a mini). We buckled in and headed...
by Ria Voros | Jul 17, 2013 | Food, From Ria, Kids and Parenting, Travel, Writing
Raspberries and Relaxation, that is. I’m going to make the ‘relaxation’ part do double duty and say it includes ‘rest’ so the first ‘R’ is in need of a new identity. And it’s July. I did promise a raspberry post,...
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