F&M: Rhubarb & Custard infusion (Fortnum & Mason teas)
April 12, 2025
So, 2025 came and Fortnum & Mason introduced us new paper tins… and to 9 “new” herbal teas. It took me all about 30min to place an order that included…
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Why can’t my NO! be enough?!
April 10, 2025
I’ve recently had quite a few encounters – some direct and some second or third hand – with situations where someone says “NO” (or the equivalent of it) clearly and…
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Fabrics matter: the best and worst choices for travel-friendly clothing
March 23, 2025
If you’re travelling as a professional who’s constantly hopping between airports, meeting rooms and active sight-seeing, you know that your wardrobe needs to work hard. It has to be versatile,…
Continue readingFeliz Navy Dad & Prosecco An*s
March 14, 2025
Two thousand twenty five. The older I get, the more tired my writing becomes. Part of it stems from living in a country that is still developing and the other…
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Azerbaijani lamb meat qutabs that scratch the itch…
February 1, 2025
My mom was an excellent cook, and unlike any other Soviet woman I knew she was truly bold – with spices, flavours and experimentation. During her travels (she worked in…
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New carry-on luggage size regulations (2025) for US and European Union – true or false?
January 4, 2025
A trigger warning: it’ll be an extremely long rant… Click to skip straight to carry on sizing info. For about a year now, there have been rumours circulated in travel…
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Review: F&M Camomile & Bee Pollen Infusion (Fortnum & Mason teas)
December 21, 2024
This is, by a country mile, the best chamomile tea I’ve ever tasted, and it’s all thanks to the subtle sweetness bee pollen and liquorice root lend to it. …
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Scam culture | Word up!
December 8, 2024
One thing that has become painfully apparent in these past few months has been the normalization of fraud. While I do come from a land far far away, where distrusting…
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Do I have a cat now?
November 28, 2024
For the past year and something, we’ve had a frequent visitor. It started with a moon landing one warm summer afternoon. Jay was taking a nap upstairs (on what all…
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6 months | A legal alien
October 28, 2024
Listen to 80s music? Love palm trees? Join us here in Peru via the immigration process. Granted, you may reach your grave faster than a carnet de extranjería will get…
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Review: F&M Apricot, honey and lavender infusion (Fortnum & Mason teas)
October 15, 2024
Let me prefix this buy saying that this is among my top 3 favourite infusions from F&M, and that took me by surprise. I mean – lavender and honey combined…
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Review: F&M Plum, apple and cinnamon infusion – available during Christmas season (Fortnum & Mason teas)
October 14, 2024
Disclaimer: I am a tea drinker or, to be fully transparent – a hot drink addict. This series is a review for some of the teas and infusions in my…
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Intro | No roots
July 24, 2024
Please prepare the following documents.. “Please prepare the following set of documents, both translated and Apostilled for relocation to Peru..” is a sentence that has been quite frankly engrained in…
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To Estonia by Motorcycle: Day 8 – home sweet home (2023)
July 22, 2023
We have a nice breakfast on the veranda of the hotel watching Sigulda slowly wake up before packing up and heading off, checking we have no little anty stowaways first….
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To Estonia by Motorbike: Day 7, keys and crosses and crappy Mexican (2023)
July 12, 2023
The rain has indeed stopped and Saturday dawns bright and sunny. We pack up and head down for breakfast. — Just starting? View Day 1 post of the roadtrip —…
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Estonia by Motorcycle, Day 6: Vilnius (2023)
July 7, 2023
I like riding my bike. I like it a lot. I like the noise, the speed, the fact that I have to concentrate and be involved in the whole process…
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Estonia by Motorcycle, day 5: time for the very first capital city (2023)
July 6, 2023
After yesterday’s beautiful golden sun, it’s light drizzle that greets me. I didn’t book breakfast and it’s a 20 euro addition so I skip it and leave around 9am. My…
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Estonia by Motorcycle, Day 4: back in the USSR (2023)
July 4, 2023
I wake nice and early, have a shower, watch Polish cartoons for a bit then head off for breakfast. The door to my room opens outwards and three women in…
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Estonia by Motorcycle, Day 3: Poland (2023)
July 3, 2023
No breakfast again as it’s another early start. I want to get out into rural East Germany before rush hour kicks off. When I parked my bike the previous evening…
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Estonia by Motorcycle, Day 2: Germany (2023)
July 2, 2023
Monday dawns as beautifully as Sunday had. It’s sunny and already warm so I’m pleased I woke early and didn’t book breakfast at this hotel. I want to get on…
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Estonia by motorcycle, Day 1: leaving England (2023)
June 30, 2023
It’s been weeks in the planning. Routes have been selected, hotels have been booked, bags have been packed. Then unpacked and packed again. Twice. Then checked and packed again but…
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