TRAVEL

I don’t know if I have ever told you about the first and last time I climbed Table Mountain?  It was waaaay back, before we had babies.  In fact I…

Do you know what I was doing this time last year?  Walking through the streets of Rome with our backpacks weighing us down but our hearts as light as feathers.  We…

You’re probably here to check in on how well we’re doing with this whole planning thing hey?  I mean we’ve just had a really long weekend so obviously we managed…

It’s been a while since we last caught up on how much progress we’re making on heading out on our adventure in a couple months.  I wish I could reveal…

On Friday night, as I was gathered around the table with some of my favourite people enjoying a delicious supper, there were big things happening on Twitter.  The winners of…

Yesterday I told you all about our time in Franschhoek, but I left out a big gaping hole in the middle of our stay – when we were out on…

We’ve been posting a lot about how things are going to work in the campervan.  I mean really, when you start to think about the actual every day workings of…

Do you know what one of the first things I decided about my parenting journey?  That I wasn’t going to be a stay at home mom that home-schools her children. …

OK, so I know what you are wondering right now as you look at this picture up here.  Why in the hell is there a picture of me looking like…

I need very little encouragement to get dressed up.  Wedding?  Yes, I’m there!  Dress up party?  Tell me the theme and I’ll agonise over it for ages to find the…

You guys know that I don’t really do outside well.  In fact for a long time I avoided it like the plague because, well, there were so many bugs it…

You guys have no idea how wonderfully freeing it is to have shared our big plans on here.  And yes, to be honest it’s also kind of terrifying – I’m a…

Over the weekend we thought we’d go on a hike.  Cool.  The kids were on board, got up and dressed pretty quickly – which is highly unusual in and of…

What do cute little penguins, colourful gems and vintage toys have in common?  Simon’s Town that’s what.  As our last ode to the holidays before heading back to work, we…

Mandatory road trip stop to Frog Mountain.  Or anywhere really. The little holiday that I mentioned in my last post is this one – our trip to Frog Mountain.   We…

Today is our second last day in office before heading out on HOLIDAY!  Hooray! Our holiday plans are always pretty chilled.  We’re not about to fly all five of us…

One thing that we LOVE to do as a family, is go out.  I know that’s a hugely open ended statement but it’s true.  We like to be out of…

There once was this family of five that decided to buy a 1978 VW Jurgens Campervan.  In Kimberley.  So they had to drive it all the way back down to…

It’s one thing to try and explain to yourself why you are driving half way across South Africa to go and get a campervan – it’s a totally different thing…

I realise that driving up from Cape Town to Kimberley to buy a 40 year old campervan may sound a little nuts.  But that’s exactly what we did a couple…

Isn’t it crazy that we stay in such a beautifully diverse country and yet we seem to stay in the same corner of it all the time? I mean Seth…

I really enjoy the idea of camping. No really, I do. You get to experience the great outdoors as it was intended – no need for a TV when there’s…

Venice is a funny little city because even though it was absolutely breathtaking and we loved every second being there, it wasn’t my favourite of the cities that we visited.…