My firstborn son has recently returned from a three week “trip of a lifetime” in Colombia. I dropped him off at the airport full of trepidation. It can’t be helped – as a parent we always worry about our children […]
My brother has just sent me an email:- OMG just made a coffee at work and look, a tiny Paralympic basket ball player was inside!! You simply HAVE to put it on your blog!! XXX What do you think? Is […]
The last few remaining days of the summer holidays….back at home with all the kids and they are all enjoying just chillin’ – we are all trying to sttretttchhtch out our free time for as long as possible. Trying to […]
It has come to my attention that if you find yourself lucky enough to be shortlisted for a blog award you really ought to make the effort to justify why you are on the shortlist in amongst some far more worthy candidates. I am up for a TRAVEL award. Which suggests that I travel. Which at the moment, I don't or rather I can't. Being a single parent makes it difficult to get away - especially when your children are working towards some very important exams. SO. In the meantime, my brother came up with a suggestion for an interesting post - to ask you to share your experiences here so that when I can finally get away I will have a lovely long list of places to visit. I don't want it to be complicated though. At this stage I'd rather have something that is subjective and personal. So I'm starting with coffee. Because coffee is a favourite drink all over the world and whether you are drinking it whilst sitting in a piazza or lying on a beach or on a ski slope or camping, or trekking in Chiang Mai (like my son) many of us have specific memories of where we were and why it was so good. It doesn't have to be the most expensive, or even the most delicious - it just has to be the best cup of coffee you've ever had or your favourite Barista.....for whatever reason:- I'm going to cheat and start off with two. A cappuccino at The Wolseley bought for me by my daughter last year for Mother's Day:-
