Well we just came back from 9.5 days in beautiful Scotland. We were there for Angel and Ellen's wedding but we stayed for an extra week afterwards to travel around and see a bit of Scotland. First of all the wedding was amazing. Men in kilts, someone playing the bagpipes, gorgeous bride and of course not to mention the traditional Scottish dancing (I'm sure I lost a few kilos). After the wedding we jumped in our rental car and headed up north to Dornoch (ne...

Well it was time to jump on a train and see a bit of Switzerland. It was my birthday on Saturday so we took a train to beautiful Lucern and spent the night. Marty and I both loved Lucern we had he best day on the Saturday as we did the 'Golden Trip'. That is where you take a lake steamer to a place called Alpnachstadt. This is where we got on the worlds steepest cogwheel railway to go to the top of Mount Pilatus. Once you arrive it is absolutely breathtaking! We...

Well another year will go by with New Zealand retaining the Bledisloe Cup...b******s!!! Marty, Mads and I found a pub in Basel who were playing the game and over a few pints of beer we watched the match play out. I think the final score was 38 vs 34 so it was a close match. I actually thought the Aussies were going to make a sudden dash for the try line in the final minutes....as did all of the Kiwi's in the bar....tension was high and so was the sound of my v...

Well we've arrived in Basel our new home for the next 12 months. Maddy was a superstar on the flight over here, even though she had a slight temperature and was teething. She slept most of the way. Our apartment is awesome, we are really happy with it. There is plenty of space for all of us and as it's open plan Maddy has plenty of room to crawl around. The other great thing about it, is that we live in the same street as Roche so it's less than a 5 minute walk ...