"Hey mum "the message read, "what are you doing in August I'm thinking of spending a week in Spain. Wanna come...?" I could think of a million reasons to go and not one good one to stay home and work and now, not so many weeks later am on the first of many Emirate flights. It's a leave brisbane at 2.30am and so we did. And as you do when it's the crazy midnight hours you start talking with whomever else is passing the time. Including a dapper older man with th...

A year has slipped by since we returned from Europe. Sunny days, statues, pasta and red wine in Italy, Eiffel Tower, bridges, museums and cheeses in Paris, tangines, camels and traditional women's baths in Marrakech have all faded into the sweet fuzzy memories and a hard bound photobook. We returned back to reality in Brisbane and our year marched by, relentlessly infra-structured by our own business and highlighted by the joys of family and friends. U...

Preparation. It's not just the getting ready to go - it's the preparing to leave thats the problem! Going is a simple matter of a bag and a number of (hopefully right) clothing choices, toiletries and checking that all technology is up and running, Phone, camera etc. Oh and my passport and brand new credit card. Leaving on the other hand is a juggle of having house tidy enough for Leanne, our house-& cat sitter. Having all my work up to speed and some -...