2016: Autumn
Loving the beautiful colours of the leaves, sharp sunlight and fresh air. Great week in Bern with Kutty checking out the city and Malvy’s new school. We had a lot of fun riding the trams, visiting museums and galleries and … Continued
2016: September
Back to school, life, reality….well, as much as you can when the sun is still shining and the countryside is so beautiful. Honoured to share big birthday celebrations with good friends in Beaumont and Kutty headed off to Bern in … Continued
2016: Summer
So this year was unusual as we got to spend all of the Summer together for the first time! Malvy went to the beach for a week with the school to Mimizan ……She had a fantastic week, surfing and hanging out … Continued
2016: New York
Just like we pictured it…..well, not for Malvy for Lower East Side, her first view of the Big Apple. The gleaming, towering sky-scrapers were what she expected, not the boho chic former New York punk playground. A spot of sushi … Continued
2016: Spring Holidays
Celebrate the last day of term with a Carnival around the village, Minions stylie – why not in a small village in the South West of France. Malvy was the intrepid special agent Lucy Wilde, of course. The whole school … Continued
2015: Christmas & New Year
Getting excited in Jakarta – out shopping and seeing good friends. Fabulous trip with the fabulous Lesley & Alex in California with a night in Tokyo eating, shopping and walking then delicious few days in San Francisco sampling the best … Continued
Jan 2016: Leaving the Big Durian and arriving in the Small Garlic
So, after 5 years it is time to leave Jakarta! We never expected to stay so long and have made such good friends that saying goodbye was hard. Thank you to all our friends for all the good times, support and, … Continued
Feb 2014: Harper Lee
“If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb inside of his skin … Continued