trippingdifferently

Got tagged by Karen Wong (wongsintheusa)… 

A. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.

B. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves

C. People who are tagged need to write their own blog (about their eight things) and post these rules.

D. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.

E. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Here are my 8 random facts about me:-

1. We just committed to buying a new car – well, it’s 2nd hand but new to us.

2. i never wanted to be married till i met my husband.

3. i’m the shortest in my entire extended family.

4. i have lived in 4x countries in the last 9x years, 5x of which is here in Switzerland.

5. i’m a bookworm who has finally learnt the art of not booking the whole bookstore when i visit one. Hahhaha 😉 i’ve switched to buying 2nd-hand off other mums 😉

6. Actually, i’m such a bookworm – i sell books now 😉

7. Since becoming a Homemaker, i’ve become slightly obsessive compulsive.

8. i eat at least a bar of chocolate every other day – so switzerland is the perfect country for me to be in.

i have decided to tag the following people: 1) Jonathan Wong, 2) Michaela, 3) Jen at Motherdom, 4) Nino at Cease Cows 5) Tessa Werner 6) Melanie Bucher, 7) Rowena, 8) Danielle at Bipolar Dairies.

That’s my piece.

syc

(UPDATE: As of 30th Sept, this video is no longer available – sob!sob! – copyright issues.)

A mum posted this on my Expat mums chat group – have a look – great fun! Just make sure u don’t have screaming kids running around u or u won’t catch the words – click Play, listen hard & laugh even harder after 😉

Here’s a little about the video:
A mom (Anita Renfroe) has condensed everything a mom might say to her kids in 24 hours into less than 3 minutes – to the tune of the William Tell Overture.

Oh by the way, she is also a Christian writer – check out her website. i’ve never heard of her before this so can’t recommend her – but found it interesting – anyone knows/heard about her before this? Please share if u have.

syc

So we are back – & it was a great trip!! The rainy, cold, windy Scottish weather took a holiday too. We had beautiful sunny, warm, 20degress weather – so “unscottish”.

We flew into Liverpool – drove as far as the border of Scotland & slept the night in a motel. Then on to our destination & the wedding the next day.

The wedding was beautiful – the place wasn’t easy to find but we found it – it was a good thing that Walter saw the time wrongly & that gave us time to try & find out way there – plus Tobias fell asleep on that long winding way we were trying to find, which put him in a good mood for the wedding itself & the long night ahead. So it was in Birkhill Castle – very lovely old castle – over-looking a loch (lake). The ceremony was in the garden – my 1st standing ceremony for a wedding. Then it was champagne & the little salmon thingys were lovely. Then the bridegroom made his speech – very smart man – thanked his new wife 1st – hahahhaha 😉 Dinner was in a lovely little tent with all the white drappings & golden ballons – needless to say the bride & groom looked lovely together & blissfully happy! There were of cos the other speeches – from the bestman to the bridesmaid to the bride’s father. & a very funny video of the groom through his growing years.
We left after the 1st dance as the little guy was on overdrive & really needed to sleep.

The next day was nice & sunny again – we went to Edinburgh – lovely city – like the old buildings very much. Had lunch in a park, walked the very big Edinburgh Castle. Then back to the area we were staying for a nice fish & chips dinner.

Then we made the 3hrs plus drive up to the famous Loch Ness – i must say i am a little disappointed – so much fuss about Nessie & only 1x exhibition which isn’t even on the Loch itself. But the exhibition is good. Saw the ruins of Urquhart Castle from a distance – refused to pay to see fallen buildings – not to say we don’t like old buildings or history – on the contrary we love old buidlings & history – just don’t have cash to throw around. Oh, the Scottish weather held true in the Highlands – it was cooler & it rained but not big time – just a drizzle for maybe 10mins. The Highlands are indeed beautiful! Then we drove back down to just outside of Stirling where we stayed at a nice little B&B, HillView Cottage. Very cute & nice. According to the owner, the land – actually the whole valley was 5 feet higher – it was filled with peat which was dug out 100s of years ago.

The next day was a short tour of the city of Stirling – another very old city – with lovely old architecture – it was a sunday when we went so everything was closed – so we just looked around & then went on our way. We stopped to have a look at Hadrain’s Wall which was built by the Romans & ran the width of England. Now it is in ruins but parts of it still exists. It was a big, thick wall from what we could see of it & very impressive to see that it once ran the whole width of the country. Then we drove on down to Liverpool for a 1x night stay. Liverpool – Walter’s fav city! which by the way, has been voted Capital City of Culture 2008! We had chinese food – which was nice, not great but nice.

The next morning was spent wondering around the Merseyside docks – Albert Docks. It was a cold & windy morning. Cold, grey English weather had returned. Then it was off to the airport & back home.

We would have been home 2hrs earlier than 8.30pm but we missed our train from Basel & then missed our connection after that – hahha – but it was good – at least the 1st miss was – we got to go to the chinese store in Basel & got Mooncakes!! yummy!!! & i LOVE mooncakes!

i’ll sort the photos & post the pictures soon.
now to sleep – still haven’t recovered from that sore throat which has gotten bad, & cough & … well, i had runny nose & block ear but now they seem to have gone in favour of the bad sore throat – sigH!
Still we’ll (me & Tobias, who is not well but nothing serious) will see the doctor tomorrow.
syc