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Bank Museum And Mansion House

Today we went to the Bank Of England Museum. The kids enjoyed it, with plenty of hands on stuff including lifting - or trying to lift – the 13kg gold bar costing approximately NZ$800,000 (up about...

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There’s No Pleasing Some People

Tonight at dinner Luka and I had cooked Turkish guvech (vegetable stew) that we had learnt at last week’s cooking class at St Paul’s church in Stoke Newington (Pictures below). We also had toast for...

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Flies, GPs, and Dentists

Time FliesI had my jacket, hat and gloves on. I’d packed a thermos of hot tea, and even considered taking along a sleeping back – just in case. I’d walked this way before and it had taken several...

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Communion

I have been brought up in The Church. I have been a ‘member’ in churches of various flavours including: Baptist, Independent, Catholic, Anglican, Southern Baptist, Brethren, and Salvation Army. As a...

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Snow

We finally got the snow that we had been looking forward to since first planning this London trip - you've got to have something to look forward to when you're going to spend three winters back to...

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Ridley Road Market by LUKA

I like Ridley Road Market because we sometimes get to choose fruit.I think the people shouting about their food is funny.The most interesting thing I found is quail eggs because they are small and...

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The Essence Of A Woman

This morning we were reading the picture book of Beauty and the Beast. I read how Gaston wanted to marry Belle. After looking at the pictures we had the following conversationGrace - She can’t marry...

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Victoria & Albert Museum by MARIA

We went to the V&A Museum. Maria has chosen some photos she liked and has made some comments below.Sorry, but some of the picture quality is poor due not being allowed to use flash.Us at the...

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We're Famous...In Hackney!

We have been at several events where photos were taken and stories were written up by 'official' people. We were featured in two of them. The first is at a talk from a kids' author, Steve Cole -...

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New Fruit - Pomelo

By JOELToday we bought a pomelo fruit. We had never had it before. People in the family had the following thoughts on this new fruit.Joel - It's yuk. Grace - Yuk. (Until she found out you weren't...

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The King Is Dead. Long Live The King

Today I went to the Graceland Presents Elvis exhibition. Most of the following thoughts I wrote down while in the exhibit, though some of the facts and figures were gathered as I typed this up.I used...

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Evering Road

For our first month or so in London we lived at 'The Cat Lady's House' as we knew it - we looked after their vomit-prone cat!We've been in our current place for about three weeks. The location is not...

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Mummy Making

Today Maria and Grace learned about Egyptian mummy making in home-school. They then set about making their own one.A wealthy man arrives at the embalmer's place with his dead relativeEmbalmers cut a...

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Where’s Naomi?

A number of people, who have been following our Blog, have commented that they never seem to see or hear of Naomi. Someone even suggested she may have missed the flight from New Zealand!She is...

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Where's Naomi? 2

I was a little upset to have my integrity questioned over the last post about Naomi being with us in London. Despite the photos that clearly showed she was with us in London I received this...

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Lost And Found

A month or so into our time in London we got to put into practise our well-rehearsed ‘what-if-you-get-lost’ plans. This potential eventuality had been put into focus a short time before we left New...

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Accents And Big Cats

Joel got new glasses last week and Maria mentioned that she couldn’t see as well from her left eye as her right eye. We booked her in and went up today. We left home and took 45 minutes to get there –...

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Horniman Museum

We went to the Horniman Museum. The comments below, with their name preceeding it, are the kids' comments.Joel- a long billed fishJoel - an over stuffed walrusMaria - I liked the walrus how it's got...

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The Sins Of The Son Are Visited Upon…That Son

When I was a lad I remember my father, who had been an English, Latin, and Greek teacher, trying to educate my siblings and I about when to use ‘I’ or ‘me’ and ‘Should’ve’ instead of ‘should of’ and...

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Video Proof That Naomi Is In London With Us

Questions were asked about whether or not Naomi was actually in London. I sent evidence in the form of photos, but that wasn't good enough for some of you. So, for those doubters, here is Naomi in a...

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