Sun, sand and sea …..tales from the life of a British expat in the UAE.
“Always throw spilled salt over your left shoulder. Keep rosemary by your garden gate. Add pepper to your mashed potatoes. Plant roses and lavender, for luck.” Alice Hoffman
Tucked away in Banstead on the North Surrey Downs is the beautiful Mayfield Lavender Fields. This twenty-five acre sea of purple is just visually and aromatically stunning as well as an awesome place to take photos, in fact it has become so popular this summer that an overflow car park has been introduced nearby.
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” Aldous Huxley
Thai people are friendly, approachable and kind hearted, eager to please and share their beautiful country with travellers.
“Don’t marry the man you can live with, marry the man you can’t live without.” Anonymous
We have been to a fair few weddings over the years from the traditional British church wedding, those ceremonies held in magnificent stately homes and hotels to a snowy winter wedding in a Finnish forest.
“Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.” Coco Chanel
It was the teenager’s Senior Prom last weekend, or Leavers Ball as it’s now officially known here in Abu Dhabi and that meant a whirl of up-do’s, painted nails, false eyelashes and glitter as everything came together for the big night.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust
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