Little Wandering Wren …. chats!

I am having a brilliantly busy week. For one, we have just booked a surprise trip to Europe in a couple of weeks. The surprise is I thought I was going in August! So I'm in that pre-travel panic planning mode. You know, the one I go into  whenever we leave the kids (all adults, I know, I need therapy)  home alone,  looking after the Crazy Poodle. I buy up a years supply  of toilet rolls  and enough dog dental chews for every pooch in Melbourne... Domain, Auckland I know, what a wonderful life I lead. I mean, really what IS the point in unpacking my suitcase?  So here I am dancing around celebrating the fact for the second year in a row,  I'm going to avoid Winter. Don't you think life is good if you can live in a perpetual Summer? Domain, Auckland Statues When out of nowhere,  I get a notification on my blog that I'm a winner! Not only that,  it's from Betty in  New Zealand, s...

We have attended office Christmas parties in  Sydney,  Melbourne and Auckland this year. Auckland shopping Each location was vying to see who could impress most  to have  the most fun  on a limited budget. It was great to see how different each event was. Auckland Symphony Orchestra carols at the Town Hall Sydney got off to an um rather spectacular start  with the naked man on the balcony followed by a Brazilian BBQ at Darling Harbour. I'm not quite sure that combination of words sounds right either... But that's where we went and what we ate!! Roadside sculpture Auckland Melbourne's party was a band in a garage all hip and trendy.  It was fantastic, although rather too much  like corporate speed dating for me. I had 60 seconds in between very loud music  to talk to people  I'd never met before before the next song drowned out all hope of conversation. Albert Park, Auckland ...