With the #Christmas lights removed and folded away, the #decorations back in their box we disassembled the tree and found room back in the storage cupboard for it all. Strangely our living room was looking somewhat empty. We ran the hoover around to pick up the last of the tree remains and took a look at the tidy room. We spent ages before Christmas moving furniture around to accolade the #festive decorations but all that stuff now has a new home. We decided to take the oppo

The flow of today's busy #city life means two things: a constant movement of #cars on the roads with the usual heavy traffic at rush hour, and a constant change of neighbours. Long gone are the days when our Grandfathers knew all of their neighbours by name, as everyone usually lived in the same area their whole life! The constant search for a better job means we have to relocate once in a while just like everyone else around us. A bad outcome is when the area that we moved t

Britain’s #reputation for #food has not, it is true, always been lauded for its #sophistication and #style. Often perceived as a land of #pies and #pasties and #offal-based peculiarities, it is little wonder that the UK’s #continental #counterparts have enjoyed substantially more limelight for their #cuisines. However, contrary to popular opinion, British #taste buds are not nearly as dull and dreary as they are made out to be. Instead, drawing #influence from a wide range of

When #learning a language, what is it one really hopes to achieve? The ability to #communicate to locals when #abroad and #holidaying, or is it something more profound? Perhaps language fulfils the need for acceptance into a different #social group, so as not to seem an outsider. Language is a demonstration of #power, of #knowledge, and in many cases, of respect. Whilst language plays a pivotal role in the #understanding of and access into a #culture, it does not define it. I

The Argentine #publishing company Pequeño Editor is launching children #books designed to be planted when one finishes #reading them! The green message of the books, overlap the written #stories, and their unusual ending will definitely surprise the reader regardless of age. According to the company, it is a way to give back to nature what was taken from it. There are already small Jacaranda trees in #Argentina that were born from one of the latest books "Mi Papa Estuvo en l

How do you celebrate Christmas? When I was growing up, my Christmas' presents would only show up after the visit of Father Christmas during the night. So on Christmas' mornings I would wake up very early and be overwhelmed by #happiness and amazement because I got those special toys I really wanted and others I didn't even know but liked as much! This happy childish feeling stays a fond memory. One might say I believed on Father #Christmas for too long, but I don't care! Reun