The Nomadic Mother

Coming Clean

Fran — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:31:00 +0000

Ok, I give up. I sat down to write a post about our visit to the Taman Pertanian Sabah (the Sabah Agricultural Park), however my mind has, as often happens with me, taken over the reins and has gone off on a different tangent. Now you’ll have to bear with me on this one because [...]

Hi World – I’m Back!

Fran — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:22:30 +0000

It’s been eight months since I last blogged and I am so happy and excited about being back. It was becoming a struggle to keep up to date with no internet access where we were staying and trying to keep an eye on Katie became too much to handle while using public wifi, she was [...]

Gone AWOL Learning Spanish in Oaxaca

Fran — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:30:28 +0000

Ok, I am back! After being hit for six by some stomach bug last weekend I’ve been feeling run down all week and have only been able to face eating one meal a day. I think I am finally perking up now, but must drink more water! As I spoke about in my previous post we [...]

Just Watch Out For The Legs

Fran — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:32:12 +0000

So much for my fussy eater! Today as we were walking through the big market in the colonial part of Oaxaca we passed a chapulines seller who I struck up a conversation with. Lillia had insisted we try chapulines when we moved to Oaxaca and at least now I can say we have. Chapulines, for [...]

There’s a Glitch in the System – Me & the Laptop!

Fran — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:04:03 +0000

Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I haven’t posted any new entries for a couple of days. For this I have to thank my lovely little daughter (there is a touch of sarcasm in there). My lovely girl decided to go wild on my laptop and she has corrupted the network settings [...]

The Night I Finally Got To See RENT

Fran — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:11:49 +0000

Those of you who have read my interview on Andy Hayes’ website will know that I had a terrible few years before this trip. One of the things that got me through some of those hard times was the soundtrack to the musical RENT. I first discovered RENT when flicking through the movie channels and I [...]

Katie’s Top Ten Places

Fran — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:30:49 +0000

Katie has been asking for a while to have more of an input with articles and she has given me a list of her favourite places with an explanation of why. The list is actually eleven places long as Katie couldn’t decide on just ten! 1. Tel Aviv, Israel I loved the beach although we got sunburnt [...]

Tips for Staying Sane

Fran — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:55:32 +0000

This is part of a survival guide I have figured out while traveling. It’s easier when there are two parents traveling because when situations get too much for one adult the other can take over. Things have been pretty intense at times over the past 14 months; Katie and I have been together pretty much [...]

My Interview With Andy Hayes

Fran — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:30:08 +0000

I did an interview with the lovely Andy Hayes last week that can be read by clicking on this linky thing here. I really enjoyed doing it as the questions that Andy asked made me think about our trip in a way I hadn’t quite done before. It is one thing to remember places we [...]

Oaxaca

Fran — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:33:32 +0000

Apologies for not updating yesterday, I was just about to sit down and write up our first few days in Oaxaca when I went out on to the terrace and found a lovely Mexican lady sitting at the table that is there. We were talking, well trying to with my limited Spanish and I was [...]