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🇬🇧 Moorea – Day 1 or Wet, wild and wonderfully lost or Surviving Moorea: One rainstorm at a time 🐠 Ah, Moorea – the tropical paradise where dreams come true… and where four ferries apparently try to race each other … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 DRAFT Welcome to LAX: Where dreams come true (and you’re yelled at immediately) We touched down at LAX exactly as planned — straight into the arms of America’s most welcoming tradition: being shouted at. Nothing says “Welcome to the … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Getting there – Part 2 Pit stop with extra Andouilelette Ah, “transit.” That magical state of being where you’re neither here nor there, but you are legally allowed to spend 24 hours eating and drinking your way through one … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Getting there – Part 1 The 47-hour tango begins At long last, the day has come. The day we’ve been counting down to ever since we casually decided “hey, let’s go to Polynesia” last year — and then promptly … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 Of Quantum confusion, bum shots and flying sand Let’s rewind the highlight reel of Week 17, 2025—a week that began with high-minded physics and ended with flying sand, plant hydration experiments, and an Easter lunch fit for medieval nobility. … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 A sunburned nose, quantum physics and a hint of Karaoke Ah, spring. That magical season where you can go from sipping rosé under the sun to huddling inside with a blanket and wondering whether it’s too early to switch … Continue reading →

A week of winds, pills and pasta Some weeks have a theme, and this one’s was wind—howling, relentless, and determined to push me over. But let’s start at the beginning. The week began delightfully in Devon, where spring flirted with … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 From Mercedes to EasyJet A journey through contrasts This morning, we bid farewell to Devon and make our way back to Bristol Airport in style—courtesy of the rental Mercedes C200. Unlike the journey down, this time it’s daylight, and … Continue reading →

🇬🇧 À day of ferries, pints and decisions (mostly about drinks) An early start today—well, early by our standards. A taxi was booked for 9 AM to whisk us off to Kingswear, just a few miles away, where we would … Continue reading →