Just in time! Miguel’s parents are on their way to Sri Lanka and I am just finishing the last bits and pieces. It has been a very long and unexpected challenge! What we thought would take two weeks became two months with non stop rain which made it worse for painting. We ate 8 weeksContinue reading “Just in time!”
Category Archives: Galle
Kitchen renovation!
A week ago we have installed our kitchen in the courtyard of the house now the renovations have began. I am a little worried as it rains almost every day and I wonder if we will manage to finish it in time before Roberto and Maguita arrive next month… Yesterday, we worked out the designContinue reading “Kitchen renovation!”
A new chapter…
We are back in Galle and so happy to see DJ again! The boys couldn’t wait to get their surfboards out and hit the waves. A session of cleaning and waxing the boards has become a ritual every time we have been away. It feels wonderful to be back in our new home. After aContinue reading “A new chapter…”
Home!
What a great weekend! The first weekend at our new home. We had Maya staying with us and it felt all so familiar. Sam and Guido both like her a lot too and from early morning onwards they were playing games, swimming in the pool, doing hide and seek and we all enjoyed a deliciousContinue reading “Home!”
Bye bye…
Today was our last morning at our old house. Before the boys left to school, we took a few pictures together with DJ. He has no idea where he will be going after the boys finish school. A big garden where he can run around, chase the monkeys and play with the boys football. AndContinue reading “Bye bye…”
We got the keys!
Today we got the keys of our new house! So happy! Have to pinch myself so now and then to realise this piece of paradise is our family home…:) We have been moving our stuff out from our old house in Galle and I am wondering where we going to leave it all especially asContinue reading “We got the keys!”
Vesak!
A little light in difficult times. Today, we got the house ready for the Vesak Celebrations, the birth of Budha. Guido helped hanging the lanterns and it all looked so different at once. A bit of joy and lightness….
Back to normality….
After a few days of being inside the house and having been cautious where to go, the boys couldn’t take it anymore and so we decided last night that we would wake up early and go for a surf. The roads were empty with a few military people around..At the beach there was nobody toContinue reading “Back to normality….”
Oliver!!
Yesterday night it was the second performance of the musical Oliver. And was I proud??!!!! I couldn’t tell you how impressed I was with Sam’s acting!! He was even better than the night before and sharing it with Miguel who had come from Colombo topped it off! Like whipped cream on the cake…:) Goshh hereContinue reading “Oliver!!”
Only two more weeks!!
Gosshhh!! Time flies! Less than two weeks to go and we are off! Can’t wait! Miguel is in Bali for a sustainability course and I just got back from Colombo of a day of packing, running errands around town. Can’t believe it! Three months together on a journey through South America!!!!!! We will be visitingContinue reading “Only two more weeks!!”
The Five Gypsies 