Phyl's Blog

Sitting here having breakfast looking out over my next-door neighbour's lake when it suddenly struck me how odd that sounds. Imagine ...

I've always driven abroad - already in 1987-88 I shared a car with my German flatmate and again in Germany the following year, so I have...

I'm going to have a wee rant - more at myself for being gullible and stupid, in fact, than at the crooks and deceivers, really. Two au...

Over the weekend I went to Scotland for two days to see Charlotte, Marcel and mum. I asked the kids if they wanted me to bring anything ...

At first, just after the clocks changed, I thought Danes were all a wee bit over-eager with Xmas. Almost immedia...

Conversation with Amaia: Amaia: I think I should be allowed to vote in the general election!  Me: Really, why? You're only 9!  A...

A few months ago on one of my many flights into Denmark, I came in to Billund over Blåvand. I thought its shape, and obviously very l...

I've been here for many many months now and a strange thing happened to me yesterday... I had to use money! (Amaia had to take a 100Kr...

Cute conversation with Amaia: I really like the new light you got me for my room, mum. Can we get a second one next time we're in I...

A couple of weeks ago I asked Thomas if Danes did Halloween. Remember, he hasn't lived here since 2001, and his answer was a definite no...

Since nursery, birthdays have followed a specific pattern: your child goes off to a softplay, a party hall or their friend's house, they...

I know I am generally a little ray of sunshine in a grey world, trying always to see the positives whenever possible😂. I almost managed to ...

For anyone who saw my conker post   two weeks ago... Looks like I spoke way too soon!

One of the things I love most about Glasgow, from all my years living in the west end, is the tiled closes in the tenements. A quick google ...

We had been planning to go to Scotland for the October week to catch up with family and friends, but Ryanair decided on a last minute price ...

I'm just back from a week in the Netherlands so there will be a few wee stories popping up here over the course of the next wee while. ...

Just a thought... The government is willing to go for no deal (or the shit deal they came up with at the 11th hour) because they have found ...

Léon put up the house flag to welcome the family for dinner yesterday. It looks quite pretty, colorized.😁

The quest began in 1998 because that is the autumn Marcel learned to walk. And it continued for 20 years... At first we lived in a Wes...

On September 26 last year, at a routine gynaecological scan, a doctor found two tumours growing on my ovaries. Each was over 10cm across. Sh...