Phyl's Blog

It would appear Denmark has a new monarch.  Back on New Year's Eve I happened to see the Queen's speech. Normally I don't make a...

I know I know a language or two, but I wouldn't say my Spanish is quite up there at the level of some of the others I've learnt, tho...

Charlotte and I had an interesting experience the other night... Madrid is knee-deep in Xmas decor at the moment, so we decided every evenin...

My kids had a bit of a falling out with their dad back in 2012 and it took till this year for them to decide to visit him again. Long story....

Every so often I feel like writing about a quasi-taboo subject matter and then go to delete it once I have. But the only way to make those t...

So my boy is 18 today, except he isn't really! He was born at 23:45 on 29/09/05 in the Queen Mother's Maternity hospital in Glasgow,...

We had a Spanish girl staying with us for three weeks. Since she was 18, Charlotte has au-paired off and on for Sara and her little sister P...

Quick update on yesterday's blog post :  Charlotte finally found out yesterday that she was one of the lucky few who would be told her f...

It's been a wild ride. The five years of Charlotte's university life have been, shall we say, an unorthodox mix of trials and tribul...

Thomas got himself a Norwegian (the airline) credit card a few years back, mainly because it gives you 1% cash back and free air miles. Afte...

Every time in the last two years that I've tried remounting the blogging horse, life has thrown me from the saddle. From mastectomies to...

It's taken six weeks for me to be able to even write the words. Six weeks ago today someone ran my Nacho over and left him dead by the s...

Denmark is weirdly flat, not quite the Netherlands flat but flat enough that there are points where I have stood on this island (Funen) mayb...

When we got the cats, we discussed whether to give them English names, given we are an English-speaking family, Scottish names, given we are...

Anyone who has been living in Denmark since the last general election (1/11/22) knows all about 'Store bededag' or 'Great prayer...

Danes are great at English. By the time most Danes reach end of Scottish primary school age, they can understand a thousand times more than ...