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A Year Away!

Outside our home This weekend marked the one year anniversary of us leaving the UK to go travelling around Europe and begin a new life in the sun. I thought it would be timely therefore, to write a post reflecting on the experience, recalling some of the highs and lows and share a few thoughts on how making a big lifestyle change affected me. There are certain things I've learnt during our adventure that I think have been valuable lessons, nuggets of wisdom as it were. Firstly, I have observed that life is totally unpredictable, you don't know what is around the next corner, and the best laid plans can be turned upside down without a moments notice, so my advice is not to plan too much, and just roll with it. At the vineyard, Bordeaux When we left the UK last September and headed for Bordeaux for a rendezvous at a château with some grape-picking work lined up, we didn't predict breaking down on day one and arriving almost a week late, which somehow earned us the...