It's been a while!

Its been a while!  sorry we have been eh.. busy!?

But gratefully now two years later we have made a pact to not be slaves to the money nor anything or anyone… Time to enjoy life a bit more and most important! TIME TO TAKE OUR TIME.

The short version of the long reality is…

We drove the motor-home which Paul had built.. (a project he started long before we even met!) all the way to France.. Well.. on to a ferry a few miles from where we lived that took us to France!

We then drove through France on a little road trip… 

and in the middle of that road trip I stopped writing this blog.

I could tell you that it was caused by the constant struggle to find food and survive without a job on the ridiculously expensive French Riviera… Or the struggle to survive living two people with enormous personalities…not to mention egos! (and the fact that we didn’t even know each other all that well!) under the same roof in a box of approx. 4 square meter.

And yes.. even though all of the above mentioned is more or less true.. The main reason was because we didn’t have Internet… so that is that.

Anyway!! We made our way down to the French Riviera. Struggled to find work as we didn’t speak French but finally managed to gain employments working on luxurious motor yachts! A funny and quite unexpected turn in life!

After working on separate boats for over a year we agreed to get serious and take a job on the same boat… Relationships are hard if you are in Italy while your man is in ST Tropez… So Paul left his 100ft Sunseeker and I said goodbye to my beloved crew on 68m Triple-Seven and in April this year managed to land a gig on a Princess as Captain and Chef/Stew.

This has now been our home for more than 6 months.

Oh.. I mustn't forget to tell you about the motor-home! 

She lived happily hanging around on the Riviera and Paul took her skiing in Italy with his son

 and our friends Elio and Sash took her on adventures to Spain and Portugal 

and everything was working fine … and then one day Paul decided it was time to let go of the wooden made shell that she was… He had a vision… for something bigger, and better, and METAL!  She was taken to pieces in February RIP and the truck was sold to Paul’s brother.

Yet no long lived mourning took place as Paul quickly bought a black Vauxhall Vivaro with extended wheel base which he is now in the progress of converting into a camper van... It is taking a lot less time than the motor-home once did..! It will be a new and much improved box on wheels to live and travel in.

We are already whispering plans about going around the world in it and possibly send a photo when completed to the TV program Amazing spaces…

So come a long and follow us on our adventures and in our projects of creativity, life and travel!