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Dear Friday

Our little, personal “Brexodus”

25/01/2019 by microandfriends No Comments

[su_dropcap style=”simple” size=”5″]L[/su_dropcap]ife can be funny at times. Last year around this time, I was working in the centre of buzzing London, just a stone’s throw away from Piccadilly Circus on the edge of Soho. Familiar surroundings – although no less grand to me than to any casual visitor of the city.

Now, one year later, I’m writing this slightly different “dear Friday” post  while looking out of my office window in Munich into a multitude of dancing snowflakes. Like the snowflakes, my life has been caught in a bit of a whirlwind over the past 12 months.

After calling the UK my home for over 18 years, life in limbo under the spectre of Brexit had become a daily challenge. So, M and I decided to move back across the channel to at least gain back a semblance of control over our future lives. Apart from all the practical uncertainties and the rising cost of living in the UK, the feeling of no longer being wanted in a place that had truly become home over the years was probably one of the biggest reasons to decide to uproot our lives and start over somewhere else…

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Dog Tuesday

Leaving on holiday sans dog

12/06/2018 by microandfriends No Comments

[su_dropcap style=”simple” size=”5″]S[/su_dropcap]ummer time. Aaah, days at the beach, BBQs, long evenings, holidays (at least for some of us, but this is another story) … and the question what am I going to do with my dog when I go away?

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Sick Wednesday

La vie epanouie – in pursuit of happiness

Flower arrangement
11/04/2018 by microandfriends No Comments

[su_dropcap style=”simple” size=”5″]S[/su_dropcap]o, life has been a little stressful in recent months, and if you drop by to visit us more regularly, you might have noticed the scarcity of blog posts (apologies!!)

If, like M, you live with a chronic illness, stress can easily turn life into a living hell. To escape this hell, to share some positive inspiration, and for the sheer joy of dwelling on the lovely things in life, here are some of our favourite de-stressors…

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Dear Friday

What I would really like to do with my career

01/03/2018 by microandfriends No Comments

What’s next?

I keep asking myself this question. In fact, as a German living in London, I’ve been asking myself this question almost daily since the Brexit vote: what do I want to do with my career? What’s the next step? How can I continue to build my career (or start again, as the case may be) if we decide to move off this island that has decided to separate itself from its continental neighbours?

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Hello, we’re two expat friends (aka Tournesol and Tigerduck) and a dog (Micro-the-Dog, aka “the boss”). After living in London for 18 and 16 years respectively (or 5 years in the case of Micro), we’ve just made a leap of faith back across the channel and are building a new life in Munich. Thank you for reading our musings about the world, life, living with CFIDS/ME, music, crafts, dogs and other observations.

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