Post by Belinda

After agonising for weeks about the purchase of an Icebreaker (Bankbreaker) merino skirt, I have finally bitten the bullet and ordered it today. Ordering online has been great due to limited choices of local stores for some of the things I think we might need. Rod has once again, been of little help in these matters, happy for me to purchase whatever I suggest: thermal leggings for Hamish, wool blend shirt for him. It is quite difficult to know exactly what we will require in the depths of a European winter – layering has been the key to our packing…however, our Aussie idea of layering might not make the grade. We will see.

Hamish has grown 3cm in the past 3 months, so today, as an alternative to finishing an essay, I sorted through his ‘Europe’ clothes (again) to make sure he hasn’t grown out of anything. He hasn’t. Most things in miniature look cute and Hamish in his thermals is no exception. Over the past few months as purchases have arrived, I have packed them into his suitcase. As a result if we had to leave tomorrow, Hamish would be sorted. The rest of the family is another matter: Jess has a passport and packet of tissues in a backpack, Rod has nothing packed and the shoe debate continues for me.

26 days to go.