Things we do here that we wouldn’t get to do in the UK
So as a proud owner of a 1 year old island baby I thought I’d reflect on some things that we do here that I’m pretty sure wouldn’t happen if we were in the UK.
Firstly, Arthur spends most of the time in just a nappy. Way too hot and humid for anything else most of the time. As he’s getting a little older I am starting to throw on a little pair of lightweight shorts on him when he’s outside but generally that’s it!
He’s pretty much a free range kid. Great weather and living in such a quiet place means that he really can just go outside as and when he desires, which, at the moment is ALL the time. I always wanted a little baby like Mowgli from the jungle book and it turns out I’m getting just that!!
There is no roof where we swim! When we swim it’s either in a hotel pool or in the Ocean. Always warm, always quiet!
I would definitely have had to go back to work by now if we were in the UK. I’m actually not able to work here (visa stuff) and so I get to stay home with Arthur!
A trip to the beach can happen in minutes, they are clean and quiet perfect for a toddling 1 year old! They also happen A LOT. We don’t really have any kids play areas or anything here but the beach can provide plenty of entertainment!
We go for family walks round a World Heritage Site, the Vallee de Mai. Walking through an ancient palm forest is definitely not something we would be doing in the UK.
So that’s some of the highlights of the things that Arthur does here that we wouldn’t doing we were in the UK, what’s the best stuff you get to do in your new home with your expat family?
Fab post, lovely. The Mowgli picture is so funny!
Hubbie and I talk about the amazing things we have here in Italy all the time – the best coffee ever, the best ice cream ever, lots of sunshine, cheap trains to go and explore the Alps. It’s remembering those things that makes us get through the trickier parts of being an expat! We feel very, very lucky to experience them as a family.
Thanks for hosting this fab new linky Xx
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LOVE this post. You are sooooo lucky. You always have the UK to come home to but just living the dream with your hubby and gorge little boy – I would love to live abroad and spend everyday swimming in the sea and being a naked little lady all day hehe. So nice to see what Arthur gets up to with his day x Ax
It’s these moments that make being an expat wonderful, and get you through the not so great bits! We have proper seasons here, and that is something I love. At the moment we are all living in shorts and t-shirts and we certainly wouldn’t be able to do that if we were still in Scotland 🙂 Thanks for hosting x
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Sounds perfect! I love the idea of having the ocean close by too here in Dubai, something we don’t get back home.
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It looks like a lovely life for you all – love the photo of Arthur crawling around in his nappy!
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Sounds like you guys have an awesome life hon! Hubby & I lived as expats in Cambodia for a while in our twenties which was a fab experience xx PoCoLo
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Ooo that sounds amazing, never been bet it was fab!!!
Sounds like you have a lovely happy and healthy family life! I enjoyed reading your post. #PoCoLo
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Exactly what I would be doing if I am at home and not in the UK =) #pocolo
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I wish we could do all this in the UK. Not sure the sight of a toddler in a nappy would be highly appealing to commuters in London, but hey, it is 27 degrees as I am typing! I love that picture of Arthur as Mowgli. The resemblance is uncanny! x Mel
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Haha no that might not go down too well haha! He really is my little Mowgli bless him!! Xx
Wow what a lovely place to live – and loving the Mowgli analogy very funny 🙂
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Wow what a lovely place to live – and loving the Mowgli analogy very funny 🙂
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