This time of year, up to our ears in snow and ice, what could be better than cosily sitting at home - with a big bar of chocolate.
The chocolate world in the UK has changed a lot since I was a little girl, products disapppeared, flavours changed. But the feeling of biting into that lovely thick chunk of a Cadbury's Dairy Milk has not changed (although whole nut is maybe even better.)
Have a look at Cadbury's great website, for history, recipes and fund and games:
www.cadbury.co.uk

Home again

Oh yes, I had a wonderful time on Borneo. I flew on the day storm Daisy hit Germany, Frankfurt in chaos - all flights annulled - yikes - except 'Singapore'. First time in many years I had to climb up stairs outside into a jumbo (how high!) and first time ever I did that in a blizzard. Missed my connection in Singapore so was re-routed via Kuala Lumpur. After 36 hours I touched down in Kota Kinabalu, I had told Laura it would be easy to recognize me, I was the Walking Dead.

Somewhere around hour 34 I thought to myself that I would never do this again, Skype is also great. But Riko drove with Anya and met us at the hotel. My beautiful little girl was fast asleep. Laura woke her, took her out of her car seat and gave her to me. As I held her in my arms I knew that 36 hours is nothing, 72 would also be OK and if I have to walk to Borneo to see her, well I'll do that too.

That's enough of Omi, back to being your teacher and why not start the year as you mean to continue - learn a new word every day. Check out:

http://owad.de/

You'll love it!

Happy New Year

I am quietly confident that you all have "I must learn more vocabulary" at the tippy top of your New Year's Resolutions list. So here's some help:

http://bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flash/wordmaster

Keep warm, all of you and drive carefully!