When house-hunting in a city of which you’re already a resident, you’re not sizing up different neighbourhoods, you’re trying on different versions of the life you already lead — deciding if you’d enjoy the city more or less from the homes you see.

My dear boy, apple of my eye, thief of my sleep, tester of my patience, questioner of my decisions: what a life you lead. 

Australian Christmases are as airy as the British ones are cosy and I think this year might just have tipped me over into perhaps, maybe, almost, in some ways preferring a more outdoorsy festive period. 

Right now, I am either a runner with a migraine problem or a migraine sufferer with a running problem. Not that the semantics really matter, because whichever way I look at it, my migraine frequency has increased in line with my running. And it’s an absolute pain. 

When we leave Mumbai, I will undoubtedly look back and wish I had paid more attention to the details which make it what it is. And so, here's a typical day for us.

The trouble with monsoon season is the rain.

Here’s my Top Ten List of things that New Zealand does exceptionally well.

Leaning into my status as a trailing spouse and making the most of Mumbai's sports scene.

Find yourself a hotel in the middle of a coffee plantation and submit yourself to the capable hands of the on-estate baristas. 

Some weeks, Mumbai sets out to test us. And this is one of those weeks.