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    Welcome to Olive Thistle and Rose!

    My name is Madeau and I am a Greek mum, living in Scotland with my British husband and our 2 bilingual pre-schoolers. In this page I talk about life as a creative work-from-home mum, Greek travel, language and culture and I support bilingual / bicultural families with culture immersion ideas and language learning material.

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