Volcano Cloud

Why yes, Anni and I have been, like basically everyone else here in Europe, affected by the Volcano cloud. We were supposed to be (and hopefully still will be) travelling to Istanbul, around Turkey, and then to Gallipoli for the Anzac Day dawn service. Fingers crossed...

I think it's hilarious that a volcano cloud rules over Europe, stopping all air traffic. Although it's not funny because there are thousands upon thousands of people who depend on the movement of air traffic through Europe, but still, it is kinda funny.

So we've been just chillaxing. Had a picnic in the park on Saturday afternoon, slept all day Sunday in the backyard. Anni's ankle and foot is huge, so it's probably a good thing we didn't fly on Saturday because now it's had time to settle down and hopefully get better.

So here's to hoping the next update will be about Anzac Day Dawn Service in Gallipoli. Otherwise, Anni has flight credit with Swiss Air and we will be travelling somewhere for a week because we can.

Budapest and Bratislava

Holidays have been far between for me and Anni... The long cold London winter has taken its toll.

However, Easter came upon us, and in celebration of our Lord Jesus Christ dying and rising again for us, we went to Budapest!

The beautiful split city has so much interesting history with an interesting mix of modern and upcoming futuristic displays, you never want to leave! I wish Anni didn't have to go to work...

I got my feet wet in the Danube, and saw some amazing buildings (as is usual in Europe). Anni went to a party in the baths, and came in very late (or early, depends...).

Easter Monday we went to Bratislava as that was where we flew back to London from. It was wet and rainy, but that didn't stop us having a little bit of fun.

So the next trip is Turkey in about twelve days...!

John Mayer in Wolverhampton

Anni and Jay snuck me into the John Mayer concert up in Wolverhampton and it was amazing! We waited for-ev-er and her handbag was squashy but eventually we got in there and we met some crazy kids and wow! TJ randomly held me up every now and then.

The support act was Codeine Velvet Club... very awesome. But of course we were there for John. Ahhh. So good. He opened with "Heartbreak Warfare" which was incredible live. I think my favourite song was "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room". I liked that he played heaps of old stuff too.

The best part was when he said "I see some girl holding a cabbage patch doll up... Have I mentioned that at some stage or do you just carry him around everywhere?!" He was talking about ME!!! John Mayer noticed ME! WOO.

And now I've got some more friends on Facebook, so overall, this has been amazing!

Poole

Poole is cool! Well, the temperature was. We didn't actually do much sightseeing other than walk around the Upton Park Nature reserve, however, it was lovely just to get out of London and have a great relaxing weekend. Thanks to Bethy for having us both!

Christmas 09

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Praying you had a very blessed and peaceful time, as did I along with Anni.

However, our christmas plans did not go as planned. 'Twas supposed to be in Italy, however, thanks to snow being more fluffy in France than usual, we were unable to get to Paris, and thereby missing our connection to Italy. So we were stuck in London...

Thankfully we we rescued by some wonderful people, Andrew and Jono, and had a great day of eating and laughing and lazy TV watching. I got to try some mulled wine, and ate some great minced pies. Oh so very Christmassy...

I even got a present from Mum in Australia! Now my feet will be nice and toasty roasty.

All in all, our first Christmas away was pretty sweet.

End-of-October Party

The fact that Anni doesn't have a computer and has had to hijack her housemates is the reasoning behind this extreamly delayed posting, and trust me, I'm not happy.

However, from what I remember, the End-of-October party was brilliant!

Although a lot of people didn't rock up, those that did got into the full swing of things and dressed up incredibly. We had a couple of Vampires, Spideyman, a 60's Go-Go dancer, Little Dead Riding Hood, a Fat Stipper and I turned up as Ian Thorpe in my little budgey smuggles and wimmers cap.

Anni's Vodka jelly was a hit (literally) and many puddles were created from it. Laughter was had by all in the various exposing drinking games, and silly actions pursued as the night went on.

Overall I enjoyed the coming of the end of october, and although I am a little worse for wear, it was a great night.

My next adventure is to Edinburgh this weekend!

Dublin

Tis very hard to believe that the flight from London to Dublin is only about an hour. Travelling anywhere from Melbourne, Australia (my hometown!) takes forever. So the fact that it took me over 5 hours to reach the backpackers didn't really worry me too much (well, a little bit. It was kinda sqwashy in the suitcase). At least the backpackers where we were staying was very comfy (highly recommend Avalon House).

Saturday I got to go on the hop-on-hop-off bus with Anni (my gorgeous girl) and Maggie (her gorgeous friend). This also meant it was hop-in-hop-out of Anni's handbag, but that's the life of a travelling doll hey?

So I got to stand on statues and memorials for famous people. It seems like there's a different statue or memorial every 50 metres! But that's good, because there's more photo opps for me.

Went to the Guinness factory where I swam in a giant pool of barley seeds, have my head shoved in water fall and finally, drink a pint of the black goodness. I was quite loved by a bunch of American boys who took their pics with me in the Gravity Bar.

Had McDonalds for lunch - I think it's the best Maccas I've ever had (I make it a mission to try the golden arches in every country). Very tasty.

Got the night off cause Anni went out with her friends and met some funky smelling boys. I could tell they were funky smelling because she came home smelling funky like them.

Sunday I flew home with Anni, who is quite silly when stressed, because she lost the keys of her suitcase in between getting checked in and boarding the plane, which was good for me, because it meant I actually sat on the plane rather than being sqwashed, but it was sad to see her so stressed out, especially at the UK customs, where the guy looked at me quite sus. It's not like I'm a drug mule or something!

So that was Ireland for ya! My next adventure will be the End-of-October Party.