Oops! Mass update time...

Ok, so we missed updating the blog for a while.

Bad Matt and Julie! Bad!

As some penance, I'm filling in some of the gaps. Not properly of course, I'm not that motivated. Rather here is a highlight tour of our various escapes, along with a link to the photo library for each:

Amsterdam - link - Brilliant place, tons to do, lots of variety. Very highly recommended.

Scotland - link - Beautiful area just filled with really nice people. Didn't spot the Loch Ness Monster, so will have to go back to double check.

Dublin - link - Nice city, great if you enjoy a beer or ten.

Brussels - link - European capital. Not as much to do as you might expect.

Stockholm - link - Great city, shame about the weather and flights. Well worth the trip.

Vienna - link - Expensive! Lots of galleries, doesn't stack up so well against Paris/Rome though.

San Francisco and Yosemite - link and link - Fun and hijinks in the US. Some mysteriously cold weather put a dampener on things. Damn you global warming!

Lapland and Santa!

Well, that was a fun holiday in Lapland!

We have returned from 5 days in a winter wonderland, where we went husky sledding, reindeer sleighing, cross country skiing, snowmobiling, tobogganing, saw Santa, made snow angels and fell onto our butts (ok, that last one was mainly me).

The adventure was shared with our friends Sam and Eion, which meant double the fun and double the trouble :)

As you can see, it really was a spectacular holiday - both by the activities and the scenery. It was unlike anything else I've ever seen before, with snow just everywhere!

The weather was kind to us, with temperatures in the range of -6 to -12 centigrade. Which sounds a little chilly, but isn't so bad with the 4 layers of clothing - underwear, thermals, pants/shirt and over suit - between you and the elements.

Once again, be sure to check out the photos online.

Now we just have to work out where to head off to next... Amsterdam sounds interesting. We will keep you posted!

Apologies

Hi all.

Apologies for not updating the blog for such a long time! Of course things have been hectic here, but we have been doing some fun travelling that we would love to let everyone know about.

Needless to say, that takes time... So anyway, until we do get it updated, be sure to check out northernadventure.smugmug.com for all our pictures, which we have actually kept up to date :)

Oh and we are off to Lapland for Xmas! Yay! Assuming no-one slips and breaks anything, it should be a blast!

Toodles!

We Will Rock You

We will, we will Rock You! And we did rock, right to the Tottenham Court Road, Dominion Theatre. Going to the theatre is one of the done things when you come to London, so I'm surprised we held off as long as we did.

We both had a fantastic time, along with Sam and Eion who enjoy Queen’s music as much as we do. The show had a very British slant to it, with all sorts of local in-jokes and references. The lead two characters were both excellent, although personally the leading lady (Hannah Jane Fox), with her biting sarcasm and Northern British cynicism was a stand out performance for me.

Well, we are planning on going to another show… but I can’t decide because there is so many to choose from in London!

Our New “Home Sweet Home”

Well, here we are now settling into our own place. We are renting a 1 bedroom flat in Willesden Green which is in North West London. Our place even has a small garden and a tiny conservatory (just in case we want to do something really Aussie and have a BBQ).

We also have a parking space which is unusual for London, but lucky for us we now we have a new Mini Cooper S (broom broom baby!) to put in that parking space. It is great to have the freedom to go places that the subway just won’t take you and is certainly great for those driving holidays to Wales and Scotland that we are planning. Or pehaps somewhere more Shakespearian...

We will take some nice photos once we have the place looking all shmick.

Uncle Matt and Aunty Julie

Congratulations Steve and Jo, who have just had a beautiful baby girl, Madison Lee. We wish you all the best with your new addition to the family. Jade and Jasmin, I hope you guys are helping your Mum with the new baby, and are enjoying having a little sister.

Regent Street

The shot below is from a recent excursion down Regent St in Central London (taken at Picadilly Circus). Follow this link for more photos from Regent Street. Julie particularily likes this one as it shows off the really cool way the buildings curve around with the street.

Madame Tussauds

So we went on one of our first truly touristy adventures to Madame Tussauds!

We waited in the queue for about 45 minutes and once inside it was amazingly packed full of people. We wanted to take our photos with some of our favourite stars, but it was painfully difficult to arrange a shot. The models themselves ranged from amazingly accurate to a bit average, but overall the experience was well worth the wait in the queue.

Anyway, check out our gallery of photos for all the wax based stardom!