The tube

The tube looks very quiet but I can tell you it's not normally this empty! We usually have to push ourselves in to get in at all, and then we are squeezed up against the doors. No need to hold on and you couldn't fall over if you tried, you have people so close to you all around.

Apart from the chaos, the tube has proven to be a brilliant way to get around. Takes us about 20minutes in the morning to get to Liverpool Street Station (where we both go to work)... The tube isn't dayled toooo often but when it is, it's usually because someone has jumped in front. Not very nice, but unfortunately it happens quite alot :(

Waitangi Day

New Zealanders in the UK seem to celebrate Waitangi more than I remember at home. There were more than a few thousand kiwis getting together at Big Ben on Waitangi to watch all of the brave boys take their shirts off and do the haka. Even bumped into a few kiwis that I didn't even know were over here! Of course the day involved the pub crawl around the circle line.