Bath

We have found another city we could live in. Beautiful English city that is very different to London.

Our first stop in Bath was Bath Abbey. Amazing sense of history... very old!

The Roman Baths were intreiging... hard to understand how thousands of people literally bathed here, but is quite amazing when you believe it. There were about as many tourists here today as there would have been bathers in the Roman times!!!

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is also completely random. It is situated between two main highways. It wouldn't be so amazing if you didn't know the story, but when you hear about Stonehenge and how they believe the stones were transported here, it is amazing! The common thing to do was to listen to the audio guides which described everything we needed to know. Was actually really good to hear their conclusions that they have come to about the age, reasons and how Stonehenge became...

Heading to the country...

We hired a dodgey car from Avis and our main man Simon drove us to
South West England. Had no troubles driving out, and were lucky with traffic even though it was a bank holiday weekend. Stayed in a country hotel in Swindon... Now for those of you who don't know where Swindon is, I wouldn't even bother finding out. It is a shocker!!! So... Tommy, Rowan, Simon and I ended up having late nights drinking in our hotel and spending our days else where.

Was really nice having a car and just driving through every day towns and looking at the english style houses and pubs. The pig farm was completely random, so we thought we had better take a photo!

Summer is coming!

Summer is finally on it's way for us in London! We had a brilliant 27 degree day last week... looking forward to more of that :) This was a lazy Sunday afternoon in St. James Park right next to Buckingham Palace.

Biking into the countryside of Holland...

By far the best thing we did while in Amsterdam! Hiring a bike for 9 Euro each for the whole day was just sensational. Decided we wanted to find the windmills in the country, so we just headed north. Considering we did not really know where we were going, couldn't read the signs and people don't talk too much english... we did pretty well. Saw lots of beautiful country side and even stopped off for a beer at one of the locals.

Sex, drugs & rock 'n roll in Amsterdam

Would like to put more shocking photos on the blog, but we have to accomodate for all audiences here! Sex is everywhere in Amsterdam... not a place you want to take your granny. Women are literally selling their bodies behind windows down every alley in Amsterdam. Small ones, large ones, old, young, all colors.... whatever you want, you can get.

Every second shop is either a "coffee shop" or a sex shop which sells the most disturbing items you would have ever seen!

Our hotel we were staying at was right on the edge of the Red Light District. Really good location... 5 mins walking distance to the central train station, dam square, shopping and restaurants and ofcourse the red light district. We happened to be staying next door to the Sex Muesem. The shot of Simon above was one of the large statues there. All I can say really is that you have to go and see it!

The only good thing about our hotel was the location. When we arrived we were told very strictly that there was to be no food whatsoever in your rooms??? ummm didn't really understand why until we realised the hotel was infested with mice! So grose! Our room was on the fourth floor which had big old windows half rotten with no fire escape. It's all a part of the european experience really :)

The Heineken Experience

We couldn't imagine anything better than spending our Easter Sunday in Amsterdam at the Heineken Brewery. Three bars along the tour to taste the freshly brewed beer, simulated rides, a dance floor where we could dj.... Heineken have hit the nail on the head when designing this tour!

The Clog Series

Easter in Amsterdam

We are moving to Amsterdam! Absolutely beautiful place with so much to do and see all in a very relaxed environment. Lovin it!!!

Camden Markets

The most common place in London to have your wallet stolen. Have to make sure you hold on to your bag very tightly... The Camden Markets are known for the number of gothics. Yes, there are definitely a few... no shortage of needing somewhere to get a body piercing or black laced with velvet clothing. Really really good food here... Simon and I headed out there today for a greasy lunch after a night out last night.

Buckingham Palace

I think I expected alot more security and gold plated fences... but this it it! The best part was watching the queens guards march up and down. The effort they went to move the gun they were holding from the left hand to the right hand was absolutely extraordinary. Would have liked to have seen the changing of the guards but we'll have to go back at 11.30am during a weekend for that. Ummm that will be an effort on its own!

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.