Hello my dear readers!
Been an absolute epic week or so since I was able to write a blog post, but, as I said in the beginning, these posts could come at very varying intervals!!!
So where have I been these past couple of weeks you ask, ALL OVER THE BLOODY UK!!!!!!
Our journey begins in the hussle and bussle of the United Kingdom's capital, where her Majesty the Queen resides, Tesco's!!!!!!!!!!!
bahahaha, I mean London.
What an amazing place, a city jamm packed with anything and everything, a city where playing 'spot the Brit' is more popular than anywhere else in England. A place where I could seriously see myself living, where I could live WITHOUT a car... Unless there is tube strikes, then London is the belly of the beast.
Day one (it will not suprise me if I get this all mixed up)... pretty sure we went to Wimbledon???? YES! We went to Wimbledon. We went to Wimbledon, the day that 'transport for London' decided it would be a intelligent idea to close the district line between Pultney Bridge and Wimbledon. We got to Pultney Bridge and went for a brief 'we are not lost!!' stroll before we got on a bus set for Wimbledon. We ended up going too far and having to walk up and down the only hill in the entire United Kingdom. But we got there, where it was late of not is another question!!!!!!! Never been a big tennis fan but the tour was fascinating!!!! Wimbledon is definately a very unique place and or event!!! Had a lazy night, downed a couple of Beck's with the Redhead and ate no where near as good as my fried rice spaghetti bolognese =D
Day two we buggered off to a place by the Name of Madame Tussauds. Sweet as!!!!!! Got many photos with many stars, INCLUDING BOLLYWOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After that we had a squiz at London Brigde and Tower of London and then we began our Jack the Ripper tour. Now THAT, was facinating!!!!! Turned out the killer was 99% more than likely a Polish Nut Job called Aaron.
Day number three, the tube drivers and maintinance men decided it would be an intelligent idea to go on strike. London on a Tube strike is my definition of hell. The overground from Ealing Broadway to Paddington wasn't all that bad, its just the bus ride from Paddington to Hyde Park that made me want to kill small children... they packed SO many people onto those busses, it was not fun AT all. That day we visited Buckingham Palace, or as Hamish likes to call it, Buckinghuge Palace!!!!! Was good to have a look around and get an insight into the Queen. Just makes me want Australia to become a republic even more now, though! We then took a brief stroll to have a look at not-so-big Big Ben. After that we went to the Downing Street and then furthermore onto the Hard Rock Cafe. Bought a T-Shirt, but we sure as hell didnt eat there!! Mortgage anyone????
Twas our last day in London, shead a tear. I became quite fond of that city!!!!!!!!! Had typical british fish and chips for tear, salt and vinegar!!!!! nom nom nom nom nom, went down a treat.
Next day, we got ourselves packed and headed back to central London to have a ride on the London Eye. Money well spent, it was awesome, gave an awesome insight into London and I got my barings!!!! Big Ben actually looked bigger from up there as opposed to ground level. Then, we said goodbye to Rob, Ealing and London, set for Chelmsford (Writtle) where Ella's great Aunt lives!!!!!!! Barbara picked us up from the train station and we lazed around home that day!!! We were rather tired!!!! Dinner was brilliant!
Next day we headed into Cambridge with Barbara and Joanne. Barbara is Ella's Great Aunt and Joanne is Barbara's daughter, have no idea what she is to Ella!!!!!!!! gets all a bit confusing. Had a good day there having a look around the colleges and went on a punt down the canal which was fuuun. Went to a British Sweet Shop which was a childs definition of heaven! That night we played cards and downed a couple of bottles of wine with Barbara which was very enjoyable!!!!!!!
The next day we had a look around Writtle and went to Joanne's Cottage, which is VERY British. We also went to Tesco's which is AWESOME.
That night Barbara had all her family over. Met many more of Ella's distant relatives! Had a really enjoyable night, played skip bo and challenged Ben (one of Barbara's Grandsons) to an eating contest. I won, ofcourse!!!!!!!! The term 'Meadow Lady' was thrown around a bit!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The meal was brilliant, I tell you what, barbara is definately a brilliant Chef!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ella, Hamish and I entertained the three boys. All hyperactive typical 10 and 12 year olds!!!!!!!!
We were having a bit of a problem with finding cheap train tickets to Manchester. We can definately thank Jo for getting that organised for us, it was MUCH appreciated! She found us train tickets for less than half the price we were going to pay!!!! Who ever knew that Virgin did trains????
The next day, we said our goodbyes to Barbara and Writtle, and headed off to Manchester to stay with Ella's other great aunt Margaret! We arrived in Manchester at around 5pm and caught the Metrolink from Manchester Piccadilly to Timperly where Margaret picked us up. On the way we certainly saw some characters!!!!!!!!!! They have OUTDOOR sidewalk urinals in Manchester Central, now THAT is weird.
That night Margaret cooked us an AWESOME meal which went down a treat! We also met Margarets Son Simon! Then we headed off to meet friends of Ella's (Mary and John) who took us to a couple of Bars. Was a really good night, got into heated discussion regarding Union's!!!!!! Difference in opinion is definately a good thing! Had a great night. Headed back to Margarets around 3am. We had WORLDS WORST Taxi driver. He tried to rip us off. We ended up telling him to pull over and that we would walk. What kind of a Taxi driver doesnt know the area they work in!!!!! FOOL. We all crashed that night!!!!
The next day we met all of Margarets family. They were all very nice! Had a good meal. Her two Grandaughters were an absolute laugh, one reminded us of someone back home. That night we were all so tired we crashed on the couch, watched Jersey Shore, ate Chinese food and discussed life.
And thats where this blog ends, tomorrow we are off to Spain, relax on the beaches of Ibiza. It will be sad to leave the UK but also VERY exciting to go to Spain.
Adios Amigos!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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