Well the snow didn’t last very long but I had a white birthday which was good fun.
In February we planned a couple of day trips outside of London. Train travel is so easy that we are planning to visit quite a few towns and sights up to 2 hours outside of London.
Our first trip was to Windsor and Eton. It was the weekend after the snow and the first time the sun had come out in a long time! Had a lovely day wandering around the lovely town and castle. The castle was beautiful, a really fairytale castle. The rooms that were burnt in the big fire about 10 years ago had been completely restored and you couldn’t tell what was original and what was new. The Queen was spending a weekend at the castle but didn’t invite us in for tea.
Wandered around Eton which was pretty. The school is basically a village and all of the buildings and houses in the village make up the school.
Our second weekend trip was to Canterbury, again another lovely town. We visited more Roman ruined and saw some amazingly preserved mosaics. Then we headed to the ruins of St Augustine’s Abbey which would have been huge before it was demolished a couple of hundred years ago. Then onto the vast Canterbury Cathedral where we attended evening song. The size of the European cathedrals still amazes me.
We have both been working pretty long hours over the last couple of months so were actually looking forward to the long flight back to Australia! We flew out after work on Friday night and had a good flight to Brisbane. Enjoyed the movies on the plane but have to say that we were pretty disappointed with the food that was served!
We have had a fun couple of days in Brisbane with David’s parents. The weather has been pretty windy and damp because of Cyclone Hamish up north but it is still at least 15 degrees warmer that we have been in 3 months!
Tomorrow we head up to Port Douglas for a week and Lindsay and Aaryan’s wedding. I am so excited that my little-big brother is getting married! We are in Port Douglas for 7 days and then to Sydney for 5 days so a quick trip overall but it is so nice to be home!
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- My Birthday Dinner at Gauchos London Bridge
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- Nope, still in London
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- Windsor Castle
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- Windsor Castle
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- Windsor Castle
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- View to Eton from Windson Castle
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- David rugged up in Windsor Castle
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- Wonky roof!
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- Eton College
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- Eton Collge
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- I had never seen real milk bottles before!!
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- Out for Polish with people from work
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- Old city walls in Canterbury
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- Entrance into Canterbury Catherdral
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- Very pretty town
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- St Augustine’s Abbey
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- St Augustine’s Abbey
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- St Augustine’s Abbey
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- If you look really closely you can still make out the painted wall
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- St Augustine’s Abbey
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- Lunch with the Ross’
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- A wanna have a wallaby – Brisbane Forest Park
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- Strike a pose
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- Fantastic number plate! The owner was a reptile breeder
