Posted in Activities on Nov 22nd, 2009 1 Comment »
Scotland, along with England, celebrate Guy Fawkes Day each November 5th. Basically a man called Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Westminster in 1605. He was unsuccessful, but every year, Brits burn a likeness of him on a bonfire to celebrate his foiled terror attack. I saw on a History of Scotland (gotta love Neil [...]
Posted in Activities on Nov 11th, 2009 No Comments »
It was such an amazing thing, that Wes’ mum Therese and one of her friends (Cal) came to see us last month. Even better for Wes, they arrived on his birthday eve! Great timing! We enjoyed showing them a bit of our Scotland, and I think they enjoyed seeing it as well. Apart from the [...]
Posted in Activities on Nov 11th, 2009 No Comments »
Magda and I joined the beginners rowing regatta through work. Everyone was brand new to rowing, and only got 6 sessions to learn, then the races were on!! We did pretty well, won two out of 4 races in the heats and then we were knocked out in the semi’s. But we managed to score [...]
Posted in Activities, Health on Nov 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
Taking another break from work this year, Wes and I decided to treat ourselves to 6 days continuous cycling! To be honest, Wes wanted to go surfing (again!?! :) But I thought now that I was the upgraded wife model, I should be able to ask for a cycling holiday instead. It was a magnificent [...]
Posted in Activities on Sep 3rd, 2009 5 Comments »
28-31 August, wonderful four days in Paris. We saw so many masterpieces and walked the entire city a few times. We stayed in a studio flat in Bastille and ate lots of bread. So many ornate doors in that beautiful city. Plus the weather was amazing, averaging about 27 degrees for four days straight!
