For those of you don't know, the title is from a Lily Allen song about London, I haven't fallen in love with the place and decided to live here forever! Well the sun was out in full glory two days ago, but then it kinda returned to dreary grey, as can be expected, although locals say it is considerably warm for this time of year. Last time I was in London, I really didn't see what all the fuss was about or why anyone from the southern hemisphere would relocate here, but this time around, I think I got a glipse of the wonderous side of London. Maybe it had something to do with Hummingbird Bakery, market food stalls, a bit of sunshine, a nice museum and some trips around the city on randomly selected bus routes to enjoy the view from the upper floor.
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| Red velvet cupcake from Hummingbird Bakery, joined by a chai latte. Doesn't get much better than that. |
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| Simone ordering DELICIOUS pork dumplings from the market |
As you can probably guess, I didn't get my white Christmas. Super sad face. That's 2 strikes for the UK, next time I attempt to have my first ever white Christmas, I'm going to hit the Swiss Alps or Whistler or something. It was still a great day though and as is tradition, we ate well and in large quantities! It takes forever to upload photos on here, so if you want to see the Christmassy pictures, check out my album on Facebook (where would we be without it??). After leaving Northern Ireland on Dec 31st, I celebrated NYE in Chorleywood with the lovely Zoe and a few of her friends. I'm not sure I should admit this on a public forum, but I think I was in bed by 12:30am! Such a granny.
Early in the new year, Zoe and I cooked a killer Christmas dinner and we had a Jenga reunion which was great fun! It was quite strange to see everyone again but in a totally different environment and winter clothes and what not. We made the most of some Christmas bon bons and feasted on roast chicken and all the good things that go with it like roast potatoes and gravy. Mmmmm.
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| The Jenga crew |
Snuck off to check out Oxford and Cambridge for a short visit, where I caught up with Jonathan (another Jenga-related person) and the Wyatt family, who have been friends with the Kilgour family since I was about 1 month old! I hadn't seen them in about 14 years, so it was great to see them again and we obviously had a lot to catch up on! Again, there are pics on Facebook if you want to see all the pretty buildings and some locations from the Harry Potter movies!
So onto London town where I'm staying with the wonderful Simone, who I worked with on Camp USA back in 2005. She has a very cool apartment overlooking canary wharf in east London, which is kind of like a mini Manhatten with lots of shiny new sky scrapers and lots of offices and people wearing suits. I have been exploring the city and trying to visit places beyond the obvious tourist spots like Big Ben and the London Eye and so far I'm enjoying it a lot more than I have on previous visits. There's not too much else to report on really, so I'll leave it there until next time! Thanks for reading and adios,
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