London - Day 2

Sunday, day of rest.

Slept quite late due to the late night, but in the afternoon I was invited to a bbq which was very different to an Austrian bbq as they liked to 'chargrill' their meat (flame grilled until the skin is black). However, the food was really good and had some pancit (Filipino noodles) which were very masarap ('delicious' in Filipino).

In the evening went home to 'crash out' (to relax and collapse on the sofa) and watch some english TV, as well as a DVD called 'You, me and Dupree'. Movie was quite funny, and I managed to learn a new phrase from the movie, 'to pass out' which I was told means to faint or fall unconscious.

All in all a pretty relaxing day.

Hello from London - Day 1

Well, here I am back in London again - my second trip in as many weeks.

Arrived this morning at Stansted Airport on a very early flight. As I travelled through Kent, on my way from the airport I happened to hear on the news that I was in fact in the same area which was earlier hit by an earthquake, which luckily didn't cost any lives. 'Mummy' :(

Once home,I fell straight to sleep as I was very tired after the flight and the early morning wake up.

In the evening, I went to a place called Kingston which was a very attractive town on the river Thames. Here I had dinner in a restaurant called 'Wagamama's' which was very good, and then went to pub along the river side called 'The Bishop'. The pub was very noisy and full of 'chavs' so stayed for one drink and then left.

This was enough action for the day, hopefully tomorrow will be more adventurous.

Little Britain

Last week when I arrived in London, one of the first things I happened to see was an abandonded wheelchair. Cruel as it may sound, the sight of this made me chuckle to myself as it reminded me of 'Andy' a character from the comedy sketch in the TV show "Little Briain".

Most of you have probably heard of "Little Britain", but for those who haven't here a few facts about it...

"Little Britain" is a wonderful comedy series with Mark Lucas and David Walliams. They tease and giggle their way through 30 min episodes poking fun at everyone possible. My favourite characters are 'Andy & Lou' but also 'Vicky Pollard' who is amazingly funny. If you aren't British, you will probably not understand all of the humor. Most of the stereotypes in the show are exaggerated, but actually real. I have been told that in Britain, every town has loads of 'Vicky Pollards'. Its hard to believe, but apparently true...

For more info about "LB' check

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/littlebritain/ or http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/117/index.jsp

Enjoy watching it!

London

Just wanted to write a few words about my weekend in London, which will hopefully be my first of many.

I arrived in London on Thursday night, a little bit too late in the evening to do anything other than go home and sleep. However, Friday night I went out to dinner with my boyfriend and a few friends in Soho to a restaurant called Yauatcha http://www.squaremeal.co.uk/restaurants/london/view/82949/Yauatcha where they serve their own unique style of Chinese food and Dim Sum. The food was delicious and had dishes I had never even heard of, but I found using chopsticks too much of a challenge, so had to ask the waiter for a fork before I suffered from starvation! After dinner we took a short walk to the Sanderson Hotel and had a few drinks at the 'Purple Bar' where I experienced my first Chocolate Martini. This was ok, but not being a drinker, I don't think I'd want to order it again. The bar was small,dark and as the name suggests, was decorated in the colour PURPLE. We left the bar in the early hours of the morning and on the way home I managed to wave to 'Big Ben'.

Saturday was spent shopping in Covent Garden, which was very crowded and had a different street performer on each corner. Later on in the evening, we took a stroll through China town and had dinner at a Thai restaurant before going to the Cinema for popcorn and a movie ('Shooter') which I thought was worth seeing btw.

Sunday in comparison was a much quieter day. Drove to a huge shopping centre called Bluewater where we spent an hour or so looking around shops and eating donuts, but the majority of the day was spent at home cooking dinner and watching a lot of TV. After my hectic Friday and Saturday,it was nice to spend time relaxing at home before my flight back the next day.

Overall I had a really good trip and saw parts of London I had never seen before. I'm am planning to visiting London and the UK more often over the next few months, so watch this space for future updates................

Hello

Took me a while to set up my blog, as I am a bit of a 'duffer' when it comes to computers. Not really my thing to be honest, but really happy I've finaly done it.. Thank you Zaynep :)