Just about to board a flight from Birmingham to Dublin and stopped in at Bates', a airport style restaurant, for a quick dinner.
I went to the bar to order a drink, peruse the menu and pay for the meal. Picking the Chicken Burger and a tall beer, I paid and started to return to my seat to do some work and wait for my dinner.
As I left the bar, I was greeted by a waiter carrying a chicken stir fry and a chicken burger - both with chips... No worries - until he stopped with me at my table and placed the Chicken Burger in front of me alongside my beer.
There was absolutely no time to make the meal, so I can only guess that they must have seen me coming... do I really look that much like a Chicken Burger guy...?
Oh well.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Carnivale and Milan
Well, I said I would let you know how it went...sorry for the delay, my trip to Milan was at the end of my first week of work with "Theatre and..." and things have been well... busy.
I arrived in Milan on Friday night and made the 1.5 hour bus ride from Bergamo Airport to the city centre to meet Matt. My first impressions weren't great; it was dark, smelly, crowded, and way too many old Italian men staring at me, being the only blonde around.
Matt saved me from all this and whisked me off to meet up with some of his local work friends who were drinking at their little local bar. The bar was soo cool. We would never have found it without Lorenzo and Diego who guided us through the local liqeurs and coffees. My first impressions were slashed and... I think I want to be Italian when I grow up. Thanks guys.
Saturday was a blast too. Matt and I teamed up with two Colorado folk (who were at the conference as well), to explore Milan. It was the week after Fashion Week (fantastic for 'window' shopping) as well as being Carnivale. The streets were buzzing with people in costume, parades, and confetti. The Italians sure know how to party.
We saw the famous Duomo Cathedral which literally made me gasp as I walked up the stairs from the Metro. It was magnificent.
This is a very small section of one of the squares of one of the doors. You can see how some parts are tarnished were people touch Jesus for 'Good Luck'.
Saturday evening, we found a fantastic little independant restaurant where the service and food were amazing. With our funny accents, we were a bit of a laugh, so received lots of free food. We weren't complaining!
Did I mention the red wine? Wow! That's all I can say.
Oh, and next you visit, don't even think about asking for a capuccino after 10am!
'Espresso! Espresso! Only!'
I arrived in Milan on Friday night and made the 1.5 hour bus ride from Bergamo Airport to the city centre to meet Matt. My first impressions weren't great; it was dark, smelly, crowded, and way too many old Italian men staring at me, being the only blonde around.
Matt saved me from all this and whisked me off to meet up with some of his local work friends who were drinking at their little local bar. The bar was soo cool. We would never have found it without Lorenzo and Diego who guided us through the local liqeurs and coffees. My first impressions were slashed and... I think I want to be Italian when I grow up. Thanks guys.
Saturday was a blast too. Matt and I teamed up with two Colorado folk (who were at the conference as well), to explore Milan. It was the week after Fashion Week (fantastic for 'window' shopping) as well as being Carnivale. The streets were buzzing with people in costume, parades, and confetti. The Italians sure know how to party.
We saw the famous Duomo Cathedral which literally made me gasp as I walked up the stairs from the Metro. It was magnificent.
This is a very small section of one of the squares of one of the doors. You can see how some parts are tarnished were people touch Jesus for 'Good Luck'.
Saturday evening, we found a fantastic little independant restaurant where the service and food were amazing. With our funny accents, we were a bit of a laugh, so received lots of free food. We weren't complaining!
Did I mention the red wine? Wow! That's all I can say.
Oh, and next you visit, don't even think about asking for a capuccino after 10am!
'Espresso! Espresso! Only!'
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Updated Video
Here's the updated video, thanks to YouTube :-) hopefully it will download a *little* faster than last time...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Quick Preview
While other's sleep, Jo and I are looking at updating our blog to include videos, easier access to photos and a few other features like email notification for posts...
Here's a movie that will soon be uploaded and incorporated properly: Long Trail, CO, 2006
Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the ride. :-)
Here's a movie that will soon be uploaded and incorporated properly: Long Trail, CO, 2006
Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the ride. :-)
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Confession
You'll be please to know that Jo and I turned down an opportunity to do something & go somewhere this weekend.
We came within a hare's whisker of booking Jo a flight to Dublin to join me this Saturday for St Patrick's Day in Dublin. I'm here for most of the week with work and as all the return flights back to Manchester were booked out for Friday afternoon/evening/night I had to book a flight out on Saturday - prompting a frenzied search for cheap flights and accommodation in Dublin this Saturday.
We were closing in on a fantastic deal (well the promise of a good time, at least) when we stopped to consider the prospect of spending our first weekend in 5 (or only our 3rd weekend since arriving in Manchester on the 4th of November... 20 weeks(!) ) at home in Manchester alone.
So that's the plan - at least till something else comes up...
( St Patrick's Day in Dublin would have been sooo good! I'm working on finding somewhere that will serve me a Guinness before my 9.30am flight )
We came within a hare's whisker of booking Jo a flight to Dublin to join me this Saturday for St Patrick's Day in Dublin. I'm here for most of the week with work and as all the return flights back to Manchester were booked out for Friday afternoon/evening/night I had to book a flight out on Saturday - prompting a frenzied search for cheap flights and accommodation in Dublin this Saturday.
We were closing in on a fantastic deal (well the promise of a good time, at least) when we stopped to consider the prospect of spending our first weekend in 5 (or only our 3rd weekend since arriving in Manchester on the 4th of November... 20 weeks(!) ) at home in Manchester alone.
So that's the plan - at least till something else comes up...
( St Patrick's Day in Dublin would have been sooo good! I'm working on finding somewhere that will serve me a Guinness before my 9.30am flight )
Monday, March 05, 2007
The Catchpoles...in Manchester
Last weekend was just fab...Steve and Sarah Catchpole came to visit us in Manchester. (they have just recently moved to London)...I can't tell you how fantastic it was to see two very missed, familiar faces...what's more...in Manchester.
It was such a full weekend, I feel I need a weekend to get over it...;)
Matt and I picked S&S up from the station Friday night and took them back to our abode in the city. After reminiscing and sharing excitement about seeing each other, we turned into bed with a great weekend planned.
On Saturday we drove North to Bradford and went to the National Museum of Photography, with eight floors to explore from the history of television, to the development of the 'camera' and of course, an IMAX. We took the opportunity to see a documentary "Deep Sea" at the IMAX. It was just amazing...words really couldn’t do the 3D images of sea creatures I had never heard of, justice.
Stephen also showed us why he stayed in consulting and didn't take that job as a Weatherman... very funny :-)
Later that evening, Catchy and Sarah took us out to cocktails and dinner at a restaurant in Manchester City called 'Room'. Thank you guys! We had such a ball: excellent atmosphere & service, amazing food & wine and priceless company.... (is that all a bit cheesy..?) We went via Tesco for chocolate and ice cream to accompany a movie, augmented by the lunar eclipse around midnight.
On Sunday, we took S&S to our new church, which as always, was a fantastic service.
After hitting up the sales, we parted S&S at Piccadilly Station, however...only to London, not all the way back to Sydney. What a blessing it is to have friends so close! We really look forward to seeing our familar face friends very soon indeed.
It was such a full weekend, I feel I need a weekend to get over it...;)
Matt and I picked S&S up from the station Friday night and took them back to our abode in the city. After reminiscing and sharing excitement about seeing each other, we turned into bed with a great weekend planned.
On Saturday we drove North to Bradford and went to the National Museum of Photography, with eight floors to explore from the history of television, to the development of the 'camera' and of course, an IMAX. We took the opportunity to see a documentary "Deep Sea" at the IMAX. It was just amazing...words really couldn’t do the 3D images of sea creatures I had never heard of, justice.
Stephen also showed us why he stayed in consulting and didn't take that job as a Weatherman... very funny :-)Later that evening, Catchy and Sarah took us out to cocktails and dinner at a restaurant in Manchester City called 'Room'. Thank you guys! We had such a ball: excellent atmosphere & service, amazing food & wine and priceless company.... (is that all a bit cheesy..?) We went via Tesco for chocolate and ice cream to accompany a movie, augmented by the lunar eclipse around midnight.
On Sunday, we took S&S to our new church, which as always, was a fantastic service.
After hitting up the sales, we parted S&S at Piccadilly Station, however...only to London, not all the way back to Sydney. What a blessing it is to have friends so close! We really look forward to seeing our familar face friends very soon indeed.
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