And B is for Birthday
Thursday, August 31st, 2006Ella, Will, Susie and Rich came round to celebrate Ella’s birthday this evening. Much fun was had and eating of cake completed. A few photos can be found in the photo gallery.
Ella, Will, Susie and Rich came round to celebrate Ella’s birthday this evening. Much fun was had and eating of cake completed. A few photos can be found in the photo gallery.
Caught the ‘Oxford Tube’ today. It’s not actually a tube but it does go to Oxford so I guess it’s not false advertising. It rained ominously on the way there and when we arrived it was bucketing it down. It cleared up in time for me to go punting. Punting is a interesting pastime. It […]
Went to Notting Hill Carnival today and it was as crowded, drunken and generally horrid as it had been described. As I couldn’t really see anything, I left and went and hung out in a sweet little tea shop called the muffin man in Kensington and ate cream tea and read Germaine Greer and Oscar […]
A wonderfully lazy day today, I mooched around London breathing in the atmosphere. Had my first experience of Portobello Market – wow what a place! Where to start describing! The colours, the people, the smells, the sounds… ok I give up! I wandered to Kensington and had a quick look at the palace – still […]
I’ve been attempting to look at exciting photography courses to do in London. So far I haven’t actually succeeded and so might have to delegate the task. I went to the Tate Modern yesterday – saw a Jackson Pollack, Monet and Rothko all in the same room and it was good. I think I’m falling […]
Am very pleased with myself becuase I have added a new page to my website. See www.suzishimwell.net/Norwich for the shiny new page! I was inspired by all the travelling and using of travel guides to collate some useful information on Norwich, so any info for or comments on this page would be very welcome as […]
My first full day back in England. It was lovely to chill out and not rush anywhere or see anything! I’ve barely done anything except crawl out of the house to buy fruit and other necessities such as biscuits, watch bad films and hang out with friends. I spent a pleasant evening dividing my time […]
Clearly a slice of heaven: view from top of hill in San Gimignano Well I’m back in sunny England. It’s so good to be home in front of a computer that I’m not quite sure what to do! 3 weeks of Internet deprivation was hard, but what I missed most was books. Being such sensible […]
Woke up very early (7am!) and after eating a hasty breakfast I legged it to the Galleria del Accademia to see David. I was the first there about 7.30 and it was lovely to miss the place because there were no queues outside! Luckily despite walking past it several times I managed to be the […]
Florence is nice for a city. It is busy with people in the way London is busy with traffic. There is lots going on in the Piazza and around the Ponte Vecchio, artists, street entertainers, hawkers, musicans etc. My plan to live off pizza has folded after 1 day and I ate salad yesterday, but […]