England & Scotland

Some long overdue pictures from time with the family around England and our trip up to Edinburgh.

Happy Christmas!

A few quick pictures to wish everyone happy christmas as I celebrate here in London with my parents!

Cornwall!

I spent a lovely weekend down in Cornwall, staying in St Ives.  The best way to describe Cornwall to my mind is a rustic, rugged Cape Cod.  The towns are small with lost of personality - but build into cliffs and inlets which lend a much more wild feel.

While there I took advantage of some day hikes along the coast, visited Lands Ends (the point of England closes to the US), Penzance and St Michel's Mount.

Thanksgiving Pictures!

Since I'm so horribly late in posting.  I'll just share a few pictures from the fantastic Thanksgiving dinner that was thrown in Wales (for 'the american') a few weeks ago.

Also to kick off the weekend a few of us went to the Wales v Samoa rugby game in Cardiff - here's my with my friend Ryan who jumped over from DC for the weekend!

Sunset...

Most people wouldn't say they love London for the sunsets...but I would rank them up there with my favorites in the world :-)

The little things...

I haven't had much excitement to share lately...life has been enjoyably quiet :-)  The next few weeks will provide increased entertainment so I promise more blogs soon.  In the meantime...something that have made me smile:

* The gypsies are moving in...yup, the radiator factory is now in a court battle to prevent the gypsies from settling in the park next door (doesn't this mean they're no longer gypsies then?!)  The real problem? the gypsy horses keep getting lose in the pallet yard...

* The owner of the parent company of the factory was put in jail yesterday (even longer story)...and the "townsfolk" were so upset by this fact that they've barricaded the town so no one can go to work.  Sadly this is at the Ireland location (we're still working in Wales!)...but seriously?!

* Word of the day = 'tidy': slang in Wales for "nice job" or "well done"

BubbleDogs!...and Parliament...

I know I know - I've been quite for much too long.  I should probably have more to say besides a rave review for a new London restaurant...but in reality, BubbleDogs was that much fun :-)

A new spot in London, BubbleDogs (as you can see above) is hot dogs and Champagne (yes, with veggie dogs for anyone curious why I went).  It was a fun vibe and I highly recommend if you're in the area.

I also toured Parliament last weekend - which, doesn't quite compare to BubbleDogs but was also fun and interesting ;-)  For anyone curious (and thinking there are similarities), the same architect was involved in Parliament and Highclere Castle (where they film Downtown Abbey).