Expeditious Visits

June is nearly at an end and it has been a busy month, what with me being off work and everything..... the life of a loafer ain't all it's cracked up to be :)

As you might all know I've been off work recently and I'm counting down the months until I get back to the mighty NZ! Although there are many travels to accomplish before that - Italy, Spain, Scotland, Ireland, France, Egypt, Singapore and then Australia.

At the end of June, Danielle who is Melissa's cousin stayed for a couple of nights, she's not new to travelling and this was her completely independent mission, well that's what we were told :) So being in our a new apartment we were more than happy to put Danielle up and we showed her around three separate markets and a park in one day - Camden, Angel flower and Brick Lane markets as well as Regents park.

That night we rounded up ingredients for a fabulous mango daiquiri and it was scrumptious and a little alcoholic. Danielle was worn out that night and fell asleep during a Top Gear episode that was playing at a record number of decibels!

Although Danielle was a seasoned traveller she still had a little trouble with her monetary funds and called upon Melissa for assistance. That was after a discussion with her mother and I happened to hear the words 'things should just be simpler and easier'. Apparently banks these days don't accommodate for travellers that forget their pin.... shocking!

Well Melissa was all to happy to help however the story did the family rounds as Danielle's parents had to get in touch with Melissa's parents to get Melissa's bank details. Money was exchanged from Australia to Australia and from the UK to the UK.... now that was simple..... hmmm confused... I am :)

So Danielle has her London legs now and a bit of spare change in her pocket. There were a couple of close calls with the train and one missed however as Auntie Bev found out this is all to common a story in the UK.....

Which brings us to Harrods, I don't know how I get roped into all these shopping adventures but everyone tells me you must go here and there and do this and that.... Really... well... you know. Harrods was huge, Auntie Beverly and Bronwyn came along with us. The girls were really chuffed with Harrods and they only tortured me for a couple of hours all and all it wasn't too bad.

So Melissa and I showed the Southern girls how the tube worked and around Regents park. They were really impressed with the park and I think they were really impressed with Melissa too! After a load of sight seeing and eating Auntie Bev and Bronwyn had to catch a train up north late in the evening however as they found out, the trains aren't really all that reliable.

The train they were meant to go was delayed and at about 10:30pm they decided it wasn't leaving the platform so they came up to the King's Cross Palace and crashed out on the exclusive air bed and couch. Our flatmate Dan has been pulling out all the bedding for the folks, good stuff Dan.

In other news family members have been breaking their collar bones, sinking their boats, loosing rapid amounts of weight, cooking up storms and getting new jobs! For more information please contact the Director.