Legless!!!
No I haven't become an alcoholic...
I haven't fallen into an abyss...
I haven't forgotten about all of you!!!
But yes I'm legless in the sense that after 11 countriesm 16 flights, 14 airports and far too many horrible inflight meals, I have arrived at my final destination - Victoria, Canada and have been here for nigh on 3 weeks now.
Apologies for not emailing sooner, but life for the last few weeks has been convoluted with such mundane but essential matters such as setting up bank and telephone accounts, buying food and then the plates to eat it off, getting to grips with a different university system....and of course attending various law school social events such as beach days, tramps (or 'hikes' as they call them here), IMAX screenings, wine & cheese evenings and harbour cruises – all important for my educational pursuits here!
All in all I think I have essentially sorted life out...for my Canada days at least.
But before I tell you all "aboooot" Canada - what about the rest of the Jen & Tee's Culinary World Tour I hear you say! What of the conquer-age, conquer-ation...our conquest of the anglophile part of Europe and then some (NY)?!
Since I have left these updates so late this really ensures that I tell you about the best bits.
1) LONDON - Good vibes all round
Loved the multi-cultural vibe of the city and the fact that there was soooo much going on, so much to do!
What comes to mind...
- Relief from being in temperatures of a humane level again (no need for 3 showers a day) and being able to understand what everyone was saying again!
- 5-star accomodation at Jane & Megan’s trendy Balham apartment (and here I was informed by Megan our resident Canadian source of info, that Victoria was a nice place but also has the highest Satanists per capita - okayyyyyy good!)
- Discovering cider...discovering pints are HUGE!
- Free nights out c/o Jenny’s rich London lawyer friends – it’s good to be connected (especially with well-paid London lawyers!)
- The sights: Buckingham Palace, The Tate Museum of Modern Art (favourite/most-entrancing exhibit was a video-picture of a bowl fruit decomposing slowly over 3 minutes...never realised it could be so interesting), Thames River (yucky dirty), Camden town with it’s eccentric markets and personalities (equivalent to Cuba St atmosphere and culture), Harrods (highlights were having £200 shoes on my feet – if only for a short time...and eating the most divine and sinful chocolatey chocolate fondue)
- Getting used to being stolen from every meal we ate (or the feeling of being stolen from when we paid – lunches where on average NZ$15-20 ouchy)
- Laughing at being told to "Mind the gap!!!" on the subway EVERY single time we got on a train – the gap’s not that big anyway!
- Seeing my hero Stephen Gately (of Boyzone fame - the gay one) in his first musical...more than half-price tickets, near front-row seats and seeing a pint-sized dainty Irish boy take on the role of the great Joseph - lets say the technicolour coat, and little skirts he had to wear suited him down to the tee! heehee
- Poms weren’t nearly as whiny as I’d heard they were
Conscious that this email is getting long, and also conscious that my flatmate Eva has just asked me to watch a video with her...
Therefore the next exciting installment will come a lil later (not too long I promise!)
Ohhh and before I forget, you can see my travels by photos.
Brizzy, Spore & Msia :
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=vjrceuf.8nbpd6qv&x=1&y=-xgi461
Prague :
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=vjrceuf.499g5uuf&x=1&y=sq983q
Paris:
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=vjrceuf.9jh95q9j&x=1&y=-lih7gr
I haven't fallen into an abyss...
I haven't forgotten about all of you!!!
But yes I'm legless in the sense that after 11 countriesm 16 flights, 14 airports and far too many horrible inflight meals, I have arrived at my final destination - Victoria, Canada and have been here for nigh on 3 weeks now.
Apologies for not emailing sooner, but life for the last few weeks has been convoluted with such mundane but essential matters such as setting up bank and telephone accounts, buying food and then the plates to eat it off, getting to grips with a different university system....and of course attending various law school social events such as beach days, tramps (or 'hikes' as they call them here), IMAX screenings, wine & cheese evenings and harbour cruises – all important for my educational pursuits here!
All in all I think I have essentially sorted life out...for my Canada days at least.
But before I tell you all "aboooot" Canada - what about the rest of the Jen & Tee's Culinary World Tour I hear you say! What of the conquer-age, conquer-ation...our conquest of the anglophile part of Europe and then some (NY)?!
Since I have left these updates so late this really ensures that I tell you about the best bits.
1) LONDON - Good vibes all round
Loved the multi-cultural vibe of the city and the fact that there was soooo much going on, so much to do!
What comes to mind...
- Relief from being in temperatures of a humane level again (no need for 3 showers a day) and being able to understand what everyone was saying again!
- 5-star accomodation at Jane & Megan’s trendy Balham apartment (and here I was informed by Megan our resident Canadian source of info, that Victoria was a nice place but also has the highest Satanists per capita - okayyyyyy good!)
- Discovering cider...discovering pints are HUGE!
- Free nights out c/o Jenny’s rich London lawyer friends – it’s good to be connected (especially with well-paid London lawyers!)
- The sights: Buckingham Palace, The Tate Museum of Modern Art (favourite/most-entrancing exhibit was a video-picture of a bowl fruit decomposing slowly over 3 minutes...never realised it could be so interesting), Thames River (yucky dirty), Camden town with it’s eccentric markets and personalities (equivalent to Cuba St atmosphere and culture), Harrods (highlights were having £200 shoes on my feet – if only for a short time...and eating the most divine and sinful chocolatey chocolate fondue)
- Getting used to being stolen from every meal we ate (or the feeling of being stolen from when we paid – lunches where on average NZ$15-20 ouchy)
- Laughing at being told to "Mind the gap!!!" on the subway EVERY single time we got on a train – the gap’s not that big anyway!
- Seeing my hero Stephen Gately (of Boyzone fame - the gay one) in his first musical...more than half-price tickets, near front-row seats and seeing a pint-sized dainty Irish boy take on the role of the great Joseph - lets say the technicolour coat, and little skirts he had to wear suited him down to the tee! heehee
- Poms weren’t nearly as whiny as I’d heard they were
Conscious that this email is getting long, and also conscious that my flatmate Eva has just asked me to watch a video with her...
Therefore the next exciting installment will come a lil later (not too long I promise!)
Ohhh and before I forget, you can see my travels by photos.
Brizzy, Spore & Msia :
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=vjrceuf.8nbpd6qv&x=1&y=-xgi461
Prague :
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=vjrceuf.499g5uuf&x=1&y=sq983q
Paris:
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=vjrceuf.9jh95q9j&x=1&y=-lih7gr
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