Missy & Geoff: June 2006

Kelly's Cakes

Happy Birthday Kelly !!!!!!!! Lucky girl got two wishes :)

Still a tourist in London

Still feel like a bit of a tourist here (as you can see by the pics), but slowly is fading as was slightly embarrassed to get my camera out at these places. Pics are; Me and Geoff our first night out in London (met some contiki ppl at Walkabout in Shepards Bush, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Me on Millenium Bridge (Ange took me to the Tate Modern Art Gallery on Sunday, was pretty cool), and Me outside the Ritz.

Having a blast over here, only one more week till we move into our flat, very excited. Tanz, Karl, Dan and Kelly and also Ange and Philip have been so great having us to stay all this time. We are moving about 5 mins walk from Tanz and Karl in Clapham North.

Geoff went on a boozy boys weekend to Swansea this weekend just gone, but typical boy didn't take any pics so you'll have to email him if you want some goss or to hear how his weekend was. Have booked a weekend in Ireland (Me, Geoff and Ange) at beginning of August to stay with one of Ange's friends there so looking forward to that.

Geoff has a job and is working hard, i'm still looking but hopefully will have some luck soon. :)

Mixing with the rich and famous......

Pic of girls; Suzie, Manini, Me and Ange.
Was lucky enough to score an entrance to the Black Eyed Peas after party on Friday night. (Big ups to Manini ! her boyfriend Rob was an organiser of the night) We arrived about 11pm after drinks at Manini's place and were ushered in the main entrance (there was a HUGE line of people waiting outside, felt so special ! hehe) and given champagne (thank you Rob). It was a wicked night :) Unfortunately the black eyed peas didn't play but here's my awesome pic of Will I am (one of the black eyed peas) which I was on a high all night from getting such a good one! hehe

Got home about 5am, it was completely light and looked like 5pm! Here's the gourgeous sunrise from Ange's bedroom window.

Greece (Malia)

Spent a week in Greece with Ange and had such a cool time. Everyone there was so friendly, if a little different to what we're used to. We stayed at the island of Crete (down below the main island of Greece), in Malia, in a cute little resort. 10 mins walking distance to Malia township, Stalis or the beach. Spent the first few days wandering around, getting our bearings and trying the local cuisine (the portions were always so big that I could never finish, the waitor would always look concerned and ask "what happened?" or "what is that? would you like me to save it for you till tomorrow?" hehe).

Went to a Greek evening where there was greek music, dinner and dancing. We jumped on the stage for a bit of a dance at one stage, great night.We took a boat to the island of Spinalonga for the day, it was where the lepars were sent back in the day, quite interesting. Then a short boat trip to another cute lil island where we could swim andhad a BBQ before heading back to Malia.Spent a few afternoons at the beach where I experienced my first topless sunbathing session.......interesting but very liberating! Water was crystal clear and so warm. Had to spare a thought for you all back home where the sunshine sounds a bit absent at the moment.

On our last full day we took a cruise boat to the island of Santorini (4 hours there and 4 hours back), awesome boat ride, there was a pool on it, 5 decks high and a dining room where we had brekkie and dinner on the way back. What a gourgeous island! We got to ride a donkey which was a bit of a giggle and not so good for the blood pressue as we didn't have anything to hold onto except the saddle and they once you were on the donkey they just let you go (you can tell we are not true farmgirls!). Had lunch at the top of the island, spectacular views.The night life was ....interesting. A bit horey, pole dancers and the like but interesting all the same. So much alcohol for such a small fee, for 10 euro me and ange got 6 shots and 6 drinks. Being in Greece you would think the whole kebab on the way home at 3 in the morning would be a great idea, not so. They come with heaps of chicken, chips (yes fries!) and mayonnaise. No salad or anything they were pretty gross.

Netherlands

Switzerland

Me sliding down the mountain.

The Ice sculptures were amazing.

Went up the Jungrau mountain in Switzerland, it took two hours to get up there by this little train (see pic) which was a slow but scenic ride up the mountain. We layered up because it was so cold. My favourite bits were the ice cave - i love ice sculptures but had never seen a real life one- they had eskimos, igloos and pigeons etc, so gourgeous. My other favourite part of the day was sliding down the mountain on big blue discs, very fun! I also got to pat a really cute husky dog (unfortunately the day we were there you couldn't ride on a sledge with them). Took a packed lunch up and sat with Tim and Holly (see pic) and ate our lunch looking at the best view ever!

On the way back from Jungfrau Geoff and I decided to have local cuisine, beer and fondue. It was the best fondue I've ever had and made so much better by the atmosphere and mountain views (we were literally sitting surrounded by mountains covered with snow and a big waterfall.).

see pic up top.

Austria

my fav exhibition at the Crystal Museum, awesome
pics of Geoff's paragliding to come...........

Germany

Venice

Rome - Contiki

Arrived in Rome in the afternoon and had a 'walking tour' of the Coleseum and the ruins, quite boring as we were all stinking hot and our tour guide had a very thick accent so hard to understand. Was quite surreal standing outside the colesseum though. We then met our tour guide who gave us an 'illegal' tour ( you have to be a registered guide to be able to stand outside a landmark and talk about it to people) of Trevi Fountain, we threw a coin in and then headed to the nearest gelati shop to satisfy our new favourite thing!

Caught the metro into town today for a full day sightseeing. Waited in line for the vatican for so long but got to see the Sinstine chapel then Geoff and I headed straight for the Colesseum, this time to go inside and we were both completely overwhelmed by it.

Missy & Geoff

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Kelly's Cakes

Monday, June 19, 2006

Still a tourist in London

Mixing with the rich and famous......

Greece (Malia)

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Netherlands

Switzerland

Austria

Germany

Monday, June 05, 2006

Venice

Rome - Contiki

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