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October 01 BelgiumIm in Belgium at the moment to please dont mind the lack of grammer since it is too hard to use their keyboards
Paris was awesome; so awesome in fact im going to be spending 3 nights there again at the end of my europe circuit The first night made some mates and went and hanged out around the eiffle tower Next day did the big tourist thing and went to the louvre; walked through the garden and down the champs-elysees and went up the arc of triomphe After lunch went to the place of de la bastille then to n up Notre Dame We planned to also go in to ste-chapelle and the conciergerie but they were closed due something to do wit alot of police: Went bak to the louvre later that night went back and up the eiffle tower: Next day caught a train and spent the day getting to and lookin around and drinkin champaign in the gardens n palace of Versailles which was utterly amazing In Belgium ive been to the TinTin shop and a few churchs seen Christs blood and went up the bell tower at 12 wen 40 something bells were ringing also had a couple of waffles: please leave a comment cos this was bloody painful to write on this keyboard love u all; love megs ps: m a z q w x are all out of place on the keyoboard as well as ALL grammer n symbols so i wasnt jokin bout wantin comments September 10 PHOTO UPDATE :DCornwall - The first lot of photos comprise of Launceston Castle, Boscastle, and Tintagel (and King Arthur's Castle). As well as a few photos of Em and I at the 2 different beaches while down in Cornwall.
PHOTOS - Lots and Lots of Photos!!!!Hi Everybody.
I am really sorry that I have not been updating lately. BUT I have decided to make it up to you by taking the time to upload and title a heap of photos from the last month or so. So the first lot are a few of the photos from the 3 trips I made in to London by myself; while I was staying in Guildford with Chris Hall (You will note that he is in none of these photos because he chicken and won't stay still for a photo!!!!) The next lot of Photos are from my week in Cyprus! So alot of water and photos looking like i am burnt.... but I am not!!!!! lol I promise I didn't get burnt. I actually started to turn brown; which I have been safely continued while I have been staying with Denise. We have literally had a heatwave the last week or so. It started off slow to me... but I will admit it did get quite hot near the end of the week. The photos after that are of Lichfield and of Phillip and Teresa's house. There is also a few photos from when I went to Chester with Phil, Teresa, Linda and Tom. And last but not least photos from the last week, hanging out with Tom, Matt and Emily. Well I hope to update again soon; hopefully once I come back from Cornwall.
Talk to you all soon... PLEASE leave comments hehehehe Lots of Love Megan PS. Thanks Karen for the message. I did try one drink while I was at the Walkabout, I think it was called a Raspberry Ripple. But I plan to go back there to take some of Alex's mates so they can try real Australian beer. It is really freaky that they actually have Fosters on tape in every pub here. P.S.S I have burnt one CD of photos that I will hopefully be sending home soon. It has over 600 photos on it :D July 15 Long Time No UpdateWell I haven't done a update for awhile. So I figure I would. *Photos will hopefully be coming soon - crosses fingers in hope - * Well I had my week in Cyprus; which was AWESOME!!!! Heaps of SUN and SWIMMING, so I was extremely happy. Especially since I have tan lines again! Plus I also got to see the Tomb of the Kings and Paphos Castle. So I really did have a awesome time. However it was a HUGE.... &*&£%$ Shame about the Aussies in the World Cup!!!!!! I am back in Birmingham at the moment while Mel is working in Guildford in Surrey. I am thinking about getting a job in Sutton Coldfield.... but not completely sure yet. See what happens. Mostly try and get a pub job. Been seeing alot more family, which has been good. Went to a place called Chester the other day with Phillip, Teresa, Linda and Tom. The town had really weird but kind of funky streets. Cos the streets had two levels of shops; that was on the street. Hard to explain... maybe I got a photo I can use later to show why it was kool. Anyway.....catch you all laterz -Megs June 08 Week 3Hello Australia from Guildford, Surrey, England! I know my Week 3 update is a little late (which my mum will be happy to tell me atleast 3 times over) but I haven't really had the chance to get on the internet for enough time to type out a few blog entries. Before we left Birmingham, we went to the Gay Pride Festival, which was ummmm very colourful. That weekend had been a bank holiday, so most the town was out to see it. We left B'ham on the Tuesday and took the bus/coach to Victoria,London, than another bus to Guildford. We had left at 7.30am, and arrived in Guildford just before 1pm. Just another example of how bad the transport system really is in this country. Wenesday, Matt, Chris Hall's younger brother gave us a tour around Guildford. On the Friday, I went in to London by myself, to take a look around since I was dying to see Big Ben again. Yet as typical London weather, it was extremely over cast. The tourist on the other hand did not really faulter despite the weather. In fact I believe they are another type of breed of human. Since i do not see the point of waiting around the Gate leading in to Downing street in hopes of seeing somebody important. It is like a scene out of a comic strip. Box1. The Grumpy guard at the gate. The tourists bobbing up and down with a zillion cameras at ready. Box 2. The gates open and out zooms several important looking cars. Cameras flashing everywhere. Box3. And the truth is revealed. EVERY CAR HAS COMPLETELEY TINTED WINDOWS! And for all these dumb tourists know, they could be taking a photo of the toilet cleaner from one of the buildings.....the gates close and a new lot of people wait to see more boring cars. On the Saturday, Mel and I went to the Medieval Festival in Loseley. The market place was awesome...and bankrupt me. And we got to see actual jousting. Not some set up jousting, actual competition. Which was pretty kool to see, just like it was right out of A Knight's Tale......with the lack of Heath Ledgers. We have also been enjoying the very small walk to the nearest pub....literally down the road every couple of nights. I'm sorry the photos this week are not that interesting. I'll try to do better this coming week....since we might be going to Bath on Friday. Lots of Love, Megan May 29 Week 2This week has been no where near as busy as the last; since we slacked off alot!!!! But we did pick up our game at the end of the week, with acting like proper tourists on Thursday and visiting Birmingam's library, as well as the foutain thingie, and the Wheel. And we found the Aussie bar, called WalkAbout. May 23 A Week's Update!30 something hours of travelling!
The plane trip was quite uneventful. Started off from Melbourne to Singapore without any trouble; with the exception of the games not working on our TV screens. However I did meet a nice older greek lady named Maria. (She had been on a plane 3 times before this, and lived in Melbourne and has many family and friends there. However she visits Greece every so often since her sister still lives there.) She seemed quite impressed with our manners and got a photo with me to keep. Singapore was quite warm even at 1am in the morning. We got off for a 30min walk and discovered not many shops were opened. We all returned to the plane and tried as hard as possible to fall asleep to pass the time. But we arrived in Dubai in sunlight and was amazed with the landscape. It was so different to see the flat houses and white brick. As well as the forever desert. The duty free was awesome. Yet Dubai brought us our first real problem. Since our planed became delayed by about 2 hours. (Yet that was our only real problem, as since it really actuallty put us about hour behind it was no real big deal.) Instead we got a shuttle bus to the plane on the run way, and the air was really hot. But it was pretty cool to see everything from the view of the shuttle bus. Mel and I did manage to take a few photos from the plane of Iran's mountains. Surprise Surprise, flying into Manchester it was raining. A typical English welcoming.
Movies watched on the Plane: Narnia
Rumour Has It Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (mainly listening to music, such as James Blunt, Kayne West and Black Eyed Peas) The Week So Far! Monday: Arrived at 2pm, stayed awake for dinner then fell asleep.
Tuesday: Walked in to Sutton Coldfield to have a look around at the shops. At night we went down to the local pub and then for dinner had fish n chips! Wednesday: Went for a walk around Sutton Park. Went into Birmingham, to the Bullring (which is like a shopping mall, such as Chadstone, maybe not as big, and the shopping 'malls' here do not really have food courts.) with Alex and his girlfriend, Abigail. Thursday: Chris (Hall, the cricketer that acts as my big brother) meet Mel and I at the Bullring. Than we went with him back to Worcester where we got to see his uni. We ended up having a night at Worcester with him and some of his uni mates. (We became friends with 3 girls, Kat, Holly and Clare, from all different parts of the UK. ) So we started the night at a pub (which serve pitchers!), then back to the uni, to the uni pub called the dive, then to a club called vibe then another club called sin.
Friday: Mel and I made the achievement of finding our way back from Worcester via train to Birmingham, stop over at the Bullring and then back to Sutton Coldfield, then walking home all by ourselves. That night we went out for dinner for Allex's 18th Birthday, with Martin, Jayne and Abigail (and of course Alex). Then meeting up with a few of Alex's mates at a pub. They had been there all day since it was their last day of school. Saturday: Went for a small walk around Sutton to look at phone plans. Mel went to the Taking Back Sunday concert, Jayne went out with a friend and Alex and Abigail went to Alex's formal ball. So Martin and I attempted to watch Eurovision and ended up watching Domino. Sunday: Woke up about 8am, called Danny back at home (and found out the SAINTS had WON) then i went back to bed till about 12ish. Dor and Fred came over for family lunch and we watched the soccer.
MONDAY A WEEK LATER: Today has been a real slow day, catching up with emails and friends and writing blogs. But we plan to go out and see the Da Vinci Code tonight. I hope everybody is well back at home. Take Care! Hope to hear from you soon. Lots of Love, -Megs May 17 Safe in EnglandHi Evereyone! I just thought I better write an update letting everyone know that Mel and I arrived safely in England. At the moment we are staying in Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield. So at the moment we are over our jet lag and just adjusting to the place. So I'll write more soon! Hopw everyone is well, talk soon Love Megs |
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