Sunday, October 16, 2005

The photos

Here are a few pics from our recent trip. Enjoy!

We're generally going well. I'm back at uni and studying hard, and Nick is working, but less hard that normal (thank goodness!). We visited Nat and Peter at their new place last night, and ate at a great Nepalese restaurant. Nick's mobile has given up the ghost, so if you've been trying to contact him on it, don't think that he's been ignoring you! Otherwise, there's not much news, just the usual.

Hope everyone is well.

Love Laura


The barrel roon at Leoville Barton Posted by Picasa


Grapes! Posted by Picasa


Chateaux Margaux Posted by Picasa


Bordeaux Posted by Picasa


San Sebastian Posted by Picasa


The Guggenheim in Bilbao Posted by Picasa


Gaudi's Parc Guell Posted by Picasa


Traditional dance during the Le Merce festival Posted by Picasa


The Castells in Barcelona Posted by Picasa


The Berlin Wall Posted by Picasa


The dome of the Reichstag Posted by Picasa


The tent going nuts! Posted by Picasa


Nick and our new friends (in Lederhosen!) Posted by Picasa


Nick, York and Bernhard Posted by Picasa

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Back to the real world

Well, Nick and I arrived back from the second leg of our European vacation on Sunday, a little worse for wear following 5 hours at the Oktoberfest! We started both work and uni yesterday, and are gradually getting back into the swing of London again. It is actually good to be home, as much as we loved travelling, we missed little things like being able to cook dinner, sleeping in a double bed and having our own bathroom.

The highlights of this part of our trip include:
- Tasting Mouton Rothschild in Bordeaux;
- Experiencing part of vintage at Vieux Chateau Certain, and tasting the wine, complete with me spilling a glass all over myself!;
- Singing dirty dancing with Steve and Karin!;
- Tapas in San Sebastian;
- The Guggenheim in Bilboa, particularly the modern sculpture by Richard Serra;
- Our entire time spent in Barcelona (especially the human castles, Miro, Ben Lee in concert and the fire parade (totally nuts!));
- Lousie and York, Pergamon museum, Schnitzel, currywurst and beer, the Jewish Museum and the Jewish memorial in Berlin;
- Oktoberfest in Munich (complete with white sausage and lots of singing and dancing!)

Hope this gives you a flavour of what we've done.
I'm sure Nick will have a lot more to say, but most probably with a significant delay!

Hope everyone is well,
Laura