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Update of stuff and nonsense...
Ok, so I know I haven't posted in a while. I've not been terribly motivated as life is very peaceful and uneventful at the moment ( Read more... ) -
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I am now the proud posessor of a shiney hand-me-down iPod touch. Apparently I can post to LJ using this app. If you can see this, it's worked (and you have very good taste in blogs ;] ). I doubt I'll be using it often as it's tedious as trout to type on this rediculous little keypad. :P
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So I am finally in Perth, settling into my new home ( Read more... ) -
Of things and stuff:
If you're ever in London, be sure to go to the Camden Lock Markets ( Read more... ) -
Things I have learned:
- The Australians have Australia Day, the Americans have the 4th of July, but the British have no such day. They don't know exactly when they were founded and haven't declared any particular day to celebrate their country, so by some strange default, we come to the last night of the Proms. The Proms are a series of concerts that take place over the ( Read more... ) -
Edinburgh and beyond:
Things I have learned ( Read more... ) -
Quite a bit has happened in the past week...
...and I've lost two of my pages of notes...Lets see if I can remember everything up to Edinburgh ( Read more... ) -
Things I have learned:
- The city of Bath used to be known as 'Aquae Sulis,' Sulis was the godess believed to have made/reside in the natural hot spring there. It's the only hot spring in the UK, and it's still hot, steamy, and bubbling happily after a few thousand years. It tastes like a particularly robust brand of tap water, however. You get a glass-full free with a ( Read more... ) -
I forgot to mention:
The night before last I dreamed I was a deposed monarch all night. Apparently I and my deceased parents were found washed up on the shore. The lady knew my parents were dead royalty when a flock of swallows flew from their mouths. So I grew up knowing I was royal and that people were out to get me. It was weird ( Read more... ) -
Things I have learned:
- Cornish Pasties are delicious! You fold a circle of flaky pastry around a filling of thin cut potatoes and seasoned beef to form a half-moon with a thick crust at the curved edge. The tin miners in the Cornwall region would bring these for their lunch down in the mines. They would hold them by the thick crust, eat all the rest, then throw the ( Read more... )