Week 44 2012 In Pictures (Oct 29 – Nov 4)

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Week 44 is from Monday October 29, 2012 until (and including) Sunday November 4, 2012 This week Katja grappled with a giant platypus, I made some nommy cake, and we all travelled down to London where naturally I visited Loop. 20121029 – The *only* way to deal with a giant platypus… 20121031 – Time for [...]

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Christian snapped this pic of Katja and I while we were walking around Cragside, an amazing house and estate in the north of England. Katja absolutely loved the trees and most of the time we couldn’t get her to look anywhere except up. This has to be my favourite picture from the entire weekend.

Yesterday’s Rubbish is Today’s Treasure

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Found this display of bits of old pottery from I believe Roman times, or thereabouts in the museum at Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders. I admire archaeologists – I would probably toss out most of this as “junk”, especially when it’s caked in mud.

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Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders

How to Organise a Wedding in Just 2.5 Days

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Well, it wasn’t really 2.5 days – truth be told we first popped into the city offices to start the process way back in December. We were given a list of all the items that I would need to provide in order to get married in Germany. The plan at that stage was to be [...]

A Special Birthday Surprise

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Christian gave me an extra special birthday this year – not only is my present a trip for later (to Venice – yay!) but he also proposed. He presented me with this gorgeous cocktail ring – we’ll choose the “real” ring together later and had arranged for a stunning bunch of roses. I said yes [...]

Farewell Ireland

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After 6 years in Ireland I’ve decided that the weather here just isn’t up to the advertised standard. So I’m headed off to Scotland, where I’m told that they have good, proper to-the-bones cold. When I first arrived in Ireland I knew nothing about the place except for what I’d seen on the news or [...]

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