Sunday, June 17, 2012

Bristol

So sorry I havn't been updating on this blog as much as I should be. It's not that nothing's been happening (loads has been happening), I just couldn't be bothered most of the time.
Yes, I know, I'm lazy, but it's true.
So here's a not-so-in-depth update on what's been going on.

First of all, since my last update, we have moved from France (Carcassonne and Gruisson), to England (Bristol).
A strawberry tart in Gruisson.


Where we were staying in Gruisson, the owners had four cats.
Well, one cat and three kittens, that is. 



And now for Bristol. Our first night we ate at a curry place called the Take 5 Cafe. It has five options of curry, all for five pounds each. And the food is amazing! Just beautiful. I recommend it if you're ever in Bristol, and happen to love a good curry. It has three veggie options (two of which are vegan) and two meat options.
Another place I would recommend is the Bristol Raj. Yet another curry place! (I LOVE CURRY!!!)





It is so awesome. I seriously love it. It also has quite a few vegan and veggie options.
And if you're thinking: 'Been there, done that'... Well... You'll know how I feel then...
Pure satisfaction...
Anyway, we're staying in this flat for another night....
Then guess what. We're moving out. On monday. For the airport.
We are going to see the DOGGIES!!!! At home!!!! In case you havn't realised, I am super duper excited.
But it's a two day plane trip. England is a long, long way from home.
Home, here we come!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Carcassonne... Again!

We have left the place we stayed in for two weeks and are in Carcassonne for one night. Then we move further south and stay in a gite (pronounced jeet) for a few nights. We stayed at a place in Bordeux last night, which was really quite cramped, but it was fine for the night. We have stayed in the hotel we are in now before, when we were in Carcassonne a few weeks ago. It's called 'Hotel Balladins'. It's really quite a nice place. Free Internet, not massive rooms (but big enough to not feel cramped) and en-suite (I feel like I'm doing a review here :P). The boulangerie - patisserie is literally across the road, so there's fresh bread there. And a short drive to the Carcassonne Medieval City! Here are some pictures from when we went there last time:




I also drew a picture of the two dogs from where we were staying a couple of days ago. I left it for them so they could keep it.


I made it big because it was a bit hard to see when it was small. It's also not a great picture as we don't have a scanner when we are on holiday! ;)



Friday, June 01, 2012

Update

Here is what has been going on for the past week or so. So sorry I haven't been posting, but I haven't really had much internet where we're staying at the moment. When we do get internet, though, it's only briefly so not enough time to post.
Anyway, here's what's been happening:

We are in France at the moment (you might have realised that from my last post). We have been all the way from Charente down to the Pyrenees. Here are just some pictures:

Here is the weather comparison from England to France.

England:


France:


 The Canal du Midi in Carcassonne.


I found a cat for you.


A covered market.


The most hilarious place in France:


No editing was done to the above photo. :P And yes we passed through Condom...

So now we are staying somewhere for two weeks. It has no internet, but we have a wireless dongle that we use when we go for a drive.
Another added bonus at this place is the owners have two dogs. They come for a few hours every morning.
I'm not sure if I've spelt these names right, but I've tried.

Flidais (pronounced flea-day):




d'Artagnan (pronounced dar-tang-nya, or the same as the three musketeers):




We have another 8 days where we are now, so don't expect too many more updates!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

This Place is Dog HEAVEN!!!

One of the reasons I love France...
There. Are. Dogs. EVERYWHERE!!!
Seriously. From the moment I arrived here.
There was a dog in the airport. Not a guide dog, a normal dog. We went to eat at a Cafe. There was a dog in there. On the way to the cafe. LOADS of dogs.




Rosy the border terrier.

It's so cool!!!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

More Updates and a Catch-up

So first of all I'm going to post up a few pictures from Kuala Lumpur that I forgot to put up.

Twin towers at night...


Twin towers at day...


And the hotel view at day...


I had some Henna decorated on my arm. It's perty. :)


Now to the updates for England. First of all the weather...
A lovely English day, only a few rainy sessions, so just beautiful. High winds, so be careful to not end up with the birds.


Here's a wheel were you can go on it. I didn't, but other people did.


These were speakers where you plug in your ipod. They were so cute!

My friend loves ducks, so I took a picture of the duck one for her.


And the doggie one for me... Coz I love dogs... ;)


The docks.


Then we went to the Beatles museum type thing. I was actually really cool. They re-made all the key places for the Beatles and stuff.



Apple advertising :P

Look who's joined the apple club now! End a meal with an apple. It's natures toothbrush.

A room for John Lennon.


Then we went out and saw this blind man busking. He had his seeing eye dog with him. Of course, me being a softie we gave them more money than usual. I mean, those eyes are just irresistable! ;)



We weren't sure what breed he was, because of his colouring. Maybe he was a lab, I dunno. What do you think?

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

England

We are now in Liverpool, England. The journey was a total of about 13 hours. The first flight was 6 hours, the second about 7. It was ok. It was a good break in-between flights so that made a big difference.
As we got into our flat type thing, a seagull landed on our window sill. But it was no normal seagull, it was MASSIVE!!! Well, normal for England, but I swear that no where else has such big seagulls. Kinda scary, actually.


With scary eyes...


Ok maybe not so scary...;)
As I went to use the computer, I plugged in the mouse. It didn't work. So I beat it up. Then it worked. :P Just thought you might find that funny, because I did. Maybe it got scared.

Ok enough of the scary post...

Bet you have nightmares tonight...

Since I haven't seen any cats yet (I'm sorry for the disappointment everyone... :P) I thought I would draw a picture of one to make up for it. I'm sure I'll see some soon, but to make up for the lack of photos so far, here it is:
A bit rough, but I guess it'll do.






And that's a straw it's chewing... :D

Sunday, May 06, 2012

Batu Caves

Today we went to a trip to the Batu Caves. It wasn't mostly the caves that were awesome, but the stuff around it. Or, the leading up to it! To get into the caves, you have to climb up a heap of steps. And when I say a heap, I mean a HEAP. And when I say a HEAP, I mean TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO!!! But it wasn't that hard. I'm just trying to make a big deal about it. :P


At least they were pretty. With pretty rails. And pretty lights. And pretty... caves?
Anyway. The caves were pretty. :)


 These were the statues before you went into the caves.



 Close-up.


 CHICKENS. IN CAVES.



 And the best of the best of the best of animals... DOGS. IN CAVES.
But not so good... a hungry doggie which looked like she had puppies... Poor doggie.


 A not-so-hungry doggie with not a care in the world.


 And then some more awesome animals (because they're all awesome but some are more awesome than others) MONKEYS. NOT IN CAVES BUT EATING MY BANANAS. :))




 Then we drank out of a slightly frozen and under-ripe coconut. It was tasty. :)


 Even the monkeys liked it. ;)


So the Batu Caves were pretty awesome. Maybe if you one day want to visit Kuala Lumpur you could go there and have your miniature bananas stolen by CHEEKY MONKEYS!!! :D