I introduced people to champagne and orange juice (well, prosecco and orange juice).
Friday, January 30, 2015
High Tea
After the trip to London it was time for high tea in Klosters! First time I tried to make scones and they turned out really well!
I introduced people to champagne and orange juice (well, prosecco and orange juice).
I introduced people to champagne and orange juice (well, prosecco and orange juice).
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Trip to London
After the wedding there hasn't been much happening. Thank you cards took a lot of time, and then preparation for Christmas (come and gone) in Canada. I need to post those pictures at some point too!
On the past weekend though Mic and I headed up to London to visit friends and see the city. We just happened to show up on the coldest weekend there yet!
First to visit was the Tower of London, with a tour of the grounds given by a Beefeater.
At the tower they keep ravens, although all but one were caged because they were bothered by the construction that was ongoing. This guy was hanging out on the lawn.
Julia for her closeup with the bridge that actually isn't London Bridge in the background (it's tower bridge).
Walking across the bridge with views of the city.
This was a lucky picture of the tower of London, the light hit it just right as we walked along the river.
A picture in front of the real (rebuilt anyway) globe theatre in London, we didn't go inside, but I was told you have to stand up in the center to watch the shows although there is seating around the edge.
While we walked along the river I was playing with camera settings.
We had a nice lunch in a market that I can't remember the name of. It was so nice to have such a variety of food, something that I am really missing in Switzerland. There's good food here but an international food scene it is not.
As we continued our walk I got an evening shot of Big Ben and the London Eye.
The next day we headed out to another market, lots and lots and lots of stalls in the old stables that used to be around the train station. Again, it was good eating at the food stalls! For dinner it was Malaysian like Banana Leaf in Vancouver, it has been many years since I've had Roti Canai, I thought about making it myself once but once I saw recipes that involved soaking the dough in oil overnight I decided to leave it to restaurant eating!
Finally, on the third day and at long last I got to see the Rosetta Stone. Like the Mona Lisa there was a big crowd in front of it at the British Museum, but I was able to get a photo and read the info about it. This was the stone that allowed the Egyptian hieroglyphs to be deciphered.
Also in the British Museum was a crystal skull, now determined to be a fake, that I remember at one point being on the cover of National Geographic once when I was a kid.
We also went on a tour of Mesopotamia, and we had wanted to go on others but at other locations either the volunteer tour guide cancelled the tour in advance or just didn't show up.
We had left our coats at the coat check as we wandered around the British museum and that turned out to be a mistake! We were so cold! Some of the rooms were warm enough but others were barely better than outside, the tips of my thumbs were numb by the end of the day. The coldest room was the room that held artefacts from the Parthenon. By the end of the day we picked locations that included standing next to the air vents where slightly warmer air was coming out!
On the past weekend though Mic and I headed up to London to visit friends and see the city. We just happened to show up on the coldest weekend there yet!
First to visit was the Tower of London, with a tour of the grounds given by a Beefeater.
Julia for her closeup with the bridge that actually isn't London Bridge in the background (it's tower bridge).
Walking across the bridge with views of the city.
This was a lucky picture of the tower of London, the light hit it just right as we walked along the river.
A picture in front of the real (rebuilt anyway) globe theatre in London, we didn't go inside, but I was told you have to stand up in the center to watch the shows although there is seating around the edge.
While we walked along the river I was playing with camera settings.
We had a nice lunch in a market that I can't remember the name of. It was so nice to have such a variety of food, something that I am really missing in Switzerland. There's good food here but an international food scene it is not.
As we continued our walk I got an evening shot of Big Ben and the London Eye.
The next day we headed out to another market, lots and lots and lots of stalls in the old stables that used to be around the train station. Again, it was good eating at the food stalls! For dinner it was Malaysian like Banana Leaf in Vancouver, it has been many years since I've had Roti Canai, I thought about making it myself once but once I saw recipes that involved soaking the dough in oil overnight I decided to leave it to restaurant eating!
Finally, on the third day and at long last I got to see the Rosetta Stone. Like the Mona Lisa there was a big crowd in front of it at the British Museum, but I was able to get a photo and read the info about it. This was the stone that allowed the Egyptian hieroglyphs to be deciphered.
Also in the British Museum was a crystal skull, now determined to be a fake, that I remember at one point being on the cover of National Geographic once when I was a kid.
We also went on a tour of Mesopotamia, and we had wanted to go on others but at other locations either the volunteer tour guide cancelled the tour in advance or just didn't show up.
We had left our coats at the coat check as we wandered around the British museum and that turned out to be a mistake! We were so cold! Some of the rooms were warm enough but others were barely better than outside, the tips of my thumbs were numb by the end of the day. The coldest room was the room that held artefacts from the Parthenon. By the end of the day we picked locations that included standing next to the air vents where slightly warmer air was coming out!
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