Hello, havent blogged in a while. The last few weeks have been good. I've been keeping very busy at work and each week just seems to be flying by.
I've joined a gym and signed up for personal training once a week which has been great- feel super sore after each session so far! Hopefully after a few weeks my body will get used to it.
The weather has been quite lovely the past two weekends. Ive stayed in London and been exploring locally a bit more. Last weekend a few of us went to Richmond and had a few drinks in the sunshine along the river before heading to a restaurant for dinner. Quite a pleasant day.
This weekend I moved into my new house :) Yaaay. The house is good, housemates are friendly, and its just so nice to have my own place. Whilst the student accommodation I was in was ok and had everything I need, I wasnt really meeting anyone there and during the week i'd basically just go to and from work and just sleep in between with no social interaction. At least now that I've moved i'll have more of a social life and be able to meet more people which i'm looking forward to! My housemates consist of 2 Aussie girls, an Italian girl, a British guy and a french guy will be moving in 2 weeks time.
Today, inspired by our new fitness goals, Hayley and I walked from where we are living in Clapham into the city. It took about 2 hours but was a nice walk along the river. We had brunch at Covent Garden before making our way back to Clapham. Another nice day out, trying to make the most of outdoor weather before the rains hits!
Monday 17 September 2012
Sunday 2 September 2012
Brighton, England - September 2012
Hayley and I headed out to Brighton today. It's a seaside town about an hour south of London by train. We walked from the train station towards the beach, making our way through some of the gardens, museum and cute streets.
We made our first food stop at Choccywoccydoodah Cafe. Oh my word! This place was amazing but a total chocolate overload. I had a delicious hot chocolate and then Hayley and I shared 2 cakes which came with ice-cream and more chocolate (see photo). Pretty much put ourselves into diabetic comas.
We managed to move on from there and headed down to the seaside. Yay beach! We went to the Brighton Pier and walked along to the end of it. It's a cool pier with cute stands & stalls along the way and rides at the end. Reminded me of Santa Monica Pier in LA.
We quickly realized that something was happening in Brighton this weekend because as soon as we got of the train there was quite a large amount of people dressed in bright clothing, especially men dressed as women and rainbow flags...and that's how we came across the Brighton Pride Parade! When we got off the pier the parade was going by so we stopped and joined in with everyone partying, dancing and having a good time.
Once the parade had passed we were able to cross the street and head to the sealife aquarium. We had a 50% off voucher we found in a tourist guide. The aquarium in brighton is the oldest in the world...it opened in the 1800's. Patted a starfish.
We then headed for lunch at a delicious Thai tapas restaurant called The Giggling Squid. So good.
Wandered around a bit more then headed back to the train at around 3pm to get back to London. Such a good day trip location, be sure to check it out if you have time from London.
We made our first food stop at Choccywoccydoodah Cafe. Oh my word! This place was amazing but a total chocolate overload. I had a delicious hot chocolate and then Hayley and I shared 2 cakes which came with ice-cream and more chocolate (see photo). Pretty much put ourselves into diabetic comas.
We managed to move on from there and headed down to the seaside. Yay beach! We went to the Brighton Pier and walked along to the end of it. It's a cool pier with cute stands & stalls along the way and rides at the end. Reminded me of Santa Monica Pier in LA.
We quickly realized that something was happening in Brighton this weekend because as soon as we got of the train there was quite a large amount of people dressed in bright clothing, especially men dressed as women and rainbow flags...and that's how we came across the Brighton Pride Parade! When we got off the pier the parade was going by so we stopped and joined in with everyone partying, dancing and having a good time.
Once the parade had passed we were able to cross the street and head to the sealife aquarium. We had a 50% off voucher we found in a tourist guide. The aquarium in brighton is the oldest in the world...it opened in the 1800's. Patted a starfish.
We then headed for lunch at a delicious Thai tapas restaurant called The Giggling Squid. So good.
Wandered around a bit more then headed back to the train at around 3pm to get back to London. Such a good day trip location, be sure to check it out if you have time from London.
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