Across the ditcH

Well we arrived in Hong Kong on the 14th of February and had a wonderful week staying with the West’s! We are so grateful to them for having us to stay and little Noah was a wonderful host as well! We filled our days with wondering around the streets of Hong Kong and seeing the sights. One very exciting afternoon we came across a street meat market and we watched as one of the sections of fish, recently separated from the rest of the fish, lay on the table with the heart still beating! For a very long time might I add, so when we walked away the heart was still pumping away!

The high light was when we spoiled our selves and took a trip over to Macau island for a night in the Venetian Hotel, and went to Cirque du Soleil! The show was incredible and beautiful, with some of the most amazing acts of human skill I have ever seen! And the Hotel was an experience in itself, with an indoor canal, with boats and all, and the whole mall section set out like a Venetian street (plus fake sky to really set the mood!). Macau & Hong Kong Pics

So far in London we have been kept busy job hunting, organising bank details, and sorting out general life. We moved in with Dee and Daz, which has been an amazing blessing again, and will stay with these guys for a few months. But before moving we went to France!

France was amazing and is definitely on our list of places to explore some more! We were in Rural Normandy staying in a chateau with a group of Jens friends for her birthday. It was such a relaxed group and really a lovely time of chilling out, trying our hand at speaking French and of course eating French food! I got to see my first big old cathedral, which was super impressive. We met some wonderful French people who were so warm and kind even when we were fumbling our way through communication. The first night we arrived we found a local restaurant in a village close by and had an amazing four course meal with pate, cheese the works! And the host was so classic, cracking out all the cliché French phrases and kept us well entertained!

On our last day we went to some local markets with amazing fresh food and produce, all set out like a traditional street market. One section was what I kept telling myself was a pet store, with crates full of bunny rabbits, ducklings, geese and all so cute! And I am staying in my denial that people were buying them as pets…

So we are loving it over here, and I think we will only love it more once we settle down with jobs, routine, travel… and pounds . We are figuring out the tube system, although my experience has really been in the deep end when I get phone calls first thing in the morning and need to rush out the door to who knows where and follow the scraps of instructions a scribbled down from my agent… but it is all fun and games 

And of course we are still buzzing over seeing U2 play live on Regent st! READ THIS

By Karyn