Sunday, 27 July 2014

Amsterdam & Paris (again)











FEBO!
http://www.holland.com/global/tourism/article/febo-amsterdam-2.htm




Catching up with Jane, her boyfriend Kyall and some of Kyalls friends




http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/chupitos-amsterdam
Cooking a marshmallow on the bar! 


Friets with Satay sauce & mayo






Catching up with Yu 
















http://www.artis.nl/en/artis-royal-zoo/












http://www.castellamsterdam.nl/en/

From where we were sitting we could see the food being prepared and cooked right in front of us


My steak!

Chris' ribs & jacket Potato


Sooo good they just fell off the bones! 


Evening boat cruise
http://www.blueboat.nl/en/canalcruise_eveningcruise.html






The bars are to stop the cars driving into the water while parking (put in by insurance companies apparently!)






Anne Frank House from the water

Cat shelter house boat















Dutch Pancakes for breakfast on our last day!

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g188590-d4102932-Reviews-De_Vier_Pilaren-Amsterdam_North_Holland_Province.html




Took the train to Paris 
Notre Dame Cathedral






Hotel de Ville



Typical tourist photo! 

Tuileries Garden

Paris Opera

Galleries Lafayette
http://www.galerieslafayette.com/




Eiffel Tower




Picnic time





We decided climbing the stairs up the Eiffel Tour was a good idea, it wasn't...




The Versailles version of the Lyons Train

More Picnicking
Sooo many rabbits at Marie Antoinette's little English Village















Bike riding around the Palace of Versailles Gardens 


Chris with his 1950s diner food & crazy milkshake

Sunday, 6 July 2014

My 23rd Birthday :)

Chris wanted to make sure I got a Birthday Cake :)

My Beautiful Roses, next to the rejected every flavour beans (vomit, earwax, soap, earthworm)

 http://www.boultersrestaurant.co.uk/






Thankyou to everyone who sent me lovely cards and presents, I felt very spoilt! 


Harry Potter World

http://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/

The year 7 girls at school are very spoilt and got to go on a trip to Warner Brothers Studios (aka. Harry Potter World). Because I teach 4 classes of year 7 I was lucky enough to go twice!

 The doors to the Great Hall

The Gryffindor Table

Dumbledore 


The Weasleys House 

Dumbledores Office

The sorting hat


Potions labs


Harrys Dorm


Diagon Alley

Hufflepuff Robes

Flying through London on my broom


Dobby!



Butterbeer!



 Design & Technology Teachers :) 


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