Tomeks birthday in Warszawa

Mare and I flew in for a long weekend and pretty much just ate the whole time. With the exchange rate and the big occasion (my 25th birthday), we thought it would be great to splash out - and we did!


We stayed in the grey one


The first night we made reservations at Warsaw's number one restaurant Belvedere. Check out their website http://belvedere.com.pl/

It was in a green house with a wall of vines and palm trees. It felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. The food was amazing and Mare looked stunning.



We also did a little sight seeing:
Tall man, big right foot.

The scond restaurant we went to was called U Fukiera - in English thats 'At Fuckers' - just kidding.


OUtside Fukiera's. It was decorated in a way I had never seen berfore - see the resturant website HERE

We loved both restaurants but Belvedere was our favourite.
The next day we walked around the Old Town and it started to snow outside.

When it was too cold to walk around the Old Town we stopped into this cute little restaurant just off the main square. It was made to look like a village hut with fake windows too



The pototo pancakes were huge! and this was after a bowl of pirogi, mulled wine and soup...



It was a cold cold day and Mare isnt used to that kind of weather. This photo looks very Eastern European with that building in the background

Random - with fireworks in da backyard :)

Every now and then we do some touristy stuff to see London. Its nowhere near enough but we're slowly getting through it. The below two photos are from a sunny day out a couple months ago.


You can see the Tower bridge in the background, a pretty photos of Mare..... and my forehead.


On the 5th of November the British celebrate the day a guy tried to blow up Parliment. "Remember, remember the 5th of November" is the little catch-phrase for the day. And the we they celebrate is with fireworks. On the saturday night closest to the 5th there we fireworks going off non-stop all over the city. You could go outside and hear the explosions literally every few seconds all night!

I went to buy a couple of fireworks too : )

The cheapest box was for 10 quid, and it was a two for one deal. See the photos below for the box...
And I had two of them!! hehe he hehe

An amazing Autumn with hEAPS of fallen leaves!

We dont usually get so many leaves in falling in Australia so we took lotsa photos. This was on the way to the gym in a little part of London called Crouch end.


This one is on a street near ours which we think is really English. We've been documenting the seasonal changes of this street with photos of it as it goes through the growth - we are sooo cool

It was my birthday last week!

Mare and I went to Warsaw for the weekend. We just jet-setted our way over there and chilled out eating at some damn good restaurants. I will post photos when I work out how to use Mare's camera.

But til then...

While at work I came across some great cartoons - check these out:

This one is for people who find the no liquid rules a bit extreme...

(click here to view)

Mike Keefe Denver Post Nov 17, 2007 EditorialCartoonists.com

This one is a little satirical and ..well I love my American friends and u gotta admit that US foreign policy is a bit screwed up. So this cartoon is about that:

(click here to view)

Chan Lowe Sun-Sentinel Nov 17, 2007 EditorialCartoonists.com

Besides that, Mare and I are doing very well. Im leaving my job soon to start part time work and study. And we are going to Krakow in Poland for Christmas! Yay!

the personality of a Londoner

..depends on the situation and location.

In a customer service situation, a Londoner is rude, careless and unresponsive. Sounds cruel but its true. At the check out the attendant doesnt bother packing your groceries in your shopping bag nor do they care about smiling or initiating small talk. In Oz they are cheerful nchatty and all. But here they dont give a toss. Its good cause I dont need to either and there is no love lost. But, if you say hello and ask how they are then you get a whole new experience. They are friendly and will let you get away with not having enough change. It makes a big difference if you start a chat.

This is different from the tube (aka, the train). On the tube its a totally different story. You look after your ass and make sure you get on that train. There is a saying on the underground - here is always room for one more. And its freakin true. No matter how full it is, if you need to get to work on THIS train, screw everyone else, push, shove and get it. Its expected and no one cares.

In the car its like on the tube but faster and in a car.

But get them out of those environments, into a room, and they are polite but honet. If they feel crap, you will know about it. But they will chat and get to know you before they decide whether to keep chatting or leave.

The funniest for me is on the tube, all the polite formal business attitude goes out the window and its all about getting on that damn tube... even though a train arrives every 1 minute - literary every 1 minute.