Bath

Bath is approximately 2 hours drive from London City.  The reason it's called "Bath" I believe, is because it was established as a Spa resort and Roman baths were built around the naturally occuring springs.  Some parts of the city has a very Italian feel about them.

We went there last weekend as a detour to the outlet that was around 30 mins further out.

After the trip to Bath though, we all agreed that we should have taken more time out for the beautiful city.

May go back there again in the near future.

a fortnight in Belfast

We are nearing the end of our 13 days in Belfast.
I have rather mixed feelings about this place.
Edmond got a fever as soon as we landed so things started quite miserably for the both of us here.
He went to training still feeling sickly and I was alone during the day.  There aren't many places to go here other than a few shopping centres.   During the first couple of days, I managed to sought comfort at Starbucks where things were a little more familiar.  Feeling more confident, I was able to explore a little more.  However that didn't last long as I was shot down by some dodgy diner food.  Kept me in the hotel well into Thursday night.  Something strange I discovered while I was sick was that most things I encountered that afternoon made me feel sick when I thought about them.  The smell of the hotel shower cream, the clothes I bought from Primark?!?!  So weird!
Anyway, moving on.  Friday night, Wendy and Chris arrived! We had dinner at the hooligan teatery.  Definitely one of the best places I've been to.  The ambiance and atmosphere was dim and relaxing.  Although close to 11pm, it was still extremely busy and the staff still managed to be very attentive.  The decor was kooky.   My favourite were the wolpertinger wall mounts.
Things in Belfast were starting to look brighter.  Quite literally, as on Saturday there was not a cloud in the sky and we headed to Dublin :D
The cobble stone paved city centre was pretty but Dublin, overall,  was boring.  But we did go to the Guinness factory for a tour which was fun.  We also got a free guinness each :D.   They're very dark and bitter.  I wouldn't say I didn't enjoy it but wouldn't be craving one any time soon.
We spent the afternoon wandering around Kildare outlet.  
Ed suggested that we visit Giant's Causeway  on Sunday.  We took the ocean drive to Giant's causeway.  It was beautiful.  Quaint little sea-side towns and farms.  Giant's causeway itself was amazing.  Volcanic rock ledges formed 60 million years ago.  Every little pillar was similar in size and almost hexagon in shape.
Monday night, we went to Hooligans again.  Edmond said the steak was one of the best he's had :D
Love that place.
We are leaving on Saturday afternoon.  I can't wait to go!  But at the same time I know I'll miss this place D:

 More pics after the jump

London stuff

After excessive postponing, we've finally arrived in London.  The current weather is relatively similar to Sydney.  Huge bummer because I was looking forward to some warmth.  For the two days that we were in London, we walked around the Paddington and Notting hill area.  The buildings here are amazing. 
A few things I've noticed so far are...
London smells strangely similar to Shanghai. 
Strangers whom you share the same footpaths are more hostile
However, people that you actually communicate with are generally nicer over here.

Currently in Belfast.  Ed has two weeks training here.  Not sure how I will manage to spend the two weeks here.  There really isn't much going on in Belfast.  Maybe I'll activate wow again... :O

london

We are in London!
going to Belfast today for two weeks

more iphone 4 gibberish

So addicted to our iphone 4s.

We have so many apps already!

One of my favourites is "MyFitnessPal".  It's a fitness journal to help you keep track of calorie intake and exercise.  When I take down the number of calories I consume daily, it's a lot easier to refute my "not eating that much but still gain weight, maybe it's just my body" argument.

A few slices of brie here, a latte there... could easily push me over the 1300 standard.

Being aware of calories is also good motivation to exercise and eat less.

Apart from that, I also love the photography apps!  Although there are myriad sub-standard crap that people manage to push out, I did manage to find a few gems.

 Photofilter is pretty good.  Some decent filters and an adjustment option.

  Pudding camera is my favourite camera app so far!

Apart from a lovely interface, the camera options available are fun and just... "work" 

The only thing that could improve this app is if it were in English