Smooth tunes, fun dances, delicious cares and great company sum up this afternoon dancing tradition.
Had more fun with my camera
Photos @ Kodak
Sunday 28 May 2006
Saturday 27 May 2006
Edinburgh Dance Party
Having whiled away enough time we headed upstairs to the party. After claiming a table, being the first to arrive so many to choose from, we all changed into our party gear by which time people had started to arrive on mass.
As with any dance party there were the usual assortment of bouncy, non – existent and creepy leads and on the flip side there were some lovely leads and dances to be had.
Really enjoyed watching everyone dancing and putting my camera to good use?
Photos @ Kodak
As with any dance party there were the usual assortment of bouncy, non – existent and creepy leads and on the flip side there were some lovely leads and dances to be had.
Really enjoyed watching everyone dancing and putting my camera to good use?
Photos @ Kodak
Passing Parade
After the busk our cheery trio headed on to Edinburgh for a dance party @ Marco’s – a fitness club – with a pub in it….
As we had sometime to kill before the party started we grabbed a drink and watched the passing parade of Punks. Modern Jive upstairs – Punk band on the ground floor….
As we had sometime to kill before the party started we grabbed a drink and watched the passing parade of Punks. Modern Jive upstairs – Punk band on the ground floor….
Busking in Glasgow
Today a merry little trio, Trampy, Madeline & myself, headed to Glasgow for a busk.
The rain held off and we were blessed with (or so the Glaswegians informed me) a lovely warm day.
The dancing was fun although between super gripy boots and rough paving I felt like the living embodiment of Robert’s “Cruise Ship” metaphor.
The busking got a great reaction from passes by and in the 2 & a bit hours of dancing we handed out 3000 flyers. This is one of my favourite photos that I took.
The busk was followed by a companionable hour of drinks & food at the Witherspoon - courtesy of Franck. It was nice to chat with people and to put some more faces to forum names.
Photos @ Kodak
The rain held off and we were blessed with (or so the Glaswegians informed me) a lovely warm day.
The dancing was fun although between super gripy boots and rough paving I felt like the living embodiment of Robert’s “Cruise Ship” metaphor.
The busking got a great reaction from passes by and in the 2 & a bit hours of dancing we handed out 3000 flyers. This is one of my favourite photos that I took.
The busk was followed by a companionable hour of drinks & food at the Witherspoon - courtesy of Franck. It was nice to chat with people and to put some more faces to forum names.
Photos @ Kodak
Friday 26 May 2006
My Friend TomTom
This is my friend TomTom
He is a lovely navigator who never complains when I decide to take the scenic route.
I’m looking forward to many adventures around the countryside with TomTom leading the way
Many thanks to Frank for the loan and Trampy for organising the loan
He is a lovely navigator who never complains when I decide to take the scenic route.
I’m looking forward to many adventures around the countryside with TomTom leading the way
Many thanks to Frank for the loan and Trampy for organising the loan
Thursday 25 May 2006
I have a day job!!!
Once again there is no rest for the wicked I have signed up with a temp agency - Office Angel’s – and I already have a 1/2 week assignment.
I am going working for the University of Dundee formatting and preparing for publication a paper for an academic
I am going working for the University of Dundee formatting and preparing for publication a paper for an academic
Wednesday 24 May 2006
Ceroc in a Musical Theatre set
Did the 2 hour trip to Glasgow last night so Trampy could teach at Jumpin Jaks.
Jumpin Jacks is a theme club – and the theme is a bayou bar – and has somewhat of the feel of theatre set.
Had some lovely dances and had the pleasure of meeting 2 more Scottish Forumites Tinkerbell & Princess Fi – both lovely lasses.
After class a group headed out for some sustenance - it was fun getting to actually talk with people from class as at class it’s all about the dancing ;)
Jumpin Jacks is a theme club – and the theme is a bayou bar – and has somewhat of the feel of theatre set.
Had some lovely dances and had the pleasure of meeting 2 more Scottish Forumites Tinkerbell & Princess Fi – both lovely lasses.
After class a group headed out for some sustenance - it was fun getting to actually talk with people from class as at class it’s all about the dancing ;)
Friday 19 May 2006
Out walking again
Did lots of walking around Dundee today – sort of getting to know my way around – well not really – but once again found the flowers and gardens amazing this is my favourite photo from today.
Photo's @ Kodak
Photo's @ Kodak
Thursday 18 May 2006
Travel to Dundee
Emma had the day off work for study so she helped me and my luggage make the trip across town to Kings Cross Station – which was very helpful as very view tube stations have lifts/wheel chair access.
As a morning tea indulgence we had Cornish Pasties – from the Cornwall Pastie stand – which were very tasty and then it was time to get me on the train.
I was very lucky and had 2 seats to myself for the bulk of the trip.
Trampy – with whom I’m staying – picked me up from the train station – then it was time to have dinner, change and head off to my first Scottish Ceroc class in Perth.
Perth has a lovely venue and very nice people it was lovely to meet Lorna and watch her dance – she’s a great teacher to boot.
As a morning tea indulgence we had Cornish Pasties – from the Cornwall Pastie stand – which were very tasty and then it was time to get me on the train.
I was very lucky and had 2 seats to myself for the bulk of the trip.
Trampy – with whom I’m staying – picked me up from the train station – then it was time to have dinner, change and head off to my first Scottish Ceroc class in Perth.
Perth has a lovely venue and very nice people it was lovely to meet Lorna and watch her dance – she’s a great teacher to boot.
Tuesday 16 May 2006
The Theatre
Tonight Emma & I went to see We Will Rock You!
We indulged in pre-show and interval drinks – they Domain Theatre as a system where you order and prepay for your interval drinks and they have them ready and waiting for you at interval at a special counter.
The very odd thing for me was that you could buy pop-corn and lollies and ice-cream to take into the theatre like we do at the movies?!?!?
And the Show was GREAT by the way – a lot fun and well worth seeing if you get the chance
We indulged in pre-show and interval drinks – they Domain Theatre as a system where you order and prepay for your interval drinks and they have them ready and waiting for you at interval at a special counter.
The very odd thing for me was that you could buy pop-corn and lollies and ice-cream to take into the theatre like we do at the movies?!?!?
And the Show was GREAT by the way – a lot fun and well worth seeing if you get the chance
Here I go again
Headed out to London again – this time I started at Covent Garden – mostly as I wanted to visit the Bloch shop – which is supposed to be a “flag ship” store – it was sadly disappointing not really much range products as I was expecting. From there I wandered a bit – and found the Masonic House – a striking piece of architecture.
walked along to Leicester Square where I undertook my days mission of purchasing cheap tickets to a show tonight my first choice was Movin’ Out a dance show that I had being hearing about – but sadly as it was Tuesday that theatre was dark – so second choice was the Queen Music We Will Rock You!
My mission accomplished I resumed my wanderings and found myself in Berwick Street – which has all sorts of stalls from fruit & vegie to socks in addition to the stalls there are also regular shops including best of all 3 fabric shops!
Meandering a long Berwick St I found my self at Oxford St – The mecca of London shopping was shops shops and more shops and home to the iconic Selfridges – shopping in Selfridges is similar to Harrods – with the food halls really being the most amazing thing!
Monday 15 May 2006
Next stop Harrods!
A short tube ride from Piccadilly Circus and I was at Harrods where I managed to while away the remainder of the afternoon.
At Harrods I discovered a new addiction – tried rose & violet cream chocolates – and while violet cream is an acquired taste for me – rose creams are divine!!
The food halls at Harrods are quite mind boggling – with pretty much any speciality food you could think of available to take home as well as numerous “bars” to eat at – my favourite was the ice cream bar – not that I had one of their sundaes – they were huge and I doubted my ability to consume the entire thing.
I did however indulge in a crepe suzette on the 4th floor to sustain me in my explorations of this institution.
Amongst the china, clothes & furniture some of the more striking items you can purchase are fossils – yes really and not just little ones – suspect you would need to ensure that your walls were structurally sound before hanging this item and old maps-some of these are lovely much more artistic than maps these days.
Photos @ Kodak
At Harrods I discovered a new addiction – tried rose & violet cream chocolates – and while violet cream is an acquired taste for me – rose creams are divine!!
The food halls at Harrods are quite mind boggling – with pretty much any speciality food you could think of available to take home as well as numerous “bars” to eat at – my favourite was the ice cream bar – not that I had one of their sundaes – they were huge and I doubted my ability to consume the entire thing.
I did however indulge in a crepe suzette on the 4th floor to sustain me in my explorations of this institution.
Amongst the china, clothes & furniture some of the more striking items you can purchase are fossils – yes really and not just little ones – suspect you would need to ensure that your walls were structurally sound before hanging this item and old maps-some of these are lovely much more artistic than maps these days.
Photos @ Kodak
Out and about on my own
Went into see Buckingham palace – and managed to time it just in time for the changing of the guards – which goes for much longer than I thought – got some nice pictures though
From there I wandered through James? gardens –which are amazing even if they were past their prime.
Once through the gardens I made my way to Piccadilly Circus the big digital screens there are really that big! On my way to Piccadilly Circus came across this building – not sure what it is but found the blue decorative band very striking.
Photos @ Kodak
From there I wandered through James? gardens –which are amazing even if they were past their prime.
Once through the gardens I made my way to Piccadilly Circus the big digital screens there are really that big! On my way to Piccadilly Circus came across this building – not sure what it is but found the blue decorative band very striking.
Photos @ Kodak
Sunday 14 May 2006
Pengiuns
having heard english friends raving about penguins when I saw them in the shop I figured I would try them. ICK!!! they are a very poor cousin to Tim Tams - they do however have verybright & colourful packaging
Saturday 13 May 2006
The Liberty shop
The Liberty shops was lovely – although I did barely get out of the cross stitch section. Emma & Paul left me to the cross stitching and headed upstairs to furniture.
Decided to indulge in a little shopping in the form of a cross stitch book mark kit – was still trying to decide between 2 when E&P returned – and Paul out of pity for my indecisiveness bought me 2 book mark kits so I ended up with 3!!!
Lucky girl am I!! The scotty & westies book mark will go to Paul when finished as that one caught his eye.
Made a fleeting visit to the jewellery department and saw some lovely new and even lovelier old pieces *sigh* if only I had a spare £25,000
Decided to indulge in a little shopping in the form of a cross stitch book mark kit – was still trying to decide between 2 when E&P returned – and Paul out of pity for my indecisiveness bought me 2 book mark kits so I ended up with 3!!!
Lucky girl am I!! The scotty & westies book mark will go to Paul when finished as that one caught his eye.
Made a fleeting visit to the jewellery department and saw some lovely new and even lovelier old pieces *sigh* if only I had a spare £25,000
Emma’s Tour of London
Started with a ride on a double decker bus the Portabella road markets well a short walk to them anyway. These markets have an impressive range of antique items as well as other items it’s very crowded between the people and the parked cars and the very narrow roads. The most striking feature of this area is the candy coloured houses – they look like something out of a story book
After lunch it was off to a pub for lunch and if I could remember the name of it I would recommend it – the pie was delicious! Although they struggled with Em’s fish and salad order
From there where we went to Hamelys – a fab toy shop with lots of toys on display to play with, Paul went in search of remote control helicopter but was disappointed to learn the cost of one and the requirement of having to join a club and get some sort of liscence. Next stop was the Liberty Shop!
Followed by New Bond St is the diamond street. Which means lots and lots of lovely Jewellery!!! Cartier, Gucci, to name but a few and the price tags to go with them – however it is lovely to window shop and dream.
Photos @ Kodak
After lunch it was off to a pub for lunch and if I could remember the name of it I would recommend it – the pie was delicious! Although they struggled with Em’s fish and salad order
From there where we went to Hamelys – a fab toy shop with lots of toys on display to play with, Paul went in search of remote control helicopter but was disappointed to learn the cost of one and the requirement of having to join a club and get some sort of liscence. Next stop was the Liberty Shop!
Followed by New Bond St is the diamond street. Which means lots and lots of lovely Jewellery!!! Cartier, Gucci, to name but a few and the price tags to go with them – however it is lovely to window shop and dream.
Photos @ Kodak
Early Morning Walk
Was awake early so went for a walk with Dad – it was lovely walking around with no fixed plan just following the streets that looked good to us.
We did decided to go to Hogarth House which is set in a lovely walled garden – it took us sometime to find our way in but once there it was lovely – so peaceful it was only about 8 am so very few people around – sort of like having it all to ourselves.
Once again I found the lush colours mesmerising
will be adding photos to my various posts once I get my computer access sorted
Photos @ Kodak
We did decided to go to Hogarth House which is set in a lovely walled garden – it took us sometime to find our way in but once there it was lovely – so peaceful it was only about 8 am so very few people around – sort of like having it all to ourselves.
Once again I found the lush colours mesmerising
will be adding photos to my various posts once I get my computer access sorted
Photos @ Kodak
Friday 12 May 2006
Day 1 in London
After a shower and a nap (from which it took me an hour to wake up from) I went for a walk from around the lovely Hammersmith – it was a balmy 24 degrees and after wandering along the shopping strip bought a sandwhich and made my way to the river where I sat and watch the world wander by.
The thing I found most amazing about here is the colour of the plants – they are just so green and lush. Hammersmith is a very built up area lots of terraces houses with small gardens that are filled to over flowing.
Went to dinner at The Coyote with Emma (my sister), Paul (her fiancé) and my dad. The food was good but the customer service left much to be desired.
Photos @ Kodak
The thing I found most amazing about here is the colour of the plants – they are just so green and lush. Hammersmith is a very built up area lots of terraces houses with small gardens that are filled to over flowing.
Went to dinner at The Coyote with Emma (my sister), Paul (her fiancé) and my dad. The food was good but the customer service left much to be desired.
Photos @ Kodak
When plane seats attack
My flight from HK to London was rather less comfortable than anticipated – I had pre-booked my seat before I left Melbourne – having picked a window seat at the back of the plane which had some extra space – a nice piece of planning I thought.
I had just got settled when I leant forward to get my book out of the pocket and the head rest fell off hitting me in the back!! A steward fixed it and said if there was any further problems they would move me to another seat as it was rather wobbly.
After take off I once again I leaned forward to get my inflight magazine and once again I was attacked by the headrest again! The steward when to locate a spare seat – unfortunately there were no window seats – so the only available spare seats were middle seats as I had no choice I picked one.
So I spent the next 12 hours crammed between to people playing leap frog every time I wanted to get up. So lesson learnt here is that on the 12 hour sleeping flight I want an aisle seat as leaping over sleeping people is not a fun activity
I had just got settled when I leant forward to get my book out of the pocket and the head rest fell off hitting me in the back!! A steward fixed it and said if there was any further problems they would move me to another seat as it was rather wobbly.
After take off I once again I leaned forward to get my inflight magazine and once again I was attacked by the headrest again! The steward when to locate a spare seat – unfortunately there were no window seats – so the only available spare seats were middle seats as I had no choice I picked one.
So I spent the next 12 hours crammed between to people playing leap frog every time I wanted to get up. So lesson learnt here is that on the 12 hour sleeping flight I want an aisle seat as leaping over sleeping people is not a fun activity
Hong Kong & an Angel
Perth to Hong Kong leg of my journey went smoothly. And I was blessed with an Angel of a seat companion named Tracey, who has an addiction to magazines and who having been through this trip a number of times was my happy guide through Hong Kong Airport.
Hong Kong Airport was an amazing experience – they have these darling little trolley’s – so cute and so useful when you have 3 hours to kill at the airport.
It was fun wandering around all the shops – their lollies are amazing to look. The Jewellery was amazing was very tempted as finally found a place where bracelets actually fit.
It was lovely to have Tracey for company both on the flight to Hong Kong & once we got there; she lives not far from London when she is the UK so we are planning to keep in touch and catch up again
Hong Kong Airport was an amazing experience – they have these darling little trolley’s – so cute and so useful when you have 3 hours to kill at the airport.
It was fun wandering around all the shops – their lollies are amazing to look. The Jewellery was amazing was very tempted as finally found a place where bracelets actually fit.
It was lovely to have Tracey for company both on the flight to Hong Kong & once we got there; she lives not far from London when she is the UK so we are planning to keep in touch and catch up again
Wednesday 10 May 2006
UK here I come
after a round of lunches, coffee's (well hot chocolates actually), dancing and general relaxing around Perth - I'm off on the next leg of my travels - London - via 19 hours flying
Sunday 7 May 2006
Book Capture!!!
Exciting news!!!
The third book I released through Bookcrossing has been captured and had an entry logged!!!
I recall seeing the lady pick up the book and wave it at the train when I released the book go here to read the story of it's capture.
I realised 2 more at Melbourne Airport on my way to Perth - wonder if they will manage to travel further a field
The third book I released through Bookcrossing has been captured and had an entry logged!!!
I recall seeing the lady pick up the book and wave it at the train when I released the book go here to read the story of it's capture.
I realised 2 more at Melbourne Airport on my way to Perth - wonder if they will manage to travel further a field
Perth here I am
After much umming and ahhing packing and repacking and forgeting of things arrived in Perth yesterday lunch time.
At the airport I was met by the delicious Louise and from there back to her house for an afternoon of nattering.
After a nanna nap it was time to go dancing!!! CerocPerth's Hawaiian Dance Party was on and there was dancing to be done.
It was fabulous to see everyone again and I had many lovely dances and chats.
Watching the dancing was great especially as Louise pointed with a Hawaiian theme is there is always so much more colour on the dance floor than other night - grass skirts, sarongs, lai's and hawaiian shirts of course.
At the airport I was met by the delicious Louise and from there back to her house for an afternoon of nattering.
After a nanna nap it was time to go dancing!!! CerocPerth's Hawaiian Dance Party was on and there was dancing to be done.
It was fabulous to see everyone again and I had many lovely dances and chats.
Watching the dancing was great especially as Louise pointed with a Hawaiian theme is there is always so much more colour on the dance floor than other night - grass skirts, sarongs, lai's and hawaiian shirts of course.
Snap Happy
bought a digital camera last thursday the very pretty and rather nifty Caplio R3
Haven't yet worked out how to drive it proberbly - but am very happy with it so far and have a couple of long flights to read the manual properly and learn how to really make it sing
Haven't yet worked out how to drive it proberbly - but am very happy with it so far and have a couple of long flights to read the manual properly and learn how to really make it sing
Friday 5 May 2006
So long farewell
Had my last night of Melbourne dancing last night - which was a lot of fun and a bit sad as well. Shaun taught a fun beginners class - really nice routine which he followed up with an equally nifty intromediate class.
enjoyed getting lots of photos of all my Albert Park favourites - which I will share as soon as I can load them online.
Photos @ Kodak
enjoyed getting lots of photos of all my Albert Park favourites - which I will share as soon as I can load them online.
Photos @ Kodak
Wednesday 3 May 2006
the count down begins
well time for the count down to begin - only 3 sleeps until I leave Melbourne!!!!!! First to sunny Perth and then to the UK - and the adventure that awaits me.
Finished work yesterday and have started packing today - and so far it's going pretty well - not sure that I will be saying the same on Saturday morning though ;)
Finished work yesterday and have started packing today - and so far it's going pretty well - not sure that I will be saying the same on Saturday morning though ;)
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