The Adventures of Sarah and Paul
Office, that is. Work has moved me again. I now work in big posh building in the city. And guess what? My window now looks out on a big green grassy area. And people play soccer and cricket there. It’s pretty sweet.
Hope you all have a good weekend!
Oct 1st 2007sarahEurope & France & Travel
Well, for starters, you can leave it, which is exactly what we did yesterday.
I had a day off yesterday, and originally, I wasn’t sure if I would have a day off by myself, or if Paul would take the day as well. By Wednesday, I knew Paul had the day off as well, and we hemmed and hawed about what to do. Usually we have a game plan, but this time we had nothing! I went out on Thursday night to Cubana for a work leaving do, thinking that I had a full day to my leisure on Friday. When I came home though, Paul had a surprise for me. Hooray! We’re going to France for the day! 😀
So we got up early and headed over on the ferry. We only spent the day, but the day was day was a long one. We arrived in France by 10, and we left at 10 as well, so we had plenty of time to have a little look around.
Admittedly, we didn’t do much. It rained for better part of the day, but we did have a nice lunch in Boulogne sur Mer, where we waited out the rain with a three course meal and nice espresso. We wandered around the touristy bit of town there, then headed on over to Le Touquet Paris Plage, which we hadn’t been to before. Le Touquet was really nice, and we’re happy to have discovered it.
On the way back, we stopped off at the Carrefour in Calais, did the whole British thing of stocking up on wine, meat and cheese, then hopped back on the ferry and made our way home. (I also got a madeleine pan 😉 ) Back home late Friday evening, and we still had our entire weekend to go!
Sometimes my life here is pretty surreal. Who would have ever thought I’d end up just popping over to France for a day trip, eh? I certainly never did!
Sep 23rd 2007sarahFriends & Life
Some people relax at the weekend, and this is what Paul and I most often try to do. Followed by as little as possible. Sometimes, however, it’s nice to have a change, and a change is exactly what we had this past weekend. We were actually social this weekend and had some company around!
Paul’s friend Howard came down to London to visit us with his lovely wife. Howard was Paul’s best man at our wedding, and we finally met Howard’s wife, Alina, last year. We haven’t seen them in between at all, so it was extremely nice to see the two of them again. They had some things they needed to get done in London, so we invited them to stay with us.
Seeing as they aren’t from London, Paul and I did our tourist bit. We took them round a few sights. It was a particularly nice day in London on Saturday, so we started the day at Borough Market and then wound our way along the Thames up to the Tattershall Castle, where we had a drink and a bit of rest. Then trekked on out again and made a stop at Fortnum & Mason by way of Buckingham Palace. It’s a pretty long walk, so we stopped off at the O’Neil’s in Soho, where the boys had a drink and us girls had a nice sit down for a bit.
We ended the night at the Texas Embassy for dinner, but more importantly, for margaritas. The margaritas, for the record, were pretty yum. After a big full meal of TexMex, we headed home, where Paul introduced Howard to tennis on the Wii. I think he’s been waiting to have someone new to play with.
Started Sunday off with a big cooked breakfast, and I had a nice excuse to make pancakes. I haven’t had them in a while, and I was getting hungry for them. We saw them off in the afternoon and Paul and I have quickly settled back in to our doing “not much of anything.”
It was a good weekend. Definitely a nice break from the norm.
Well, all’s right in the world in the Rudders household. Scotland has triumphed over France tonight in the soccer (football?? nah, don’t really want to get into that right now).
Clearly this isn’t a common occurrence. Ok, not too common an occurrence. It does happen every now and then, as tonight proves. Needless to say though, the Scot in this household is quite pleased with the performance of his national football (soccer?) team.
Here’s the match report for those who are interested.
Okay, I really just mean that another friend has come and gone from Great Britain. Paul and I have seen a few, and Kevin is just the most recent casualty.
It’s quite a phenomenon here. People come for a while, and then leave. Just like I thought I would. Hahaha… I’ll try not to laugh too loudly at the thought that I once told my mother that I would be here for three years, tops. I think with her visit over here she’s finally forgiven me for lying through my teeth. I still have trouble believing that I’m well over halfway in to my fifth year in the country!!
