Tuesday, October 25, 2005

More witnesses



In the Registry Office...






Well... more evidence of the act.....
and some of the witnesses....

The Registry Office






Well it's strange to look back at our nervous, happy little faces....
Well, here we are, sober and committed.
More than can be said for later. But then I haven't go those photos with me. So you'll have to wait.

Who's the bearded chick?



Ahhh... More pictures of Sam's Hen night.

Strangely attractive bearded chick there mmmmmmmmmm....

We're back
























Well.

Honeymoon's over and we're both hunting down the perfect job. Hopefully won't take too long!
Anyway this will allow us time to update our blog.

I'll start with a few photo's of Sam's Hen do. Well before they went out anyway. I'll have to get vice squad clearance for the photo's taken while the "ladies" were out partying.

Actually I'll have to scan them and then bring them down to the Jolly Little Olde Librarie and upload them on the rotating mechanical machine.

So here's a few pictures from the hen night.
More to come.

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Greetings from Sorrento

Hi everyone. We are aware that the blogspot has not been avidly updated but we have been far too busy enjoying ourselves.
After Avignon which was lovely we drove all the way to Italy and stayed at a lovely campsite near La Spezia. We met a fun French couple who shared our enthusiasm for wine and beer. Very bad hangovers ensued.
This was a lovely area but we didnt even leave the campsite.
We then went to stay with Daves cousin in Anghiari, in Tuscany. Very beautiful area and we had a great time seeing Dave's relatives swiming in the pool, exploring the area (Siena, Anghiari, Sansepolcro) and eating and drinking. We met Fred and Gail the French couple in Siena for the day and had a nice meel and a beer.
We then moved on to Rome to a very flash campsite where there was opera and classical music played in the shower blocks and a fountain. Rome was Rome we got flooded in a storm, stuck without public transport on the Saturday night because everything stops at midnight and had to walk about 5 miles back to the campsite. We did however really enjoy the Catacombs and the Colosseum. Also saw various other ruins and the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St Peters and the dome.
Next we drove to Sorrento. Really lovely here. We have done trips to Capri, the Amalfi coast, had a couple of great nights out in beautiful Sorrento and today we have just come back from Pompei and Vesuvius which was very interesting. We have also had two amazing free firework displays in the bay in Sorrento. On the downside we have had two big electric storms and torrential rain. Moving on to Sicily tomorrow

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Greetings from Avignon

Hallo to everyone. We are having a fab time on our moonhoney. We left Bilbao to go to the Basqua area of the Pyrenees and stayed at a lovely campsite in Lekunberri between San Sebastian and Pamplona. Very beautiful area both cities well worth a visit and great walking in the mountains. Next on to Pechon camping on a cliff edge near lovely beaches. Pechon near to Santander. After this further West down the coast to Foz, very disappointing and really bad storm. Then on to Santiago de Compostela. Very beautiful and interest place and great campsite and food but too many hysterical pilgrims for Sam. Next to Portugal to try to do some walking. Fundeo very lovely area but no information on walking and risk of forest fires. Sam also got bitten by a large mosquito and her right foot and ankle swelled up so she couldnt walk anyway. So gave up on Portugal and will go back with more info. another time. Travelled back in to Spâin to Cordoba. Excellent place, lovely little hotel, good food, nice people and interesting buildings. Then on to the mountains of Malaga to stay for a few days with Sams friend Andrea and her family in a lovely villa. Very relaxing and fun. Surroundings beautiful. A big thanks to Andrea and her sister Fiona. Next to Valencia briefly thank goodness for Hotel Ibis. Valencia looked lovely by night and we intend to go back again in the future. Our most exciting journey then occured when we got caught in the Pyrenees in a violent hail storm. Stayed in Girona which was great but quite flooded particularly the backstreets which were about a foot deep in large hailstones and the firebrigade and police were trying to shove them down the storm drains.
Finally in to La Belle France to Perpignan. Interesting place great food and booze and people very nice and hospitable. We got very drunk in a locals bar and then had very bad hangovers the next day. Now in beautiful Avignon about to go exploring. A big thanks to Annette, Troy and Timothy for the Wedding Photos. More photos of our trip to follow a.s.a.p

Dave's story

Well I am on the same honeymoon but I am having an alternative experience.
Never refuse to give a gypsy woman money when she asks for it.
We were having a great time up to Cordoba when a gypsy was showing off her drugged up baby to the tourists and expecting some money. She probably has more money than me and was certainly better dressed! However we probably looked an easy target buying ice creams. I plainly refusze her rather aggressive begging. However there were to be consequences.
1; later on that day or earlier the next morning after arriving at Andrea,'s sister's villa in Competa (ouside Malaga) Bob and had a masterclass in diving. Quite fun but a sober onlooker would have been amazed at the olympian dives into a 3m by 4m pool. Needless to say that I am now sporting a small scqr on my forehead. The pain was shortlived and I tucked into my next cerveza by 6pm the following afternooon.
2; Constipation. Not normally experienced by me as I am an olympic standard pooer being vegetarian. Obviously as the result of some sort of black magic.
3; Wasps. Normally wasps are my freinds. I don't trouble them and they just lick or kiss me. Not after black magic gypsy woman however. We stopped at a Spanish parking:mugging area on the motorway and i had a sudden burning on my leg. I thought I was on fire. It was a wasp sting!!!! I have never been properly stung _ thye normally just crawl over me.
4; Biblical hailstorms. Just outside Girona. Hailstones the size of golf balls
That was all due I'm sure to not pleasing the gypsy woman. So from now on I shall carry a piece of lucky heather to give to the next begging woman with baby.
So luck has now turned for the better after purchasing some magic French pooing potion and drinking many "Felicitations" with the owner of La Casa de L'Art in Perpignan and his wife, two children and assorted freinds. Wer went in for one drink around 8pm but after sampling every drink we finally left about midnighty and I can't remember getting back to the hotel. Certainly Sam arrived way before me for some reason.
Now we are in Avignon. Not sure if I should drink today but with all these bars it would probably be rude not to. Let's see what adventures unravel today!!!!

A bientot

Dave

Saturday, August 20, 2005

More wedding photos again....




More wedding photo´s






hi there we´re in a race against time to get these posted so hold on for more will comment if time....
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Greetings from Gerona all!!





Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Purple plans


Well its countdown; 10 days until our wedding day and 12 days until we head off to Europe with P and O to Bilbao. We certainly have alot of packing away and organising to do.
Still this should get done before we are able to begin a new chapter in our lives!
Tally ho! Time to write a letter of complaint to our ever (un) helpful communications company.