Hi All,
We are settling in well, although the outside temperature is hard to get used to.
It was Billy's birthday yesterday (30th) and we had his favourite, Lemon Chicken, for tea. Earlier in the day we went shopping in Canton (halfway from Ely to Cardiff, about 2 km), Kristin is enjoying the shopping, whereas Billy, Declan and Andy are tolerating it!!
I'm down to about 3 times a trip of turning the wipers on to indicate - bloody french technology (renault)! Most drivers in Cardiff must have the same problem because I've seen very little use of indicators!!
We drove to Barry (a seaside resort, 10 km SW of Cardiff) - a typical English beach resort I'd imagine. The GPS ran out of power (need to get the cigarette lighter fixed) on the way but we managed to get around and get home without too much fuss.
Today (New Year's Eve) we may go to St. Fagan's and are going out tonight to see the New Year in with Sarah's family.
Dave and Sarah (the exchangees) left yesterday and we hope everyone makes them feel very welcome.
Cheers for now and I hope to put some photos up today.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
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We have arrived in Ely(pronounced eel-e) Cardiff on Sunday morning (28th Dec).
The first leg of the flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong was good, plenty of food and drink, movies, etc...
After an 2 hour stopover and another hour on the tarmac we began the trip to Heathrow (London).
The lights of St. Petersburg were spectacular!!
We arrived at Heathrow at 5.00 am and had no problems with going through customs and to our delight all our luggage was there in one piece.
Dave (my exchange partner) and his father-in-law Les picked us up and took us straight back to Cardiff on the M4 freeway.
There is a toll on the bridge going into Wales, Dave said there is no toll going from Wales to England because nobody would want to go that way!
In Cardiff, our first two impressions were the density of the living and the greyness of the atmosphere. Daylight at the moment is about 8 am to 4 pm.
On Sunday, Andy, Kristin and Billy went into centre of Cardiff to do some shopping - lots of people and sales - very tiring!
Declan went to the soccer, Cardiff City (Les is a member) v Plymouth (in his Collingwood colours) - he was very cold when he got home. (It is Monday night as I'm writing this and we are watching Man. United live.)
We all had very long sleeps on Sunday night! In bed by 7 pm and some woke after 9 am.
Monday morning, Andy, Billy and Declan went with Dave to the School (Michaelston Community College) to have a look around.
Monday afternoon, we all went to do more shopping - Tesco and Marks & Spencers.
We encourage everyone to make contact on Skype or via the blog. For Skype remeber there is a 11 hour difference, so 7-10 am or pm is probably the best!
Cheers!
The first leg of the flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong was good, plenty of food and drink, movies, etc...
After an 2 hour stopover and another hour on the tarmac we began the trip to Heathrow (London).
The lights of St. Petersburg were spectacular!!
We arrived at Heathrow at 5.00 am and had no problems with going through customs and to our delight all our luggage was there in one piece.
Dave (my exchange partner) and his father-in-law Les picked us up and took us straight back to Cardiff on the M4 freeway.
There is a toll on the bridge going into Wales, Dave said there is no toll going from Wales to England because nobody would want to go that way!
In Cardiff, our first two impressions were the density of the living and the greyness of the atmosphere. Daylight at the moment is about 8 am to 4 pm.
On Sunday, Andy, Kristin and Billy went into centre of Cardiff to do some shopping - lots of people and sales - very tiring!
Declan went to the soccer, Cardiff City (Les is a member) v Plymouth (in his Collingwood colours) - he was very cold when he got home. (It is Monday night as I'm writing this and we are watching Man. United live.)
We all had very long sleeps on Sunday night! In bed by 7 pm and some woke after 9 am.
Monday morning, Andy, Billy and Declan went with Dave to the School (Michaelston Community College) to have a look around.
Monday afternoon, we all went to do more shopping - Tesco and Marks & Spencers.
We encourage everyone to make contact on Skype or via the blog. For Skype remeber there is a 11 hour difference, so 7-10 am or pm is probably the best!
Cheers!
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