English Easter at the Seaside

Cornwall

We (14 of us) escaped the city for a long weekend on the coast. We were on the road by 4.30am (and I wasn't the last out of the house) on our way to Cornwall. As soon as we arrived (5 hours later) the boys wanted to see the surf (or lack of) so we parked up and got our first glimpse of Newquay. We then drove out to Holywell Bay where we were staying caravans.

On Saturday we took a day trip to St Ives which was exactly how all the books describe Cornwall. We all got a bit of sun which was much needed. That night we all went out for dinner at a resturant on the beach.

On Sunday the girls went into Newquay and had a boozie lunch in the sun while the boys went for their 3rd surf of the trip. Hoods had to hired as the water was so cold. Ken said after he had put his head under 3 times he thought he was going to throw up.

There was backyard cricket played and more drinks in the sun before heading home on Monday morning, we even managed to tick the box of seeing Stonehenge as we drove right passed it on our drive home!

Paris

Paris

We had a long weekend away in Paris. We caught the Eurostar to Paris early Friday, after a minor hiccup with the metro breaking down we made it to the hotel. We loaded up on pastries (see Ken feeding his face at the start) and set off for a day of sights. We walked to Eiffel Tower and then up it, from there we went to the Arc de Triomphe then walked down the Champs Elysées to the Lourve where we caught up with Mona Lisa before taking our very tired feet back to the hotel.

Saturday morning saw us off on a bike tour of Paris, definatly the highlight for both of us. It really made us love the city. We went to the Notre Dame in the afternoon and then went out to a French resturant in the evening that our tour guides (a kiwi and american) had recommended. It was awesome and quite the experience as the waitress spoke hardly any english.

Sunday morning we went to a market that was again recommended by our tour guides, it was really cool to see. The colour of the fruit and veges were so bright and we stuffed ourselves with pastries before heading back to London on the Eurostar.

Bath and Bristol

Bath and Bristol 

We had a weekend trip to Bath and Bristol. We took an early train with Becks and Paul to Bath and had tea and sally lunn's at Sally Lunn. Then went off to the Bath Abbey and did the tour up the tower.

Ken wasn't so keen to do the tour but once we were up there he was up the front of the group and the first to volunteer. The tour was the best I have been on, we got to ring the church bells!!

Next we were off to the Roman Baths which was so interesting and we both really enjoyed it. There we met up with friends from London.  That afternoon we caught the train to Bristol and met Lol and Nay.

Ken had a work friend Samo from Deloitte who was originally from Bristol  so we caught up with him and he took us for a tour around Bristol (in a car!!) and out for a drink. We went out that night with the crew from London and on Sunday enjoyed brunch by the river in the sun.

Oxford

Oxford

Ken and I took a day trip to Oxford. It is such a pretty town that was easy to get around on foot. We had lunch in a french cafe and wandered around the town before heading to Christ Church. I was rather excited as it is where alot of the Harry Potter movies are filmed.

Ken still thinks that Christ Church Cathedral is the best cathedral he has visited and even said a few prayers as you can see in the photo.