the last couple of days it has been freezing cold. today it was still -1.5 degrees at 11:30am and it got to -0.5 at 1:00pm this afternoon. the car was covered in ice as you can see it was still there when we wound down the window.
I went to Hyde park and Buckingham palace. At Hyde park I checked out Princess Dianna's memorial. I also took a few photos of Henrietta. We are going out to dinner with the people that we are going to stay in France with. Tomorrow we will be packing for France.
the picture of the river is lake Serpentine in the middle of Hyde park. The carollers are really rugged up and singing in Victoria station.

news from Copenhagen

Had a great weekend in Copenhagen. we arrived fairly late Friday night after an uneventful 1.5 hour flight from Heathrow. Temperature is quite cold. we caught a train from Luftven airport to Noreport in the middle of Copenhagen. we arrived around 10:00pm and were getting rather hungry but most places were closed. The only place open was the MacDonalds. so MacDonalds it was. Meals are not exactly the same as Qld. I had a Texas burger which is about the same size as the cheese burger and around the same taste. fries are the same. As a healthy alternative you could get carrot sticks instead of fries. different! I wonder how popular they would be in Australia. We then caught a taxi to our apartment which ended up being near the industrial estate of Copenhagen but the apartments are very nice. They have heated tiles in the bathroom which are really handy in the middle of the night. We went to bed and woke up around 9:00 am the next morning. We headed into the middle of Copenhagen for a brunch which is the in thing for Danes on the weekend. We eat not far from the canal that you can see in the picture, Then we checked out some of the Christmas markets. It was very cold but sunny. If you were in the shade at all it was freezing. Temperature was around 2 degrees in the middle of the day.

Henrietta has a very warm suit so she is right. The photo is of my sister Kellie, Nigel and Henrietta in her sling. At the market we tried some Glog, a very traditional danish drink of wine, apple juice, almonds and cranberries, Too many and you feel very warm and very tipsy. I saw someone doing some Ice carving, too cold for me to try. After a canal ride in a heated boat we went to the mermaid on the rock. (Very famous) and then we visited Princess Mary's castle, pity we didn't see Mary as we would have said hello.

We saw Hans Christian Anderson's statue and walked down the many shopping malls. In the town square they have an ice-skating rink. On Sunday morning it snowed for a short while, very cold indeed but fun. I was beginning to think that I would not feel my nose and face as they were freezing as we walked around. The shops are quite warm so you are forever talking off your coat, hat, gloves, scarf etc and then putting them all on again when you went outside.

Danish pastries are beautiful as well as the Danish coffee, another popular food is crepes. These are sold in small street vans and you can have chocolate and almonds or honey or sugar and lemon. the crepe is folded into quarters and put in a triangle wrap, a bit like a kebab. They are very nice. It was too cold to try the danish ice-cream we just took their word for it.

We flew home to London Sunday evening and eventually got back to cold grey London around 6:30. The underground train takes around an hour to get from Heathrow to Caledonian Road where we get off. The last walk to our house is freezing. After a while we thawed out and had a quick bite to eat and then off to bed.

Will chat soon, bye for now

A few more pictures

I do have some pictures of Henrietta so I will show you.

I have just dressed her ready to go out. Because of the cold she has several layers. The actual dress is the green item. then underneath is tights, jumper, body suit and underneath that is a another all in one suit, lightweight.

The other photos are of Highgate Hill park where we were walking Oscar and getting Henrietta to sleep as she sleeps very well in the pram when you are walking. I caught a glimpse of a squirrel before Oscar chased it up the tree. The woods are full of squirrels but they are hard to get a photo as Oscar chases them very quickly.

try agin with pictures

I think I have worked out how to get the pictures
just not how to label them.

The first one is the house at Freegrove Road where we are staying. It is the house on the end, on the right
Second picture is Australia house in Fleet street. I used to work there many moons ago, I had a part time job for a while while I was working as a clown for another employer.
The third picture is Downing street not far from no 10, we were not allowed any futher up the street to see if the Prime minister was in. The last picture is the latest in police surveillance. this little car has a camera that goes up and down and takes pictures of the traffic and any crime that might be going on. Pretty nifty and because of the size of the car it can get in and out of the traffic quickly. A must when you see how much traffic there is in London.

London at last

well finally arrived in London after a long flight. I managed to work my way through customs and then along numerous tunnels and passageways to the Underground station. I needed the Picadilly line which is in fact the only line that goes from Heathrow. I managed to pay for my ticket and then get on the train. I left Heathrow at around 6:15am and arrived at Caledonian Road station at 7.00am in the morning. It was dark and drizzling. I navigated my way to my sister's house and knocked on the door. The dog Oscar started barking and Nigel opened the door, he looked at me and said Oh my gosh, Kell you better come quick. Kell (my sister) came to the door and said a similar thing and then I said 'any chance of a bed for a few weeks? Kell was beside herself not to mention Oscar, I finally got myself and suitcase in the door and Kell was so glad to see me. It was a great surprise for them all. Needless to say we managed to wake up Henrietta but Kell didn't mind. It was a good excuse for me to cuddle my new little niece and yes she is gorgeous.

I didn't get a photo of Kell at the door because it was too dark and with Oscar going crazy and it is such a small door.
Once I work out how to get my pictures onto this computer I will add some photos,

For the last couple of days we have been doing a bit of sightseeing around London and a bit of shopping for Christmas.
We have also been walking the dog at Highgate Park. Henrietta is not a great sleeper and has a great set of lungs so I have been walking the floor a few times to try and get her to sleep. Most times I have succeeded. I am a little rusty at dressing a 4 week old baby, should have had some practice before I left. I didn't realise how floppy they are and they definitely don't help when you are trying to dress them. Getting better at changing nappies. I must admit I had to get some instruction as I had never used disposables on my kids. but they are certainly easier than worrying about pins etc.
The weather is very cold so you have to rug up everytime you step outside. The temperature today got to a real high of 3 degrees. The sun doesn't get up till around 9:00am and then it is dark by 4:00pm in the afternoon. The frost on the ground is very thick so you really have to watch your step so you don't slip on the ice.

We are going to Copenhagen on the weekend to see hopefully snow and all the beautiful Christmas decorations. Apparently it is just gorgeous and the place to be at Christmas. we will be back by Sunday evening as Nigel has to go to work on Monday.

We are going to France for Christmas. Kellie had already arranged to stay at a villa in the south of France where the weather is marginally warmer, top temps are around 6 - 7 degrees. We will be staying there till after the New year. Plenty of room for me although it will be a cozy trip in the car with the baby and the dog but we can do it. I will pack very lightly.

Well hopefully I will work out the photos soon so that I can upload some photos soon. I am just not that familiar with Mac computers. Bye for now

Singapore

Just about to leave singapore,
heaps of shops and people in the transit lounge. Flight was ok
now for the long haul to London.
This flight looks like it is full of noisy japanese high school students
Could be fun, I am hoping for some sleep this leg.

Bye for now

One more sleep

Getting really excited now as I only have one more sleep before I get on the plane and head for London. I thought I would check out my blog to make sure that others can read it and keep up-to-date with my travels and adventures. So this is just a quick post and will post again from London. Bye for now