September Photos

Just a few more photos ... because

Also didn't mention that the pod looking thing that Joseph and Maddy are sitting in in the previous post is a simulator at the Science Museum, they went into it and I thought it would be a nice little ride (not being one for such things myself) and when the door shut and it started up - well it was more a rollercoster on wheels ... yikes I had to stop looking as I could only imagine what was happening inside by the look of outside :) After going to get a coffee and finding they did not have skim milk for my latte I wondered back and what seemed like a very long time it stopped - they both got out a bit wobbly but smiling, loved it. On the coffee thing, I am getting very used to spending around 2 pound on a coffee, seems reasonable to me now and especially now that the exchange rate is so much better for us it is only around 4.50NZ, not the original $6.

After the supermarket yesterday I still think that we are pretty much the same in costs, but I think have lost the ability to calculate any more which is great thing - when you wonder around and see things for 1 pound you think great, not now what would that be in NZ if I tripled it. Milk and bread are very noticeable with the cheapest bread being around 90p, cheese is prob cheaper in NZ still and totally away from that PETROL - we think in NZ it is expensive, here is anything from 1.20-1.30pound so try that times 2 1/2 per litre, around NZ3.50 per litre and going up.

Friday is a teacher only day (did I say that earlier) and we are going to hang around home, probably head to Cardiff for a big craft expo and also go and look at the new John Lewis which has opened there - apparently the biggest one, its a great store. http://www.johnlewiscardiff.com/en-gb/ check out the Joseph Joseph kitchenware if you can find it there - awsome stuff and definately going to get some.

Anyway photos, again self explanatory. The one of the great glass pod of the London Eye - a sign on the door saying not to lean on it - now who needs a sign to tell them that after seeing it is only closed by what is essentially a large latch ...