It’s mid September…

…and the days are slowly getting shorter again. Against all expectations we had 2 weeks of gorgeous sunshine, but still…that is not making up for the summer we didn’t have. One pretty harsh thing about this month is the fact that there are not more bank holidays until 25th December. Absolutely shocking…and it also reminds everyone that christmas is almost on our door step once again. Thinking about christmas…not only did I already have various e-mails about christmas parties, the venue we went to on Friday evening had a white, decorated christmas tree parked right near the staircase. Lucy and myself could not believe our eyes. It’s September, summer is slowly finishing and we are due to get some truly beautiful autumn days. Who wants to think about christmas???

I had a bit of spare time this weekend, and just randomly had a look around what September means historically… Did you know that on 1st September 1951 Britain’s first supermarket opened in Earl’s Court, London? It wasn’ that long ago, wasn’t it? And now, we have a Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose or M&S at every single corner. Between 2nd – 6th September 1666 the Great fire of London destroyed a big party of the city, which caused the re-building of the houses to be out of stone rather than wood. The most curious thing I found though is 11 days that are completely missing of the calendar. Britain changed to the Gregorian Calendar on 3rd September 1752 and by doing so the date jumped immediately to the 14th. Oh well, I leave it at that…

We went to celebrate Katy’s Leaving due on Friday evening. The lucky lady is off to far away shores with her boyfriend next week and if I am say I am really jealous it’s a total understatement. It’s been a busy week anyways, with Wolfi visiting from Curacao we managed to meet up a few times and even went to see a musical – Wicked. It’s a really good laugh, go and see it if you have a chance.

Back to friday though…destination on this occasion was The Loop bar near Oxford Street and it turned out to be a real good laugh.

Katy, Chris & I – she obviously could not not have this lovely Australia hat. I got told though that it’s purely a touristy-thing and nobody over there actually wears it. Proof was a short minute after this picture was taken she got approached by an Aussie girl who questioned rather arrogantly why she was wearing it as if she didn’t have the right to. Whatever is wrong with people I really don’t get it, get a life please!

Cousins Lu & Katy…can’t you tell?

Me, Stu & Jo – I couldn’t help but trying the “Aussie Feeling” myself

Perry & John

Lu & Me – please note the lady in the pink top behind us. I could not believe my eyes when I downloaded the pictures today. Whatever…

So…another weekend is over. Wolfi will go back to Curacao tomorrow and I am counting the days to fly to Milan. 2 weeks to go and I’ll hopefully have some really nice and realxing days. In the meantime I make sure I won’t get bored and start looking into mortgages. Oh yes, Property Ladder here I come!!! Not sure how it will work out, but it’s time to stop just thinking about it and start acting. The appointment with the financial advisor is done and I will know more on Wednesday, in the meantime I guess I need to pick an area where I can see myself living or at least owning a property. The thought is quite scary and exciting at the same time. But more about that once I start getting my facts together, have a good night.

Tine