For Pete's Sake

If Carlsberg took photographs..

As mentioned in my last post Cati and I travelled to Paris on New Year’s day for a 4 day holiday. It’s been several years since I’ve last visited, less for Cati, and to be honest I wasn’t quite sure what we’d do. When Cati lived here we did the major touristy things like going up the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and so on but very little after that. To be honest the main detractor from doing much was that her flat was up seven flights of stairs. At the time I was less fit than I am now and it was quite an effort so we mostly stayed in her little flat; sad I know.

Anyway the trip this time has been a little different. First of all our accommodation isn’t up lots of stairs, this time round we’re staying with a friend of Cati’s from her time here at Uni. It’s outside Paris in what is effectively the suburbs. It’s a lovely place to be and it’s kinda nice to be out of the craziness that is central Paris. This has helped a wee bit as when we went in to Paris yesterday it felt more like a day trip rather than a wander around your own back yard. I get the same feeling with Bristol now that we live in the suburbs. It’s made the trip feel that little bit more special and, as I’m more active these days, we got up to a lot of things in just one day. I shan’t go in to the particulars of what we did as that will appear on our holiday website and I don’t want to steal its thunder but less to say we’ve had a lot of fun.

We’re going home tomorrow and I am looking forward to being back at home. I always do miss home when I’m away but I’ve enjoyed Paris much more than I did than when Cati lived here which is also a sad thing. There are so many things to do in Paris that if I’d have been more energetic when Cati was living here I think I’d have had a greater appreciation for the city than I did till now. Whether we’ll make many more trips is another thing in light of our future plans but I think that I have a greater respect for Paris now than I did purely by getting out there and actually seeing Paris.

Big Bang Theory

Well thanks to the glory of post-dating blog updates this should appear not long after we in the UK pass in to 2010. I will safely assume that it goes without a hitch and nothing major happened. I will at this point be in London with a view to getting the Eurostar to Paris come New Years’ Day.

It’s been a fun holiday period. I’ve been home to spend Christmas with family, then North to Peebles to spend some time with my Mum & Dad but to also see my brother and sister-in-law and finally a quick stop off in Yorkshire to see Andy. I’m looking forward to Paris too. It’s been a while since I’ve been back there as I visited quite a few times when Catrin was living there. While not my most favourite city it’s a beautiful place to visit. Not quite sure what we’ll get up to but I’m sure that either way we’ll have a good time.

With that I’d like to wish you all a happy New Year.