Paris, a French wedding and New Years.

So back to London for a day, did the washing and then off at 8.30 am the next day to Paris! My flatties and I headed off on the Eurostar, then I continued on to my friend Leon's wedding an hour out of the city on the train.

It was absolutely amazing, the place we were staying at was sensational, and we meet up with some other kiwis on our first night, who we had dinner with in the CUTEST french village. None of us could read the menu, so our dinners were all a surprise! haha. It was in the country and sooo beautiful!

The next day was the wedding in a little village near where Caroline lived, so romance, so gorgeous! The ceromony was lovely and alot of it in French which was awesome to experience! Afterwards, we followed the wedding car through all the little villages to where we were staying and the reception was been held. It was awesome, complete with fireworks on the dessert table, a slideshow, hula dancing flowergirls and of course the haka, which the boys actually pulled off remarkably well! So wicked to be able to be there with Leon on his special day, they make the most beautiful couple! Everyone was so nice and welcoming, a really great, great bunch and loads of fun! So neat to see all the French traditions, including the onion soup at the early hours. Tres cool.

Lots of dancing and a rather sore head later we went back to Paris the next day and had a lovely dinner, Matt our friend ate frog Legs - gross, then we wandered Paris and marvelled at her lights..I even rode the ferris-wheel at the end of the Champs Elysees. Which seemed like a great idea till I realised how much I don't like heights!

The next day we tried to go to Versailles but it was shut, so we just wandered. We had booked a cute apartment in Bastille, which worked out real well. It was tiny but cool. Saw the new year in a club...WOW, what a yea 2007 was! So here I am back in London, freezing my butt off and trying to get back some sort of routine. It is one year since I arrived on the 28th where on earth did that go.

Here's to another year, hope 2008 is everything you all hope it to be. Represent ow.

Me xxxxoooo

Christmas in Amsterdam.

Well my lovelies, oh the adventures I have had. After finishing work for the year, Leon, Sarah and I headed to Amsterdam to have Christmas with Rosita, her sister Leila and her boyfriend Matty, who was over from New York. On arriving we were met by the wonderful tree they had decorated with little toys painted white, amazing stockings that Leila had sewn, and the Christmas table complete with white horses that galloped down the middle. The first night we headed out for tea with friends of theirs to a beautiful restaurant and then off to the red light district for those who hadn't seen it.

Amsterdam is beautiful this time of year, we zoomed around on bikes, through the parks where the lakes had frozen over and kids were ice skating past the little dukes who were walking over it. It is such a neat city, so chilled out and pretty.

On Christmas eve we went shopping with a 2 Euro budget per pressie to fill up eachothers stockings with. Then that night headed out to a club where they were playing 80s music all night. Despite the fact it wasn't dress up we did anyway and danced the night away. Then it was off home to go to sleep and wait for Santa.

Christmas morning, Leila and Rosita put on the most amazing spread, croissants, scrambled eggs, cherries, cheeses, hams..mmmmmm mmmmmm! Honestly I can't explain how indulgent our trip was. Everything about it was magic. It was so nice to be around close old friends for what was for me, the first Christmas ever I have been away from home!

We then opened pressies some which were hilarious, in particular the cheese Matty got me that actually came out of our groceries that we had got the day before, and the lovely 2 euro perfume he got Leon!

Christmas dinner was amazing Rosita cooked up a storm, so amazing that it nearly went cold as we took so long photographing it all! After dinner and all its yummyness we got into the arts and crafts. There were so many things to play with from our stockings, we all reverted to been little and started to build our treats! Matty and I made a lovely pig, (well tried Rosita had to do it in the end) Leila made rings for everyone, Sarah a town, Leon a car and then we combined to make a little house. Absoulety hilarious! Such a memorable Christmas!

Hope you all had an amazing time and are lapping up the sun down under it is FREEZING here, gutted!

Sending you warm fuzzies!

Lib xxxxoooo