My birthday & other updates

Monday 19 August 2013

A favourite from Paris + expert face blocker 

Aled also got one of my photos that I took in Paris turned into a canvas. I love it!  It was my birthday the other week (I am continually behind with posts, I know!) and I was rather spoiled with a few outings and treats. Aled also bought me a ticket to see Matilda the Musical, which we saw last weekend and really enjoyed. Tim Minchin's lyrics were as clever and touching as usual. I love the story of Matilda, and Roald Dahl's magic does seem to translate anywhere. 

Me and Megan at Ping

On the evening of my birthday I went to Ping. .I wanted to go to one of these ping pong bars for ages so it seemed like the right opportunity. The cocktails and pizzas were delicious and we had a lot of fun on the ping pong tables, although our reserved half hour passed very quickly. My ping pong skills did leave a lot to be desired though....


The day after my wonderful best friend Becki took me to the Harry Potter studio tour. I was so excited about this, I could barely concentrate on work all day! I even wore my Gryffindor Team Seeker top in honour of our visit. It was really, really good, and really worth if if you are a Harry Potter fan. There are so many original sets, props etc from the films and it took us about 3 hours to get around it all. I absolutely loved being in the Great Hall.  I think I will do another post with the photos from the tour as, as you can imagine I took quite a few. 

Unashamed HP fan...

This past weekend has been spent with family. My mum is up visiting at the moment, and we went out for lunch with Megan and her boyfriend and then went to the cinema to see the Alan Partridge film. I am a big fan of the TV series and the film exceeded my expectations. I haven't laughed like that in a cinema for a long time! 

Megan & Matt

I also just wanted to add in the below photo I took yesterday as the sky looked beautiful. I love how London looks at dusk. I love how it looks most of the time, but I do really have a thing for dusk Best time of the day. 

Trafalgar Square with added new fourth plinth!

8 comments:

  1. That picture you took of Paris is stunning!! As is the one of the sky over London - you sure are talented! Happy Belated Birthday xxxx

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    1. Thank you - although I think it's more of the Paris beauty in the fog with added black and white more than my skills haha :)

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  2. THERE ARE PING PONG BARS? I'm sorry, I can't focus on anything else in this post, though that photo of Paris is gorgeous. THERE ARE PING PONG BARS?

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    1. Ha, why yes, ping pong bars! There are only 2 that I know of, Ping in Earls Court and Bounce in Holborn, both with bars, food and ping pong tables!

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  3. I'm going to the Harry Potter studio tour this year! I actually can't wait. I'm a sad sad person and am rereading all the books and watching the movies in preparation! Such a Harry Potter freak I cannot wait.

    It looks like you had a wonderful time, happy belated birthday!!

    AJ

    Writer’s block and broken lenses

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    1. Thanks! Ahh it's so cool - you will love it. I keep meaning to re-read the books, going to start in a few weeks I think :)

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    2. I think you should. You know you'll love every second. I bought me and my cousin matching Time Turners last week! We're all prepared :-p

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  4. that photo is beautiful! and happy birthday!

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