Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Wicked!

Went to Wicked the musical last night at the Victoria Apollo.
It was amazing, wonderfull sets and costumes, amazing actors and manged to get cheap dress circle tickets so that was great. We weren't allowed to take photos of the show but below are a few of the set and the outside of the theatre.





Harrods London

Went to the famous London Harrods, so many rich people with the LV and Prada handbags, the only money we spent was on a donut a krispy kreme, so we did quite well.
The Harrods building



Diana and Dodi memorial
Elton John signed piano for a mear 60,000 pounds
Harry Potter made out of Lego

Friday, July 17, 2009

Hayley and Rachel's Trip to Manchester

So Rachel and I got up very early Thursday morning to take a day trip to Manchester. The reason a job interview. Turns out the job interview was pretty uneventfull but we had a fun little road trip anyway.


Balloons over London @ 5am, waiting for the bus to the train station











View from our Virgin Train, Stoke on Trent







Manchester's version of the London Eye and the side of Selfridges


















Random photos of Manchester, taken from the bus.











Notice the red brick - there is quite a bit of it in England lol
The Brewery in Manchester









Two tired girls on the 5 hour bus ride home

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

London Update

So London is still fabulous, weather has not been as nice as the "heat wave" but its is managing to only rain for half the day usually. Rachel and I have spent the week job hunting, so fingers crossed we both will have fabulous jobs by the end of the month.

Sunday was Bastille Day in Battersea Park, so we enjoyed the sunshine, live music and baguette and cheese, it was divine.




Photos from the bus ride to Holborn
Big Ben with the London Eye in the background















Rachel's hostel where she had to return the key she had stolen.
Hyde Park
Deck Chairs which we thought were free, turns out the where 2 pounds each.

Munich Photos

Had a fabulous time in Munich, was very gratefull to my German speaking friend who could translate everything for me :)

Here a few of the 300 photos I took on my 3 day trip. Will update with details later in the week

























































































































Tuesday, July 7, 2009

London Update

Well I have successfully moved into my flat, now just need to find a job to pay the bills :)

Have had my lovely friend Rachel to stay for a couple of nights so it has been great to have some NZ company.

Off to Munich tomorrow for 4 days so will post loads of photos after that, but have attached a few random ones of London to keep you going.



Battersea Power Station





(From the Pink Floyd album cover)












Westminister Roman Catholic Cathedral









Portobello Road and Westbourne Park Road from the movie Notting Hill





















View from my flat window











My flat in Clapham, above a random hairdressers


















Little Miss Rachel off to the backpackers