Regent's Canal

We had a good Sunday that started off with pancakes. Yummy. Then we tried to complete our Rgent's Canal walk that we started at Easter. This time we walked from Angel until Regent's Park - we still have Little Venice to go. It was very good with nice weather, good food from Camden Market and nice sights. Recommended. Follow the link (click on the picture) to follow our adventure on flickr.

Funny facts

Whilst packing and cleaning up something hit me which I then confirmed after a short tete-a-tete with wikipedia. Harry Potter and Linus were born on the same day, July 31 1980. And Neville Longbottom as well of course. Hihi. (And YES, I do know it's all fiction.)

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..."

All done

This morning, around one, I read the last page.

It has arrived!

My Harry Potter and the Deatly Hallows was just popped in through the mail slot. Reading time!

To blog or not to blog

It will be apparent to anyone who visits my blog that I haven't updated for a while. The reason for this is that I keep to versions of the same blog (more or less) and was getting a b it tired of writing about the same things twice albeit in different languages. I have for a while been thinking about whether I should just stop bloging in English altogether. Even though the English one will be more generally intelligable (Swedish has yet to reach the same acceptance as world language) I don't want to switch to just writing in English. Most of those who follow my trivilaty of a life are Swedish friends and family and it would feel odd to communicate with them in English although they'd understand it. Swedish is after all my mother tounge. On top of this I think I have one loyal reader who might miss my ramblings the slightest (my statistics tell my others have come across the blog but I doubt they're here to stay). And it's hard to motivate yourself for ONE person. Especially when you happen to be in the same country and meet quite regularlly. I'll continue to think about it - maybe I'll feel differently once back in Lund.

Pig out

To celebrate my exam results (well, not that they were so much to celebrate) we went out to eat yesterday. I chose TGI Friday's cause they do great American un-nutritious food. Fat, carbohydrates and sugar. I had baby back ribs with Jack Daniel's marinade and sauce with chips and onion rings. For starters we shared fried dollops of mac'n'cheese and for desert hot chocolate cake with fudge, chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream. We were s full after that we could hardly move. That's why we walked from Covent Garden, via Waterloo, to London Bridge. Although there was rain in the air and nothing flattering could be said about the weather, it was absolutely great. Really enjoyed the walk and I think it was very goos for us. Funilly enough I woke up this morning from my tummy rumbling.

I should have learnt something from 2 years of architectural studies

Trying to find things to spend my time doing I have been thinking about and planning the new flat (touch wood) and been on ikea's web site, checked out other furniture stores, looked at wall colours, sketched and done plans. A couple of days ago I tried to visualise our ideas and made a couple of watercolours that I am now prepared to share with the world. And now I'm going to look at wallpaper.

Slow weekend

Well, for us, not the police. I am starting to feel, after three consecutive summers in London, that terrorist threats are a part of summer... A bad part. At least no one got hurt (that wasn't trying to blow things up). Friday night we went out in Shoredich eating at a Vietnamese restaurant which was good and dead cheap on Kingsland Road (Song Que Cafe) which seems to be Little Vietnam when it comes to eating out. It was recommended in Linus' Food Lover's London and recommended it self through it's guests (it looked like they should know what it was supposed to taste like), it's interior (not the slightest bling - more floresant lightning and paper tablecloths), thos waiting in line for a table (with that many choices on one road - queing is good) and the food, especially tehs pring rolls. You definately get your money's worth. We did a couple of PUBs on our way back to more central Shoredich and finished off the evening (early) buying bagels and treats (cheese cake and chocolate fudge). A good night out with Chris - as always.

Otherwise it was a lot about reading, watching telly, sleeping late and eating. We made cheese fondue on Saturday (soooo good, soooo full) and italian chiecken soup on Sunday (just what we needed at this time of the year - wram and filling) AND snickers milk shake (we're getting there). Linus replanted our pot plants (I still do not see the poiunt of them) and it was all very relaxing.