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20th September 2008
Paris and Versailles
Off to Paris.. again...
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6th September 2008
Rav and Minaxi
Rav and Minaxi visited us in London before setting off on their European adventure.
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31st August 2008
Buckingham Palace
They open the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace during the northern summer. So Ashika booked some tickets for us to go and see it.
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22nd August 2008
Croatia
Having heard for quite some time that the Dalmatiasn Coast and the islands within it are a cheaper alternative for the Greek Islands, we decided to see what the fuss was about. We spent 2 days each in Split, Hvar and Dubrovnik.
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16th August 2008
Brighton Beach
Right, let's get this straight, 'beach' is a very loose term when people refer to Brighton Beach in the UK. But, that said, we decided to take advantage of Nation Rail's 4 person day pass and go to Brighton for the day with Jeremy and Emma (who we met on the Turkey tour). Luckily we were blessed with great weather.
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8th August 2008
Edinburgh, Scotland
Each year there is the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s largest arts festival. Our main purpose for going to the Fringe was the comedy performances that take place. We went with Simon and Adele (I'd worked with Simon while I was at Deloitte) who we'd previously accompanied to Loch Ness.
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6th July 2008
The Maldives
It's not often that you celebrate your 5th year wedding anniversary. As such, we decided to do something we'd always wanted to, an over-water bungalow in the Maldives.
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26th June 2008
Centre Court, Wimbledon
Having entered the public ballots for Wimbledon tickets, we were very surprised when 10 days prior to it starting, we received notification that we'd secured tickets to centre court for day 4 of the first week.
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3rd May 2008
Turkey
Unfortunately we missed out on seeing the Mohammad Ali mosque in Cairo, so we just had to book to see the Blue mosque in Istanbul (it's twin).
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15th March 2008
Egypt & the Pyramids
Going to see Cleopatra in her home land, well... going to her home land anyway.
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24th January 2008
Australia and New Zealand
Making our yearly trip home, we had plenty to do; Ravikesh (cousin's) wedding in NZ, Australian taxes, sorting out property issues, meeting and spending time with various family members etc...
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22nd December 2007
Borovets, Bulgaria
Off to celebrate a white Christmas in Bulgaria.
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30th November 2007
Glasgow and Loch Ness, Scotland
Time to visit our friends in Glasgow, Scotland and took a drive to a cabin on the shores of Loch Ness.
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3rd November 2007
Diwali in London
Going to Wembley, London to see the parade and fireworks for the Diwali festival.
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23rd October 2007
Will Greenwood Rugby World Cup Review Dinner
Ashika got tickets to go and see the above at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London.
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20th October 2007
Arsenal vs Bolton Soccer/ Football at Emirates Stadium
For my birthday, Ashika got awesome tickets to the above match at Emirates Stadium.
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2nd October 2007
Oktoberfest in Munich
Ashika decided to take me to Munich for my birthday. It also happened to be Oktoberfest during that time (coincidence, I think so too).
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16th September 2007
Devan from Au visits
Devan Naidoo (friend from Australia) was in town for work and visited us for dinner on Sunday night. It was a very nice dinner as Rita was still around and we all got to have a home cooked (by Ashika) curry meal.
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15th September 2007
Thames Festival on the Southbank & Platform 9 3/4
Rita (family member from USA) came to visit and we went to the Thames Festival and the infamous Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station.
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08th September 2007
One day final between India and England at Lords
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28th August 2007
Long weekend in Lake Garda, Italy
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12th August 2007
London Mela
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10th July 2007
Trip to Bath
After spending a few days in London, we went for an overnight drive to Bath and returning via Stonehenge.
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05th July 2007
Trip to Euro Disneyland and Paris
We decided to take the visiting guests to France. What better way to occupy school aged kids, then by spending some time at Disneyland (Euro). We also spent some time in Paris, the city of lurve!
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14th June 2007
Our new place in Angel
2nd June 2007
Brian from Au visits
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Ashika's friend Brian from work in Australia (NAB) visited us in London en-route to the states. We met him on the Saturday and went to Spittlefields markets near Brick Lane (famous in London for the strip of Indian and Bangladeshi restaurants). It was a beautiful day to be out and about and we came home with Indian sweets for some dessert after having had lunch at the markets (Brian had Ethiopian food while Ashika and I had Thai).
26th May 2007
Dublin Ireland for the long weekend
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12th May 2007
'Frisco for the weekend
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30th April 2007
Off to Houston for work...
<start sarcasm>yay!!!</end sarcasm>
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9th April 2007
Our first international trip - Belgium
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Well, we have finally got our act into gear and planned and executed an international trip. It was to Belgium. Read more here.
25th March 2007
Trip to Cambridge... in the rain.
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14th March 2007
Our humble abode (for now)
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13th March 2007
Meet my little bro'- Elvyn!
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13th March 2007
A Saturday night in London
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Out and about in London
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22nd February 2007
Welcome to London
After bawling my eyes out at Sydney airport (thanks Sha and Mum!),
we made our way to London. 24 hours later, we were there...the
verdict...IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!!!!!.......
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| Welcome to Heathrow |
Waiting in the lounges of Heathrow |
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| Feeling sad on the plane |
17th February 2007
Family Party!
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February 2007
Leaving friends
Thanks so much to our friends who have given us so much support
during this time. Your friendship means so much to us! We will miss you
heaps and look forward to you coming and staying with us in the UK!
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| Arzu and I |
With high school friends, (left to right) Richard, My, Andrew, Tram, Me and Nav |
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| Nav and Lachlan. What a
cutey, and so is Lochie |
Me with the NAB girls,
Linda, Sasha, Me and Natasha |
10th February 2007
Friends party!!
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February 2007
Selling the cars
Out of all the heart breaking things we had to do, selling our
cherished cars was definitely the hardest. This section is dedicated to
our treasured cars. May you find owners who cherish and love you the
way we did...:(
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| Our treasured Honda Accord Euro |
My beloved Honda..many memories |
December 2006 - February 2007
Packing up the house
If I ever see another bubble wrap, sticky tape or box again, I'm
going to scream. I now understand why moving is classified as the 2nd
most stressful thing in the world!
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| Saying goodbye to our
house.. |
A very empty living room |
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| My treasured house |
Nav packing in style |
December 2007
It seems like an eternity now that we decided to pack up and move to London..