We've got snow!

We had a bit of excitment today with some snow in London! Finally! I blame the movies, but when we moved to London a few years ago, I had Dickensian visions of strolling down snow lined streets past red telephone boxes and gas powered street lights.

Our street with snow!

Ok, so I knew the gas lights wouldn't be around anymore, and I certainly didn't have a top hat and a cane, but I did think we would have a bit more snow over time. Much to my suprise - it tends to snow more in Seattle than in London (at least in my experience).

Anyhoo - we had some snow, and much like most other cities, London tends to have a bit of a breakdown at the smallest amount of snow and today was no different as Trains, the Tube, and Flights were all disrupted pretty heavily.

Thankfully I'm only reliant on my trusty two-wheeled steed for my commute, and although I was soaked by the time I got to work, it was good fun to ride around London in the snow.

Other excitements today included seeing sir Richard Branson in Covent Garden for the launch of Virgin Media's new cable/broadband offering in the UK. I think that's the only celebrity I've seen up close since I've been in London! Obviously I don't hang out in the right places.

London, 4 Febuary 2007 - Jeff Sharpe declared best crappy blogger of the year

Well - in an effort to maintain my role as an occasional blogger, I swore to myself that I would update the good old blog before a year had passed since my last post (my, how my standards have dropped!). And as its' superbowl sunday (scroll down, to see my last post from last years' superbowl sunday), I figured I had better get busy and post something...anything...even though my blogging has eroded to the point where my occasionally faithful readers have long given up hope.

So, here it is :). We're alive, we're still living in the same flat in London, work's gone well for us both in the past year and we're happy and having fun! Also - in the past year, we've done a bit more exploring and have visited:

• Chamonix, France
• Dijon, France
• Paris, France (apparently we like France)
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Rome, Italy
• Brugges, Brussels
• The Greek Islands (Mykonos, Santorini, Paros, Naxos)
• and Scotland (Edinburgh and Oban)

We haven't nearly crossed all of the places off our list (which grows by the day) - but we're getting there. Anyone want to come visit to help us cross off some more?

Well, that's the update for now! Hope everyone is well and that you've had a good start to your year. Feel free to come visit us anytime!

Best,
Jeff & Penny