A few Paris pics :)

I did promise, so here you go! These pictures by the way are from my suprise trip to Paris for ny 21st birthday. I miss it already, and would love to go back soon.

So, we arrived in Paris Beaumont Airport after flying from Liverpool John Lennon. As it was my birthday, I wanted to do something memorable for it. We were very tired, so had a sleep first, then at about half 5 we took the metro to near the Eiffel Tower. It was amazing, and we just got there in time to see the lights flashing on the hour.


On the second day we did the Louvre, the Champs Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe. It was all fantastic! Such a long day though and we were both so tired and our legs were sore! It was lovely though, because it was Valentines Day, so everyone was looking so happy and holding hands. This is the Paris I think everyone imagines :)


On the final day we intended to go the Lafayette shopping centre, but it was Sunday, so it was closed! We looked on a map and decided to go to Notre Dame instead.


Then we got the Eurostar back to Ashford International on Sunday afternoon and it was a great way to travel! It was quiet, extremely quick and comfortable too. Will definitely be doing that again.


So that concludes my brief Paris story! Now, I am not well and very tired...probably still recovering from walking down the Champs Elysees!

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It's been a week!

I haven't blogged for a week now, and the reason for that is I am only just settling back into daily life after being whooshed off to Paris to celebrate my 21st birthday.

On Thursday 12th February (the day before my birthday!) I was told to pack my stuff, we were going to Paris for the weekend. My boyfriend had arranged everything!

So anyway, stay tuned to see a few pictures and an account of how I found the romantic city. I'm still coming down from the excitement, so every day life has not been resumed...I'm putting it off! That's why I'm being so lazy this week :)

Also, my boyfriend bought me a book that he had designed himself. It is a fantastic keepsake present. Take a look here: Lucy Woolford: The Story So Far

Mini blog.

While I have been doing my dissertation draft (which I hope I have done now!), I was pointlessly browsing the Internet.

Mostly I have been addicted to Twitter and via that service I came across Spotify which is basically iTunes but it uses the Internet to get almost any song you can think of. It's great!

Also I am currently listening to Richard Bacon, and I think he's great. I have always been a fan of the show, but tonight he is talking about Twitter and just being a bit random! If you want to follow him on Twitter he is here.

No snow in Chester, but I still managed to get stuck!

On Sunday night I was in the car with my Dad, taking my sister to Beverley in Yorkshire. We were travelling from Sale in Cheshire, and there had been some snow there earlier in the day, but nothing that settled.

Getting to Yorkshire was a completely different kettle of fish!

In my 21 years (nearly!) I don't think I've ever seen snow so bad. Beverley is sort of in the middle of nowhere, well to the like of me who only knows towns! So we turned off the motorway and hit country roads.

Already along the way we had experienced very heavy fog, and very heavy snowfall coming at the windscreen, so this was the icing on the cake.

We got STUCK!

Quite a few cars also did, but we had the sense to at least attempt a 3 point turn and head for main roads. I saw "we", I can take no credit!

It was so thick on the ground that the wheels on the car were spinning, and braking proved to be difficult. One car had already given up on going further and had pulled over, probably for the night.

So that was that excitement. We had to go through Hull and use main roads.

Such a shame that it was too dark to take pictures with my phone :(

Give me BBC football any day

For anyone who didn’t see the Everton V Liverpool FA Cup tie last night, you missed a cracker. No not the game (it was a bit rubbish to be honest!), but the monumental error that ITV made in showing an ad during play.

It wouldn’t really have mattered if this part of the game was as boring as the first 100 odd minutes, but unfortunately for the person in charge of the ads, it was when the only goal of the game came!

I did think it was strange at the time, and thought they must be contracted to show ads then or something, but when it came back and there had been an Everton goal, I could not believe my eyes...so much so that I went out to get chips and gravy while I pondered the matter!

I don’t think anyone really knew how serious this matter was until this morning. It seems now that there will be an FA investigation to see how seriously ITV take the football.

Too right...how can any channel that employs David Pleat to commentate, take anything seriously?

I think so far there have been over 1000 complaints from people who missed the goal, and as the problems seemed to last longer in the north west, most of those are probably from angry Evertonians.

It will be interesting to see what comes of this...

UK snowfall worst in 18 years...

...and I remember the last time too, as it was around the time my sister was born! We had to clamber through snow to see her!

Anyway, I don’t want to harp on about the snow- I know it’s been exhausted by the BBC! I only really want to write about it so that I remember that it happened!

I didn’t go out in it. I really did want to take my camera, but I was far too cold, and wasn’t in the mood to get soggy.

In Chester we’ve had far less than in the south of England. It snowed a bit on Monday, then it got quite heavy in the evening. Tuesday was horrible and icy so it was “big furry boots” weather.

(Image from Flickr)

Was hoping for proper snow in this part today, but it didn’t happen. Ah well...maybe in another 18 years!

I know it affected a lot of people going to work and school, especially in the south of England and the eastern parts, and I really do think Carol McGiffin (Loose Women, ITV1) should stop harping on about how people were being stupid and didn’t even try to get to work.

I think that the break from work has done people some good. Ok some may have used the snow as a lame excuse, but then I wouldn’t drive in conditions like that for anyone! Trains and buses were cancelled, so what more could they do? A story came to light today about a man who walked 18 miles to get to work, because he was a radiographer. Fair play to him, and I really commend that, but obviously not everyone has the incentives to get to work that he does. He must love his job!

I don’t agree that the Government should have a plan in place for such freak weather conditions as this because for goodness sake, we are in a recession. The last thing we want is for more money down the drain, when this might not happen again for another 20 years. Just chill out and enjoy the fun!

Bloc Party report, as promised!

So a week ago today, I went to see Bloc Party after a rush of spontaneity hit me. Managed to get two tickets in the second row of the balcony, right in the middle. This was at the Manchester Apollo by the way, so if you know it, you know it’s a great venue! If you don’t know it...it’s a great venue!


(image from Flickr)

So the support was Tommy Sparks and he was ok. Not as bad as the men behind me were making him out to be! I must find out what song was played last, because I really liked it and it made me smile.

So then after the usual setting up and sound checks, Bloc Party came out in modest fashion and went straight into ‘One Month Off’. From that moment, I just had “that” feeling that it was going to be a good’un!

I couldn’t contain myself at any point from head-banging/swaying/screaming lyrics! To anyone behind I must have looked like I was having some kind of fit, but at the time I really didn’t care. I was just so into it, and they really drew me in. I felt as though it was just me and them in a room, and I was lapping up everything they had to offer.

Matt Tong’s drumming was fantastic, and Kele’s vocals really reflected the beautiful but complicated lyrics.

I have to mention at this point that the couple in front of us disappeared after about 15 minutes, and never came back, so actually we more or less had front row seats!

They also played a cover version of the Girls Aloud hit ‘Call the Shots’ which was slightly surreal, as everyone was trying to work out what song it was. By the chorus, everyone was singing along! I think I’m right in saying they haven’t played that at any other venue?

Then the encore came, and a standing ovation after that, as the gig was over. We ran to the back of the hall to catch a train, and then...out they came again! WOW!

So we stayed standing this time, as everyone else was, and I completely let myself go. I must have entered the “really ecstatic” level of happiness as I waved my arms around (and I never do that coz I’m too shy!).

They finished on ‘This Modern Love’ which was brilliant, and most definitely one of my favourites.

I really cannot fault the evening at all, and it was a welcome change from sitting indoors with dull weather, staring at the TV (not that I dislike doing that!). I am so glad I was decisive enough to get the tickets and go to one of the best gigs I think I’ve been to.

One of the coolest pics ever!

Found via Plime, this is taken in Port Lympne Zoo in Kent.

The photographer just happened to click at the right time...amazingly cool!

See the full article here.