so different, yet the same

So rather than read a local newspaper like the Times, or something distinctly London based, I read the Age online. And this morning, an article made me realise that while it's so different, it's still all the same.

I quote for you:

Christmas Presents

So we had earlier decided that we weren't going to bother with christmas presents for each other - we've spent rather a lot of money this year. So apart from our christmas lunch, christmas was fairly uneventful.

Singularity Christmas

While it may be far from the first christmas we have spent together, this year was the first christmas we actually spent alone. Figuratively speaking. It doesn't mean we couldn't eat up a storm though.

Saturday Snow !

I'm dreaming of a white christmas...

Well, not dreaming so much, because it's looking like becoming a reality. I got up this morning at around 10am, it was snowing. It continued to snow for at least 3 hours. And not just a light shower.

Not so wintry

Today is our planned trip to Winter Wonderland. I was really looking forward to this - outdoor ice skating rink, skating around in the snow, little snowwy thinggies falling on our faces and stuff.
Unfortunately, all the snow has gone away. There's actually a nice, clear blue sky out there.

Rhiannon doesn't agree

(In fact, she thinks i'm kind of nuts) but this is possibly the coolest, Ever. We've been hearing for days about how it's going to snow. It was supposed to snow on Saturday, etc. It's now Tuesday.

And I'm disappointed, because by the time we woke up, there was already white outside, so we actually missed the first snow of the year. (Incidently, it's not even December yet.)

Oxford St Christmas lights

Today, coincidentally, coincided with the American Express VIP shopping day on Oxford St here in London. Basically, they closed the street to through traffic, and only allowed pedestrians.

We needed to buy a proper winter jacket for Rhiannon - her leather jacket is not only old and sullen, but also not really keeping her warm. So despite the cold weather, the threat of the first snow of the year, 1 blocked nose, 1 chest cold, 1 head cold combined with spacey, out of this world feeling, we ventured down to Oxford st, leaving our warm, comfy abode about 2:00pm.

Finally...

We have uploaded a selection of photos from our week in Paris, including EuroDisney, Versaille, and that big pointy steel thing.

You can find them all in a slideshow here
Along with our entire France trip here
The Summer Odyssey here

And of course, the whole shebang here

There is over 600 shots in the summer collection, so have some spare time :)

Weather's here, wish you were fine.

As you may recall, we left in February. At the tail end of yet another Melbourne heat wave. It was kinda cold when we got here, but we adjusted, then it became a lovely, warm, sunny summer, not just here, but also in Europe.

It's now November.