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January 26, 2004

Happy Australia Day

I hope everyone had a nice Australia day holiday. Paul and I had to work :( Last night we went to the 'Walkabout' Bar to listen to some good Australian music and they had a world Tim Tam Slamming competition but it didn't work very well because they didn't have any milk so people were dunking them into their beers. Not very nice. I wore Paul's Australian scarf to work today to show my patriotrism. We are going out tonight to our local to have some more drinks to celebrate Australia Day. I miss the fireworks at southbank and not having a public holiday but its still been really fun.

Happy Australia Day.

January 21, 2004

Happy Chinese/ Vietnamese New Year 2004

2004
~The year of the Green Monkey ~


The spunky Monkey is the original party animal! Charming and energetic, Monkeys crave fun, activity and stimulation. They truly know how to have a good time. Monkeys are also good listeners and tackle complicated situations with ease.
This Sign's natural curiosity lends it the desire to become knowledgeable on a broad range of topics.
Monkeys have a show-off side that loves nothing more than to dazzle their pals with all they know.

ALL YOU MONKEYS OUT THERE HAVE A GREAT YEAR!!

PS Paul is a monkey. :)

January 11, 2004

Christmas Special

Christmas has come and gone, but we wish we were still celebrating. Hope you like these snapshots of Paris and London. We had a great time and wish you all could have been with us. Love to you all!!! Tram and Paul

CHRISTMAS IN LONDON AND PARIS

HOPE YOU ENJOY!!!

This is a carousel in the middle of Leicester square.

This is where they have a lot of movie premiers. Its the Odeon in Leicester Square.

This is Paul in front of Xmas tree at Trafalgar Square.

Paul with Nelson's column and the tree but you can't see Paul well. Gives you an idea of how big the tree was. But it was very spectacular.

Outdoor ice skating ring in Somerset House. Paul forgot his gloves so we couldn't go!!

Paul and the ice skating ring.

On our way to Paris. I was amazed that I was the only one in the carriage apart from Paul. I didn't even have to fight for a seat but I'm getting good at that now.

Me and my new car too bad we don't have anywhere to put it. So we thought we would let Luton Airport mind it for us while we go to Paris over Xmas.

Paul being served a famous French duck dish made out of the duck liver.

Tram and Geraldine with the yummiest chocolate cake from Le Notre.

Christmas morning and unwrapping presents. Paul received a travel game set from his secret santa.

Thanks Carroll-Ann for the matching shirts. We wear them separately.

John couldn't afford me any real jewellery so I had to settle for the $2 kind. Thanks John!!

 

I got an Indian head massage kit from Paul. I hope he learns a thing or two from the book.

 

My present to Co Van and Uncle Gerard was a Venetian table cloth and the tie that he is wearing. 

 

 

Tram and Paul outside a memorial for all the people who have contributed to France and it had pretty Christmas trees outside it.

 

They had a Christmas tree in front of Notre Dame. 

This is me inside Notre Dame and the beautiful stain glass windows.

The Christmas nativity inside Notre Dame.

Can you guess what's different about the third guy?

 

Tram walking down some side street in Paris.

Tram and Geraldine outside Invalids. We just saw this gold building and had to pull over and take a photo.

More Eiffel tower from a different angle with the moon in the background.

 

Sacre Coeur or the church of sacred hearts. Its so beautiful at night.

Tram and Geraldine in front of sacre coeur.

The view of the Eiffel tower from Sacre Coeur. The church is situated on a hill over looking Paris.

Paul took this artistic photo of the sacre coeur through the trees.

 

The streets from the arch de triumph were lined with lights.

Family Photo...It was so nice to be with family over the Christmas period.

Tram in front of Opera. From the name they have lots of opera's here.

 

Hmm...Cartier Jewellery. You can't see Paul's face because he's gone really pale thinking of the price.

 

We actually stayed at the Ritz. hehe.

 

Paul and some colum in Place Vendome.

 

On the French Monopoly Place Vendome is equivalent to Mayfaire. We didn't see any affordable rings though not even in Tiffany's.

Can you see us in the display. It was a very cool display.

Tram in front of Gallery Lafayette, which is a big shop owned by Mohammed Lafayette father of Dodi.

This was the most amazing Christmas tree inside Gallery Lafayette.

These are the streets of Arpajon where we stayed. Everywhere in Paris was decorated with Christmas lights. The French really know how to celebrate Christmas.

January 03, 2004

Venice

I hope everyone had a lovely christmas and new years. We had a great time in Paris and Scotland. But here are our photos of Venice. We would also like to say a big thank you to Michelle for showing us around Venice and for letting us stay in the apartment. You would make an excellent tour guide!! Enjoy the photos and remember to write lots of comments. :) Love Tram and Paul Once again I hope the new year brings you all lots of joy and happiness.

The beautiful city of Venice

 

Our tour guide and friend Michelle. This was the not so pretty part of Venice but it was still very pretty.

 

Paul and I on our first gondola ride across the grand canal. It was only 50 Euro Cents.

Michelle and I on one of the many bridges walking to our apartment.

One of the many little alleys...We would have been totally lost if it were not for Michelle.

The view from our apartment.

This is the markets on the Rialto Bridge.

The markets were very cool and its even more special because its on a bridge.

Paul at San Marco. It looks very impressive by daylight.

Pigeon man. Michelle calls them Kamikaze pigeons.

Michelle and I with the view of the harbor.

I love this picture of the clothes being hung out to dry.

Michelle and I and the wooden bridge.

This is a door frame with an actually number on it. I wonder who lives here.

Its Paul on a bridge with a gondola going underneath it.

Its me on another bridge.

The shop displays in Venice are stunning.

This is in a court yard, which was part of an art gallery and shop.

Paul and I on the wooden bridge.

Gondola races. Did you know that you can only be gondola guy if you're father was one and you are male.

Two gondolas passing each other on the grand canal.

Me and some performing artist.

Gondola traffic jam!!

Michelle and I overlooking the bridge that Casanova walked over when he went to prison. Its a bridge from the court house to the dungeon. We were wondering what happens when you are in the dungeon and it floods. Do they leave you to die?

 

This photo you can actually see the gondola guy. Michelle knew some of them. hehe.

 

This is an Island where every house is painted a different color. I would want to paint my house pink.

Doesn't it look cool. Its just so happy and cheerful.

The bell tower is just leaning just a little bit.