So for Easter I went away to the north coast with my boyfriend and his family. This was the view from the house:


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I feel I must not appear to be ungrateful about how fully my weather expectations have been subverted. While my first weekend in London was cold and grey, Oxford has been beautiful and warm ever since. I am loving it. It is exactly the change I wanted from the horrid Sydney winter. I think I might be cold-blooded. I even got sunburnt yesterday ( Read more... )

It has been a cold winter in Sydney so far, or at least, cold by this Queensland girl's standards. When it comes down to it, I would much rather prefer to be too hot rather than too cold. I have been making lots of jokes about how England's summer weather will be about the same as here, or perhaps just a few degrees warmer, but now that I actually ( Read more... )

I didn't buy a rail pass this week, and decided that it was time to attempt walking to uni again, in an effort to save money and atone for my sins of wine, chocolate, and pasta. So I memorised a route using Google Maps and set off this afternoon, and happily the walk was pleasant enough and took about 25 minutes, which is about the same as using ( Read more... )

No Advent Calendar yesterday. It was probably Becky's fault. So a few different things today.

I asked avariecaita for a suggestion, and she proposed Top 10 Favourite Christmas Traditions Down Under. We only have one, and it is: getting drunk. Although, okay, not really. Complaining about the heat and going for a swim is another. Also, in our house we light a ( Read more... )

IT IS SO HOT ( Read more... )

The Aussie thinks it is winter. The Pom thinks it is summer. Hilarious cross-cultural misunderstandings ensue!

squishypeanut says: and I severely doubt it is cold
squishypeanut says: in fact, tell me the temp
saffronlie says: i don't know the temp
saffronlie says: but i'll go look it up JUST FOR YOU
squishypeanut says: thanmks! LD
saffronlie says: 28 minutes ago it was 21.9 degrees Celsius
saffronlie says: dew point 17.7 ( Read more... )

This is for avariecaita, who thinks I never do anything just for her.

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