Sibling violence.

Saw this and it reminded me of when me and my brother had pillow fights....sadly I was the younger one.

Ciao Italy! Pt Uno

So here we are, the first of a few instalments about our recent trip to Italy. There are loads of pics but I will try to 'stream-line' it a little for you.

We arrived at our hotel rather late on the first night, so we didn't go far for dinner (next door in fact) and got a good nights sleep. Our first full day was spent in Florence...... We parked on the out-skirts of town and walked in. On the way we came across a cool flea-market that was packed with cool stuff. Fee even managed to pick up some retro style glasses frames that she plans to get lenses for.

Almost every shop was like this, it would have taken days to go though it all.

There she is, the Duomo! It's an amazingly detailed building.

That be a lot of stone and marble.

As you can see from the pic the crowds were big so we did not get to go inside, you can also see the sky turning a rather evil looking shade of grey.

Moments after this picture was taken the sky's opened and it rain down hard...not only that but it also started to hailed! Fee and me did manage to jump into the 'OPA', this was the little museum just opposite the Duomo. It was interesting but I don't think we would have gone in if it had not been raining.

Do you see what they did there?...very smart.

There was some rather scary stuff in there like this guy...ekk!

He seemed to be in a better mood.

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Spooky eyes!

"Hmmmm...now where should I put the Starbucks?"

Once the weather eased up a little we ran to a local place for some food and drink. By the time we finished the sky had stopped pouring down. We went for a little walk back to the car and decided to head up to a church up on the peak of Florence.

Spotted this on the way...seems Jesus died for our sin's and to warn us not to go down dead-ends.

Pretty amazing view from up there.

Loving the look!

Cute!

"I see you.."

Very pretty Church on the peak.

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Again, this building was full of detail and reminded Fee and me of temples we saw back in China.

For god's sake David...put some pants on!

Good to be home...

Hey boys and girls!

Just to let you know i'm back from my trip to Italy and enjoying being home. The trip was great (so expect pics) but the journey home was a bit draining to say the least....so Fee and me are enjoying the comforts of home and chilling.

Keep your eyes peeled for Italy post soon!

Peace.

Off again!

Hey peeps!

Just so you all know, Fee and me are off to Italy tomorrow morning for a week of food, food and wine.... plus food. Not sure what the internet situation will be like but I hope to see you all soon. Peace!

OH MY GOD!!

It looks like a foot!

The Elf graduates..Pt2

After the ceremony we all had a rest and shower back at the hotel (Dad and Spencer waited for us in the pub) before we met up for dinner and drinks.

Cool little slider sign to tell the hotel owners if you were in or out....tonight we were definitely out!

The first stop was a nice Italian restaurant called 'Martinis', the food was nice (I had risotto and cheese cake....not at the same time) and we all toasted to Abi's future success.

Spencer looking a little worried here....I think the beer was taking a more than 2min to arrive! HELP!

Micheal was pleased to see the arrival of 'chili oil'...he is a big fan of spicy food.

After dinner we took our full belly's out for some fresh air and to look for a nice place to get a drink. We found a cool bar (can remember the name, sorry) and plotted up for a a drink or two...or three...or six!

Cool Dad!

At one point in the night he was talking about going to a rave or a foam party...wtf?!

The girls talking about...cocktails?...shoes?...men?..shopping?...take your pick.

Some crazy but tasty cocktails were had...yum yum!

"....and that's how you punch a guy in face"

Micheal realising he does not like Jagermeister, and after washing it down with a Red Bull he soon realised he didn't like that!

Micheal is a rather jolly guy....

...even in close up, just look how happy he is.

So once the bar closed we all said out goodbyes and set off back to out hotels. We had a flight to catch so we wanted a decent nights sleep before the stress of traveling home. We got back in once piece but it was a long day of trains and planes. When the hell are the going to get teleporting up and running!!!

Little Elf graduates..Pt1

Been back from the UK a few days now but I came back with a killer cold and not really been in the mood to blog, sorry. However I'm here now and ready to update you all on what happened, there are loads of pics so i'll break it up a little.

Our Friday in London was spent at the UK passport office, Fee needed to get her new passport with there married name (Groves) in it. I wont go into details but it was a nightmare that shaved 5 years off my life and gave me high blood pressure....but she now has the passport which is a good thing.

We got the train up to Bath where the graduation was taking place, never been there before but it is a really pretty place and I would recommend if you have not been. Kind of wish we have visited Abi at some other point....oh well.

Bath is an old city and full of things like this, pretty right?

People even play Cricket here, how English is that!

I think he whipped his bails off with that one.

Once we got to our cute little hotel we dumped our bags and hit the town as Fee and me needed a big drink after the day we had. My Dad and Brother LOVE a beer so they were on a mission to drink as much as possible, me and the girls needed some food after a little while so we ran off for a curry..Yum!

One of the many, many pubs we went too that night.

Abi had to get my Dad a burger and chips on the way home from Mr D's burger van. Apparently this was the best burger he had ever had....he was rather drunk at the time.

The next morning my Dad, Spencer (my brother) and Toby (Abi's boyfriend) were a little hung over....Spencer didn't make it to breakfast and now has the nickname 'kebab pants' but i'll spear you the story that goes along with that one.

Pop, Toby, Spencer and Fee.

We went to the Uni Early with Abi to get her gown and photos done, so we hung around which gave some people the chance to re-hydrate a little.

The Bath Spa University has a very pretty campus with some nice old building like this.

So after a long time sitting in a hot test listening to boring people talk and clapping until our hands hurt it was finally Abis turn to go up. Well done Sis!

Awwww the little Elf is all grown up*

The classic.

Toby and Spencer were still nursing a hangover at the time.

Pop, Me, Abi, Toby, Spencer.

Stop nagging, i'm trying to take a picture!

I think we were teasing Toby about being shorter than Abi..Awwww.

It was a nice day and we managed to get out of there before it rained, the plan was to get some food then rest up for a night out.....so stay tuned for pt2!

*When Abi was little I convinced her she was a Elf from the bottom of the garden that we adopted because she grew to big for the rest of the Elf's to look after.......what?....dont look at me like that!

"just wait to get on that road again..."

No sooner am I back from London then i'm off again.....

It's my little sisters graduation ceremony from university, so it should be a nice family get together in the town of Bath. I'll take the D-90 this time so there should be some nice pics once I get back.

This is the post-it note I have left on my screen so people know I am away.

Pip-pip!