The Jube Eye: A Jolly Holiday!

Thursday, December 07, 2006

A Jolly Holiday!

I know it was a few days since I dragged Nicole kicking and screaming for her birthday extravaganza in London, but as they say exclusively in blogging circles' better late than never.'

Day one was the 7 hour flight to London on British Airways (good, but not as good as us!) and settling into our room (2 beds for our parents who may be reading this!) at the Hilton London Metropole near the shopping mecca that is Oxford St. Nicole was sick as a dog but we battled through the near zero conditions and managed to spend a couple months of salary before heading for dinner at a funky bar in Soho.

Day two was Project Battlestations: Nicole's birthday! The morning was spent eating a small African nation's monthly food rations at the breakfast buffet, followed by a 'flight' on the London Eye - the world's tallest observation wheel. Next stop was Selfridges department store where Nicole scored a Giorgio Armani makeover and proceeded to buy half the counter. She was kind enough to pose for before-and-after photos for the Jube Eye community as a great advertisement for Armani more than anything! And the reason for all this trouble? Top seats at Mary Poppins in the West End! It was so amazing, more than I can describe or imagine. I obviously couldn't get too many pictures inside but I've added a few from the web to give you an idea. If you happen to be stopping by the English capital in the next year or so, I highly recommend it. I'm also planning on marrying Bert the chimney-sweep if that's cool with everybody...

Day three was the long flight back home crammed in the middle of the middle at the back of economy - joy! Arriving back home at 2am on Saturday, I had abour 2 hours sleep before I had to be back at work for an 11-hour flight to Perth! Oh the joys of international flight attending!