Fun Stuff: September 2011 Archives
Went with the sweetie and played Settlers of Catan at the pub with Lauren and Kat tonight. I haven't played a physical game of Catan in years and years (maybe ten years? maybe more?). I played it online for a long time at asobrain until during a break from playing they closed off all idle accounts and refuse to open them again or allow any new registrations. Bastards. :( I got spoilt playing online with huge boards - the default board is just plain tiny! Although Kat had a six player expansion which gave us a bit more board space but also an *interesting* rule that you could build during anyone's turn, not just your own.
I had a very frustrating beginning because no fours were rolled the entire first half of the game and I simply couldn't get any wood to build anything. Managed a couple of cities towards the end, and I think in the end Lauren got 10, I got 8 and Stu and Kat got 7.
Taken at work drinks a few weeks ago. Chris gives a lonely goat a beer :)
A year ago today we walked ten kilometres around our hotel, visiting Kensington Gardens, the Natural History Museum and Harrods.
August 1.
A family of king parrots came for a visit.
A year ago today we were in London again, wandering around Hyde Park and lots of monopoly streets, as well as the Millennium Bridge and Tate Modern.
Last week I tweeted: "Daffodils make me smile :)" as I passed a daffodil on my walk home.
Today I stopped and took some pictures of the flower that inspired the tweet.
A year ago we were still in London. Mainly around Buckinham Palace, St James's Park, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square and Notting Hill.
I think I haven't blogged the last two year's whisky nights... I think I tweeted them though.. hrmm..
Here's two of them on the night - so different in colour!
A year ago today we spent the day wandering around Akihabara and Ikebukuro; also Shinjuku and Shibuya. One of the coolest things was Super Potato and all the Game & Watches. You're not meant to take photos in those stores, but I couldn't resist - yay for random camera!! :)