Well, i just realised i havent written anything about my UK trip except for "go to gate" of course... dont worry only recounting the funny parts...
Besides the 88 pounds, we also paid 2 parking tickets... one at lake district.. we had parked at a place wherein you cannot park for a long time (obviously we didnt know it)... we went boating on the lake.. a big boat.. with at least 300 ppl.. not a romantic ride for 2... and it was extremely cold.. brrr.. anyway thats besides the point.. when we got back.. after 3 hrs or so.. a parking ticket of 25 pounds was there on the car!!!!!
And second one was worse.. we reached london at 2.00am.. so we parked in front of the house.. on the road.. we knew we could park there till 8.30... only about 2 mins late... we had a parking ticket of 6o pounds pasted on the car at 8.32!!!! These guys disappear also after pasting.. so you cant really appeal to them..So thats why we didnt shop to much (85 pounds for parking.. and another 88 for missing the flight :-() Actually, no we had planned not to shop!!!!! :-)
We i.e. my husband also bought a new camera!!! A huge bulky camera and an expensive one... so when we were driving all the way to cornwall... my husband was driving... the scenary (is the spelling right?) was very beautiful.. so he asked me click photographs... since the camera was new and hefty and very precious, it would always be kept in the bag... so i would take out the camera from the bag (took me a few seconds because its bulky), and obviously had to wear it around my neck (so as not to drop it !!!!), remove the lens, switch it on, focus... by this time, we would have reached the middle of the road (as in trying to photograph the entire road from a high point.. lots of greenery and all)... and whatever i was trying to shoot would be long past gone and over!!!!!! And worst was, after every time i had to repeat the entire process in reverse!!So in the photographs en route to cornwall, there are a lot of photographs of the road, more road, even more road, some trucks, cars (the camera was really bulky.. so my timing was off!!)...
At Oxford... it was raining.. a steady drizzle throughout the time we were there.. so my job was... holding up the umbrella when my husband would click snaps... to protect the camera, but of course!!!!!! :-)
Also one very strange thing i noticed.... no matter how cold it is... either the guys (British i.e.) would not wear anything warm.. even if they wear jackets, they wear shorts along with it!!!!!!
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So where are the pictures then? btw, i didn't know ur hubby was a photography enthusiast! or is it a new passion? did you not know about my problems in life with the camera to allow him to do such a thing? lol! its a given - when the camera's around, the wife is just a camera caddie! maybe I should do a post on that sometime!
He is!!!! So he has gone and bought this bulky camera.. i was carrying an open umbrella all the time at oxford not to protect me but the camera!!!
yeah, there's a very familiar feeling of frustration there. :) so wot camera is it? Also, one correction in ur post - you don't remove the lens(!) you remove the lens cover. :D I'm now a partial expert at camera handling as well! heheh!!!
Yeah yeah.. i meant lens cover only!!!!
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