Arsenal vs Chelsea – Wembley

If you haven’t been to a premiership football game, you haven’t lived. Eileen won tickets from a charity auction to the sold out FA Cup semi-finals between Arsenal Gunners and Chelsea Blues at Wembley Stadium. Being soaked in the ambience of 88,103 die hard fans is undiluted madness. Even the tube journey to the stadium was enjoyable. Fan’s chanting and singing to represent their colours. Words cannot describe this glorious occasion.
Chelsea 2 - Arsenal 1

FA Cup 1 – 3.8 MB
FA Cup 2 – 2.9 MB

Sam




The Crowd








The Gunners








The Blues








The Lineup








The Biznezz

Cornwall Easter

Greetings from London where we finally have sun!
Eileen, Noel and I spent Easter in Cornwall District. It is 5hrs drive South-West of London. We stayed in the City of Newquay where the locals are chilled out and laid back. The West coast probably has one of the best beaches in England. The first tourist attraction was the Holywell fun park where we raced karts and played mini-putt. The rental vehicle was probably the ugliest car I have ever seen in my life. It’s like a station wagon but not, like a mini-van but not, it also had uneven windows that didn’t flow. UGLY! Next was St Michael’s Mount which is a tiny, rocky Island with a medieval castle then it was onto Land’s End. This is the most Western part of England with beautiful rocky views. Every year, numerous people travel the 874 miles from Land’s End to John O'Groat; which is the most Northern tip of UK. Whether it is run, bike, drive or even unicycle. I’m a bit lazy to tell more about the trip as we covered so much; pics will be posted instead.
Oh the fish and chips in this region were brilliant. A famous seafood chef by the name of Rick Stein lives in Padstow which we also visited. Everything was fresh and pure. Over the long weekend, we drove about 800 miles.
I’m off to watch Arsenal vs Chelsea in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley this weekend. Will be an experience of a lifetime.
I have again been denied access to upload videos to google, this has now been transferred to Microsoft SkyDrive.
Cornwall Gallery can be viewed here

Land’s End - 6.1 MB

Sam




Newquay Beach








Sunday Drive








Crappy Skoda








St Michael's Mount








Land's End








Bedruthan Steps - Too close for comfort







Minack Theatre








Padstow

Bruges x 2 and still loving it

Interconnector sent me to Bruges again for another week. This time it was wet and cold. I decided to stay on over the weekend and Noel made his way over from London. He arrived at 11:30pm and off we went club hopping. I think we managed to visit 6 clubs throughout the 3 hour session. The music was….how do you say it….’Eurotrash’. Trance, dance, happy hardcore playing over cheesy 1980’s pop songs. We also noticed that not many people drink in clubs. Picture 200 partygoers jammed in a small room and we would get served without waiting. Everyone was also drinking coke and fanta. I’m not sure if it’s because we are dealing with a global recession but it was just weird to see a room full of people and only a small handful drinking.

The next day was painful. We managed to get a lot of sights done over the weekend. We hiked up 366 steps in Belfry tower to view Bruges from above, went on the city bus tour, took a canal cruise, visited the basilica of the holy blood and walked everywhere and anyway in the city.

The smoking ban laws do not apply to small restaurants and bars in Belgium. It is actually quite revolting sitting in a small boutique bar and all of a sudden, someone decides to light up a cigarette. Since the bars are not very well ventilated, the smoke just lingers and drifts around the room. Yuck!
Updated photos from Bruges can be viewed here

Belfry Tower – 3.9 MB

Sam




View from above








Burg Square and Belfry








Canal cruise