Get well soon!
Our love and best wishes go out to Aunty Heather for a speedy recovery. We hope you're feeling better soon. We're thinking of you xoxoxoxoxox
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Sunday 16 January 2011
Puttin' on the Ritz
We recently had a lovely weekend in London, to celebrate Shannon's 32nd Birthday. We started with afternoon tea at the Ritz, which was actually a birthday gift for me from Pat and Pete for my 31st Birthday
Afternoon tea is held in the Palm Court of the Ritz hotel, which as you can see is a truly magnificent venue
Our delicious afternoon tea consisted of finger sandwiches (no crusts!) - with cucumber, ham, chicken, cheese and salmon. Oh, and an egg and mayo roll. Half way through, they brought out some freshly baked apple and sultana scones, which we devoured with strawberry jam and clotted cream. To top it all off we had a selection of cakes and pastries. There was an impressive tea menu of 20 odd varieties of tea, from which we selected the darjeeling - the 'champagne' of teas, from the foothills of the Himalaya (which we thought was a good omen for us), and not a bad drop!
Having a scone and a cuppa, on Pat and Pete - cheers!
Afternoon tea is held in the Palm Court of the Ritz hotel, which as you can see is a truly magnificent venue
Our delicious afternoon tea consisted of finger sandwiches (no crusts!) - with cucumber, ham, chicken, cheese and salmon. Oh, and an egg and mayo roll. Half way through, they brought out some freshly baked apple and sultana scones, which we devoured with strawberry jam and clotted cream. To top it all off we had a selection of cakes and pastries. There was an impressive tea menu of 20 odd varieties of tea, from which we selected the darjeeling - the 'champagne' of teas, from the foothills of the Himalaya (which we thought was a good omen for us), and not a bad drop!
Having a scone and a cuppa, on Pat and Pete - cheers!
Merry Christmas 2010
Henry gets an early start, ripping into his Christmas presents
We started our day with a lovely bubbly bottle of Gosset while opening our presents and preparing lunch. Here's Shannon opening the Burgundy which we had with lunch - a 1999 Pommard
We went with the Aussie tradition of a little seafood for starters. Here's a picture of me eating my last ever oyster...
Henry having his own little Christmas dinner
We had a lovely lunch of ham and roast turkey, accompanied by roast vegetables and the much maligned british brussel sprouts, which actually weren't too bad. We've really taken to the traditional British accompaniments of little chipolata sausages wrapped in bacon, and stuffing balls to accompany the roast dinner - yum!
And to finish, Pat's delicious Christmas pud, all the way from Oz
We had a really lovely, relaxing, delicious Christmas day at home with our little man. It wasn't quite a white Christmas in the end, but nevertheless our last winter Christmas for a while. We had a lovely day, but we're also really looking forward to being back with our family and friends next Christmas
We started our day with a lovely bubbly bottle of Gosset while opening our presents and preparing lunch. Here's Shannon opening the Burgundy which we had with lunch - a 1999 Pommard
We went with the Aussie tradition of a little seafood for starters. Here's a picture of me eating my last ever oyster...
Henry having his own little Christmas dinner 
We had a lovely lunch of ham and roast turkey, accompanied by roast vegetables and the much maligned british brussel sprouts, which actually weren't too bad. We've really taken to the traditional British accompaniments of little chipolata sausages wrapped in bacon, and stuffing balls to accompany the roast dinner - yum!
And to finish, Pat's delicious Christmas pud, all the way from Oz 
We had a really lovely, relaxing, delicious Christmas day at home with our little man. It wasn't quite a white Christmas in the end, but nevertheless our last winter Christmas for a while. We had a lovely day, but we're also really looking forward to being back with our family and friends next Christmas
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