Budapest - the last hurdle

The madness is over.

Our three weeks of back-to-back holidays have come to a triumphant "ahhhh." We plan to spend the next six weeks on the couch; maybe even leaving proper Bridie and Steve-sized indentations in the fabric.

Budapest was lovely. And we could gush about the castle and the bridges and so-forth. But we won't. Instead we'll post some random stories about our trip on this blog - keep an eye out!

Dreamscape

Bridie took me to Dreamscape in Southwark today, right near Tower Bridge.

It is a giant inflatable art installation. Like a bouncy castle, but you're inside it. And they play ambient music while the bright colours barrage your vision.

I was just laughing for the first 5 minutes. After that I calmed down a bit, and just wandered around with a manic grin.

Edinburgh Castle

So I'm testing the ability to send photos to the blog.

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The second gap

Phew.

Back from Edinburgh, and the Fringe Festival.

We flew up to Edinburgh late Friday and caught up with our friend Linda that night. She's producing a show called Shaken N' Stirred. A funky Jazz cabaret show, with random guests from other parts of the festival. So every night is different.

Other shows we saw:
Darkside: A one man show by Tim Minchin, who apparently won some awards back in Melbourne. Intelligent humour, songs and cheap gags. Fantastic
Shut up Comedy from Japan: Two crazy Japanese guys who start with high speed visual gags, and move onto a recreation of Rocky. Great, but somehow the two sections didn't quite mix.
Best of Edinburgh: A grab bag of stuff.

Did we get to see everything? No. But there are thousands of shows on, so we didn't really expect it.

Next stop, Budapest

The first gap

Back from Paris. Next stop, Edinburgh.

Paris was great.

From a skating point of view it is just heaven. The roads are so smooth, the people are so accepting, and they have the largest street skate in the world. I could skate around Paris for hours and still find it relaxing.

Bridie, on the other hand, also found Paris heaven. Except she was out shopping for handbags and walking along the Seine river.

But we also got to spend quality time together; out for dinner, sitting on the beach, walking along the river.

Paris rollerblading

We're off to Paris tomorrow for a spot of rollerblading. I'm packing my blades and Bridie is packing her credit card. Apparently the sales are on in Paris and Bridie needs a new handbag.

I, on the other hand, will be on the Pari Roller.
http://www.pari-roller.com/

They have about 15,000 people every friday night, skating the streets of Paris. There are even police skating along with the pack. With guns. How could you possibly shoot someone whilst on skates? They also have ambulances at the back for the inevitable casualties.

We watched the first two episodes of that 'Lost' program last night. Not sure if we are hooked yet, more intrigued. I guess we'll see next week. Though there is a temptation to just go on the internet and see how it turns out.

Ah, the Internet. Is there anything it can't do?