While the weather was good...

Monday, 6th May 2013   Highest Temperature: 19C    Sunny

It always happens that the first Monday of May is a bank holiday in the UK. The MET Office predicted that the weather on this bank holiday would be lovely and hot. When my husband asked me whether we should visit somewhere inland or a seaside, I immediate suggested to go to the seaside without much thought. It was because we haven't had nice summers for the past few years - it was cold and often rained. Some places even got flooded. So, since it was such a pleasant day, we enjoyed a stroll at the British seaside.

We went to Burnham-on-Sea. It is located in the south west of England. The beach was quite long, but the pier was the shortest in the UK!

It seems that children had a lot of fun that day. They could either play in the water or build sand castles. For adults, they made use of the unique opportunity to have a sunbathe and relax.

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Borough Market London – Must

Borough Market has a long history. However, despite living in the UK for almost 10 years, I had never heard of it until I read an article a few years ago on Yahoo Hong Kong! 

This lovely Market is located under a railway bridge at the London Bridge tube station. When arriving, the first thing I saw was a large pan full of delicious-looking paella slowly cooking in front of me. Then, walking further inside, my eyes were attracted by the wide variety of colourful food all around. Many sellers couldn't wait to give tasters of their fine products hoping that you would take out your wallet to buy some. 

Not only does the Market sell lunch boxes and desserts, but also fruit and veg, uncooked fish and meat. The Market itself is not a massive one but it is clean and has a lot of high-quality produce. Even non-foodies would be tempted to wonder around, exploring what's on offer, without realising the time. If you want to walk around the whole Market, make sure you visit on Thursday, Friday or Saturday, and allow an hour at the very least.

Borough Market's website: http://www.boroughmarket.org.uk/ 

 

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Red Nose Day Comic Relief

A few weeks ago when I shopped at my local supermarket, I noticed that they were selling red noses. I realised that it was time for the Red Nose Day Comic Relief. It happened on 15 March this year.

The fundraising show transmits one night in March on BBC channels. They normally show a series of comic sketches and encourage people to donate. Some British people would do something unusual or funny to ask for the donation, for example, some schools allow students to wear something red on the day, some wear the red noses and dance on the street. My colleagues took this opportunity to organise a cake sale.

I do bake, but compare to my colleagues, they are better and create much more interesting cakes. So, I did what I do best - donated and 'helped' to eat them! :P

Some cakes had the red nose or comic relief symbol to remind us the reason of the cake sale. I took some cakes and ate it at my desk. We raised £150, which was great!

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Snowing!

Got up at 07:55 this morning. Opened a blind and found that everywhere was covered with the white stuff. I immediately went onto my work website and found a message: 'Due to severe weather, we are closed today'. It was so good that I didn't need to go to work!

Compare to northern European countries, Britain has less snow fall. Statistically, Bristol is one of the UK cities which doesn't have much snow. It is mainly to do with the location and geography. As I was already awoke, my husband and I went out for a walk and enjoyed the snow.

When arriving at a park, there were many families busy making the snowmen, or having fun with the sleigh rides. As for me, I preferred to have a snow fight, so I threw a lump of snow to my husband instead. The snow fight made me laugh out loud again.

Because I suddenly had an extra day off, I sorted out my staff at home after the walk and packed my luggage ready for my skiing trip to France tomorrow. I nearly didn't have time to make a snowman. But I managed to make a little one at the evening, who is guarding my house now.

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