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Fatty got a six pack

Sin City - When we went to Amsterdam

Vodka Museum, Amsterdam

I love living in England because it is the gateway to Europe, so it provides the opportunity to travel into Continental Europe for a weekend...

Me & my girl hopped into Amsterdam for an Autumn weekend, and people must know Amsterdam is freezing!  Geez, the chill from the Dam is serious, so please however the temps feel in England, they are sure to be chillier in Amsterdam.

Sex Museum, Amsterdam

So Amsterdam is the Sin City of Europe, people think sex, Red Light District, weed, coffee shops, more weed, more sex.  There is so much more to Amsterdam - the best thing was visiting Anne Frank's house.

I remember reading the book in school & never imagined I would actually get an opportunity to visit, it was a great experience & I loved the authenticity of the place.  

The history of Amsterdam was narrated to us aboard one of the boats, as it took us around the Dam. 

The bicycles and trams just add more to the romanticisation of the city, but yes, of course - we did indulge in the sex (we visited a sex museum, Red Light District) and our curiousity took us into sex shops & coffee shops, which stank - just reminded me of the days smoking indoors was legal in the UK.  Educational bit, was learning about vodka (we were in Holland not Russia) at the Vodka Museum.

Overall, I loved Amsterdam, as for the food - I guess they have good beer?  But I didn't really indulge in any Dutch cuisine - do space cakes count? LOL

Oooooh and we saw a man levitating on the street!!! 

Africa through a unique cinematic lens accompanied by sweet melodies

Lovely vids out currently, showing South Africa (Solange) & Nigeria (Tiwa Savage) in a lovely authentic way...

I just love Solange riding in the ET (emergency taxi, mazimbas you know!) & the country landscape to Tiwa's vid, absolute LOVE!

Barcelona for the Second Time

So I went to Barcelona for a weekend, last weekend of July, the first time I went was 2 years ago for my 23rd birthday...

This time was went to be a group of 5 of us, spending the weekend in barca but alas things didn't go as planned, my flatmate was meant to go to Malawi for an internship, my friend didn't get her visa to spain over the fact that they do no accept internet bank statements without bank stamps ( and some banks don't stamp internet bank statements - natwest/llyods/hsbc to be specific) - the spain visa app was Drama!  Capital D, even for me...

Maybe I will one day do a post about "how to get a spain visa from UK as a Zim if you are in UK on a UK visa" *sigh*

Anyway fortunately & very thankfully my workmate came through :-) and we had a wonderful time in barcelona (a bit by the skin of our teeth as I only got my visa 1 day before travelling)

We landed at Girona airport (conveniently flew from Bournemouth so went from work to airport) & from Girona we travelled by coach into Barcelona. We stayed at the Expo hotel, ironically same place my parents stayed. Our trip was characterised by a lot of eating (& drinking)!! The food was great, we stumbled on the most amazing seafood market off Las Ramblas, I would recommend anyone to stay in self catering accommodation to take advantage of the amazing cooking opportunities because the fresh food at the market was enticing! I really wished I could take it home & try out some recipes.


Apparently - most of Spain's seafood is imported from British waters - What the hell, why is it so expensive to find in UK, and why does M&S sell Canadian scallops then?

The expo hotel was in a good location, views were not so amazing but it had great transport links. We spent our 2 days (aside from eating) checking out some of Gaudi's architectural work, namely Casa de Milla & Casa Batllo.

We also went for a night bus tour which ended at a beautiful fountain.

Best part was the Gothic Cathedral in my opinion, which had a lady singing opera to add to the eerie-ness of the place, spooky.

I tasted dragonfruit & other Chinese fruit (in Spain! I know hey oh sweet irony) for the first time & I must say dragonfruit is heavenly.


***Photo credits to my friend's AMAZING Samsung Galaxy SII Note as my camera was out of action on this trip, the pics are amazing! You would never think they are from a cellphone...8MP baybay - that's how Samsung does it.