I spent a day in London going to galleries and markets and the next day Richie and Leanne came and picked me up and we had sushi train for lunch at bluewater.
Cupcakes and Sushi train at Bluewater
That night we hada few drinks, as Richies dunbells will tell you and Leanne and I went out for a good girly night out.
After getting our faces painted at Jumping Jacks
The next day we went up to the Notting Hill Carnival in London which was a very colourful parade with loads of great music and ALOT of crowds.
I then stayed in Kent with Aunty Marion and Uncle Bob and their gorgeous puppy and had a nice relaxing time there as well as going to a hops festival and seeing morris dancers, going out with Alan, Linda, Will and Sue for a lovely Indian meal and Nana Kaths 91st Birthday.
On the 12th I finally got the day I'd been looking forward to for a very long time and met up with Danii and Katie in London. Just so everyone knows, Danii didn't cry for once!! I did!! We had an amazing few days adventuring in York and Malton with Jonny and his lovely family and some of the best memories were going to pizza hut for lunch in York, playing on the park at Castle Howard and walking through the park in London with the squirrels.
At 3am I had to be up and ready to leave Danii and Katie to go to Germany. First to Munich to Oktoberfest and which was a load of fun at the campsite (although it was so cold at night i was wearing basically all of the clothes i had with me) I'd say 97% of the camping ground's residence on the first weekend that i was there were either from Australia or New Zealand. I went on a walking tour of Munich which was very interesting and pushed my way through the crowd at the Oktoberfest showgrounds and saw parades and took loads of photos of all the traditional German dress.
Next in Germany I went to Cologne where the first day I went looking through the city saw a 'love lock' bridge and walked about 4kms out of my way on the way to a chocolate museum, where they had the history and loads of fun facts about chocolate and a lindt factory so it was probably good that i went that far out of my way for the exercise. I then volunteered at an event that the Impossible Project (the people now making polaroid film) had and met some great people, saw a great presentation and cut up 3kgs of onions and a wheel of cheese from Holland. The next day I went to Photokina where I was the first person that day to score a free Lomography coloursplash camera and I had alot of fun geeking out over all of the camera products and services. I picked up alot of free stuff too which we all know how much I love :) OH! and the hostel in Cologne had the best breakfast cereal I've ever had. Bar none. I now know why Germans always complain at the state of free breakfast in hostels all over the place.
The fabled 20x24 Polaroid camera at the Impossible Soirée
Bran, Oats, Granola, Coco pops and dark chocolate shavings. Can it get any better?
Next it was to Berlin which I loved because of all of the history and I did 2 walking tours there, one free walking tour which gave you a good idea about the city up until the fall of the wall in 1990 and then the other walking tour was about the sub-cultures, street art and slums which was all very interesting and gave a more recent history, 1990 onwards kinda thing.
Bandenburg Gate
On the New Europe subculture tour of Berlin
Back to England and to Leanne and Richies new flat for their housewarming and possibly the biggest spread i've ever seen at a BBQ. Lots of dancing to the UK top 40 dance hits of all time and lots of cupcakes. 
Leanne, The one of the best people (and cook's) I know!
The next couple of days were filled with looking forward to what lay only a couple of days ahead and getting my 27kgs that i came with plus all of the stuff I've picked up along the way into a 20kg suitcase. Didn't work out so well with having to leave a case of stuff with Leanne and Richie and having to pay 60pound excess. Apparently the 11.9kgs that i had in my backpack (which didn't feel that heavy to me, it had definitely been heavier than that through Germany) was only meant to be 5kgs but anyway, got here to London Ontario in the end and have enjoyed every second of it. Oh except maybe when I realized that It was already getting down to -1 at night, that moment kinda sucked but I love our apartment, what i've seen of it I love the area and although I haven't really met anyone yet I certainly Love one of the people here. So now to find a job and brace myself for the winter.
Stay tuned for more in-Depth blogs about the people, places and photos taken along the way..
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