Richmond

Here's a couple of snaps of the Thames riverbank at Richmond. Richmond is a terribly posh suburb on the outskirts of London. It's great for shopping, and has a good farmer's market.

Well, I haven't updated this for ages so I'd better get up to speed with all the stuff I've done lately. This year started off well with a small soiree at NZ House, where we had prime seats for the fireworks display.

One of the best nights out I've had lately was for Fiona's birthday in January. We went to the 'singalong' Sound of Music. I've never seen so many dodgy-looking nuns in all my life!(Except maybe the time Ariane, Sophie and co dressed up as nuns...I myself was Marie Antoinette) There were people dressed in curtains, brown-paper packages tied up with string, bees (when the bee stings..), Captain Von Trapps, and of course, Marias. It was hosted by a drag queen, who went through our bag of props and gave us instructions as to what to do at the appropriate moment in the film. I never realised that the opening sequence of the Austrian alps was 4 mins long, but the time whizzed by as we made lots of barnyard noises!