more houses

We went house hunting again today, we saw 3 houses in Alphen.
We really liked the first one but preferred the neighbourhood of the second, the search goes on I think, watch this space.
We also posted our wedding information thingies, yay! :)

-- Miki

mumsy

Steve's mum came over on Friday the 21st and we had a great weekend.
On Saturday the 22nd we went to a wedding fair: Steve and I, my mum Steve's mum and my friend. It was fun though it wasn't as big as I thought it would be. We also went to a wedding dress shop, this whole dress thing seems less like fun and more like a worry hmmm..

On Sunday we went to the Keukenhof to a bulb market. It was pouring down but the market was indoors and Steve's mum bought loads of tulip bulbs.
After that the weather got better en we went to Amsterdam. Went to the Rijksmuseum and had lovely steak on the Leidseplein.

On monday Steve had to work but his mum and I went shopping, we both bought hats AND I got new shoes, excellent girly day :D

-- Miki

Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code

I borrowed this book from my mother in law because I have heard so much about it and it sounded like something I would enjoy and for the most part, I did. There were points that I felt dragged, but there were also some good plot twists.

One point about the book I didn't like was the authors insistance on going into too much detail about certain places and references in the book, almost as if he felt that he needed to prove to the reader that he had done his research on the locations mentioned in the book, but that is a small gripe...





At 3.99 on Amazon, you can't go far wrong with this book. I do think that it has been hyped up too much by popular culture, but this kept me entertained on the train for a week and a bit. I won't go as far to say I can't wait for the film to come out, but I would be happy to go and see it one weekend!

- Steve

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

Once again the Free Record Shop has provided me with another bargin. If you read my blog about Prince of Persia The Sands of Time, you will be familiar with the fact that that game rocks.

The next game in the series cost me EUR 14.99, which is ten euros more than the first game but still budget price. This game has a much darker feel than the first game and the prince is of a decidely meaner disposition. I've only been playing for a few minutes, but already have seen some superb video clips and some nice new moves of the prince. I found it a bit odd that they have inverted the mouse control which moves the camera, bit of inconsistancey from the first game, but you can change that in the options screen so nay bother.





I will have to play this a bit more to pass judgement, but I can already say that the difficulty is pitched some what higher than the first game!

- Steve

Holiday to Rhodes

We have come back now from our holiday to Rhodes in Greece and a good holiday it was too, although we did have some minor snags along the way!

We spent three days just relaxing round the pool which was nice. It was relatively quiet at the hotel, not many children either, but they had one of thos annoying entertainment teams who try to get you involved in aerobics and volleyball and stuff and they insisted on playing annoying music all day, but lounging in the sun and cooling off in the pool was bliss!





We also spent three days site seeing (we went for a week). We went into Rhodes old town which was wonderful, the old city was the base of the knights Templar. They have reconstructed the castle called The Palace of the Grand Masters and the whole town is surrounded by a citadel wall. There are hundreds of little streets to explore, with old buildings hidden in nooks and crannies and over hanging vines. We had some good meals out and went to the Sound and Light show which uses huge lights to illuminate the castle and tell the story of Rhodes.

We also went to the valley of the butterflies. It was the end of the season, but we still saw lots of butterflies. We both found it hard climbing, but Miki overcame her asthma and made it to the top were there was a monastery proclaiming to make the best doughnuts in Greece, with which I was very disappointed!

I will be posting pictures over the coming days to my Rhodes photoset on Flickr here


Miki will also be posting pictures to her Flickr page here


- Steve