your local pool

it's a beautiful day in London... sunny, 25 and not a cloud in sight. It has me dreaming of summer, sun and lazy days...

And swimming.

There's a lido about half an hour by bike from my house and I'm desperate to get into a routine of biking to the lido, swimming outside and then biking home... (at least on the weekends). But what I really wish.. is that it was this beautiful Sydney pool. Imagine having this as your local.... and in a country that doesn't really get cold....

Image via Been-Seen (and a good article too)

another day, another saatchi exhibit

today marks the start of a new saatchi exhibit. It's so new that the gallery still hasn't updated their website yet!!

L2 and I have been super good with Saatchi and attended all the exhibits. 1. It's free, 2. it's interesting, 3. it's the perfect balance of art and time. Often you feel overwhelmed in museums or galleries (at least I do) about if you can do it all and what you'll be missing. However, you can get around Saatchi in about an hour and feel completely cultured.

The summer exhibit is on the americas (previously had one on China and the Middle East). When we go, I'll blog more about what craziness it's decided to exhibit this season.

Wales, United Kingdom

at the beginning of the month, L2 and I went to Wales. Again determined to see more of the country where we live, we visited Cardiff and did a few hours of the national trial. The city was a lot smaller than I thought but a good jumping base to see the sea or Breacon Beacon or to bike the national trail. Also the civic buildings are stunning!

a long weekend in London?!

After three weeks of travelling on the weekends, L2 and I decided that we wanted to stay in London for this May long weekend. I've never stayed in the city for a bank holiday and was in desperate need of a 'break'.

It was amazing. I'm sure the weekend was really helped because it was about 23 degrees and sunny all three days... It was a weekend of picnics, friends, the Camden market (where I picked up my fascinator for ascot!), parks and a little bit of organisation to keep me going for the next few weeks. Oh and Tate modern to visit the slightly disappointing playground. But it did something that museums have a hard time doing.... it was filled to the rafters when L2 and I first went in!

We also looked at scooters again (finally!) and came up with the one we want and found about L2's much needed lessons.

I know that we are probably not going to do this again (as long weekends are perfect for travel) but I'll hold this weekend dear to my heart.