The best beer in the world

September 2015 

This is the story of how I drank a bottle of the best beer in the world.

While in Brussels, a country famed for its beer, I thought it might be a good idea to get what has been acknowledged as the best beer in the world.

Westvleteren 12 - a beer brewed by Trappist monks, in small batches and with all of its profits going to charitable causes. It's only sold at the Westvleteren monastery/brewery itself in the Belgian countryside and in a tiny number of bottle stores elsewhere. After seeing how highly rated it was, I knew I needed to get some of this stuff.

Beer, frites, chocolate and waffles

August 2015 

Bonjour from Brussels!

Yonks ago when we first arrived I was determined that we booked some travel. I didn’t really care where, just somewhere. And so, having clicked our way through Skyscanner, we settled on Brussels and Amsterdam.

When we each told our workmates where we were going we were typically met with a quizzical look and asked ‘why?’ For some reason the British don’t really see it as a holiday destination.

August Adventures

August 2015 

I thought it was probably about time I did a post. So here's an idea of what we got up to in August, in no particular order...

I had a bit of spare time this month - after a few frantic weeks my job search finally ended with an offer on the first Monday in August but I wasn't due to start until the 20th. So I had a bit of stress-free time to explore a bit of London on a budget (see below). I also caught up on some some movies (like Locke, an intriguing movie revolving around the phone calls a man makes as he drives along the motorway) and books (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time was a great read, The Girl Who Wasn't There was one of the worst I've read).

Parliament Hill - tucked away in Hampstead Heath, this has some of the best views over the city. The view of St Paul's Cathedral is actually protected by law (by the way, that cloud was pretty standard 'summer' weather for August). 

Brace your arteries...

July-August 2015 

Hi all, Rach here. I love food, it makes me incredibly happy. So say hello to another food post! The best type of post. ;-)

Doughnuts...

We walked three hours from our house for doughnuts. Worth it! They were very good, but I have to admit that the jam and cream doughnuts at 'Little & Friday' in Auckland are just as good, if not slightly better... I traveled from Wellington on three occasions just to get them (on the premise of work, who kindly paid for my flights). I'm picking up on a theme here....

Interesting facts about Kensal Green

July 2015 

We're really enjoying living in Kensal Green. So much so, I thought it might be interesting to get together some "facts" about the area - beginning with the name.

Summer Ramblings

June-July 2015 

Hi!

Me here. And there's so much to tell you!

I'm going to bullet point because I'm feeling officious...

1) Family In Town

We hung out with cousin Simon :-D After his massive trip across the States and en route to his Contiki trip we got to see Simon for a couple of hours. We had a lot of laughs, it was great to see him!

Barbeque, bolus, Brighton, bikes and screaming foxes

June 2015 

It's been quite a week.

Barbeque

It kicked off with our neighbour Davide knocking on our door on Saturday morning inviting us to a barbecue that afternoon. He lives with his girlfriend Flora just behind our little flat and it's far bigger than our place, with its own small backyard. It turned out to be an great afternoon - good food,  the weather played nice, and we met some of their friends, ranging from other Europeans living in London to some born and bred Brits.