Just back from Newcastle. What a lovely city. I don't think I had any preconceived ideas about the place but I was impressed with the architecture and the history and the shopping centre. We paid £16 for a taxi to get to the hotel from the airport but walking around the city we realised we could get the metro to the airport for ............ Wait for it .....£5.40! It only took twenty minutes which was less time than the taxi.
The hotel was very nice and we had dinner by the river next to the Millenium Bridge, see exchange with Oma above, which I know is ONLY a bridge but it opens like the winking of an eye and at night changes colour. I only took my point and shoot camera so my pictures will not do it justice but it did look very spectacular. We have had a lovely couple of days and tomorrow we are off up to town to see "Beautiful" the musical. Now I have a decision to make, do I go dressed in normal stuff like jeans and a top or do I pull out my hippy type stuff from the period and wear that? I could sort of go half and half I suppose as I still buy things like long skirts and shawls etc. I will decide tomorrow.
We are having smoked salmon and scrambled egg champagne breakfast tomorrow. It was supposed to be a surprise but we went into M&S at Heathrow airport to get a pizza for dinner (lazybones) and husband got agitated because he couldn't find the smoked salmon and I said it wasn't the worst thing in the world and he said "well you cannot have a champagne breakfast with just scrambled eggs" and then, bless him, mumbled "oh beggar gave that one away"..........
The hotel was very nice and we had dinner by the river next to the Millenium Bridge, see exchange with Oma above, which I know is ONLY a bridge but it opens like the winking of an eye and at night changes colour. I only took my point and shoot camera so my pictures will not do it justice but it did look very spectacular. We have had a lovely couple of days and tomorrow we are off up to town to see "Beautiful" the musical. Now I have a decision to make, do I go dressed in normal stuff like jeans and a top or do I pull out my hippy type stuff from the period and wear that? I could sort of go half and half I suppose as I still buy things like long skirts and shawls etc. I will decide tomorrow.
We are having smoked salmon and scrambled egg champagne breakfast tomorrow. It was supposed to be a surprise but we went into M&S at Heathrow airport to get a pizza for dinner (lazybones) and husband got agitated because he couldn't find the smoked salmon and I said it wasn't the worst thing in the world and he said "well you cannot have a champagne breakfast with just scrambled eggs" and then, bless him, mumbled "oh beggar gave that one away"..........
I think I made the right choice really lol.I would have had 3 little Piggins to call my own wouldn't I.
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