How many...

... of the 'Top 50 Films to See Before You Die' have you seen? (I'm up to 16 -- looks like I've got quite a few DVDs to start renting!)

dangerous 'sporting' events

Spain may have the running of the bulls, but only England could have cheese-rolling!

just a few weeks too late

Gosh - what a shame this new attraction didn't open in time for all the wedding guests to attend... for that real Jolly Olde Englande feeling... (hmm... does it include genuine street urchins and throat clogging pollution? And Johnny Vegas collapsing drunkenly in the corner?)

The shoes in practice

When last I mentioned wedding shoes, my comment was 'possibly too high, and possibly over budget'...

As most of you know -- my fantabulous shoe fairies (M, K, & C, a million thanks again!) assisted with the latter concern, and trying on the dress proved the former concern to be irrelevant.

And now - a few months later - the shoes were finally pressed into service on the day, receiving photos galore... first of all - from Karen, so thanks very much Karen for sending this along:

last day...

Sigh - as they say, I guess all good things must come to an end, and so it is with the Planet Wulfagar honeymoon!

Tonight is our last night at the plush Maison Arabe, before heading home. It has been a brilliant trip so far (cannot find the apostrophe on this arabic keyboard, so no contractions today!), lots of sunshine, relaxation, sightseeing, and maybe a little shopping. We even haggled a bit at the market today - though with the speed the traders accepted we were still probably paying over the odds! I also (reluctantly) accepted a monkey sitting on my arm... not my ideal situation, especially when its owner then tried to get us to pay 100 dirham for the privilege (about 10 euros) Do not worry, photo will be posted tomorrow!

so au revoir marrakech, hope to see you later!

nearly a month

wow - nearly a month since my last post. I guess I have been busy, what with, y´know, the wedding thing.

Which, by the way, was fantastic, and more than I could possibly write about here in the 10 minutes I´ve got before more sightseeing. So, will have to try to capture that later - possibly in a revamp of Planet Wulfagar... (in the meantime, however, you can visit Ben´s site for some preview pix!)

But for now - am enjoying our honeymoon... I definitely recommend Valencia, so glad we finally got here. We´ve packed a fair bit in already - beach, old town, bus tour, and the most amazing of all I think has been the Oceanografic --- a stunning multi-region aquarium that is part of the ´City of Arts & Sciences´ that is relatively new (and in fact still under construction).

And now only a few hours left before we´re on to Honeymoon Part Dos -- Madrid. Before we go, we´re going to explore at least a little of one of Valencia´s more distinctive elements -- the River Turia. And I say interesting, as it´s completely dry -- in I think the 50s, the city diverted the river around the town, because it flooded too often. So now there´s the river bed, full of parks, running trails, playing fields, and complete with bridges crossing it... but no water.

Adios for now -- and if we have a computer in our Madrid hotel, will post more there...