York Races

The York Races

Well the sun was out and shining and we had nothing else planned so thought we would go to the horse racing. We called Danny and he joined us as well. Now for those that don't know, there are two different sections to the races - the flash side where people dress up in lovely dresses and suits, and then there is the inside bit of the track were families and casual people head to. Yip that is where we headed.
It was great fun, Aimee and I won more on the betting than the boys. My trick was just choosing a colour, in this case pink, and sticking to it - hey it worked for me. hehe.
After the races Danny had to run, but Aimee, Matty and I headed into town for a few more drinks before catching a taxi home.
We had such a great day!!

In July we had another race day - This time it was Aimee, Ben, Jojo (ben's girlfriend) and I. We didn't win as much on the betting side but we did get to watch a Queen tribute band after the races.

Good times!!
Kimmy x

*At the Races in May

*Kimmy, Aimee, Matty and Danny enjoying the sun

* Aimee, Kim and Matt on the race course

* Us in a pub by the Ouse River after the races

*At the races in July - Singing to Queen

* The girls at the races

Paris

PARIS... Oh yeah we are actually in Paris!!
Matty and I came here for our birthdays in July We arrived late on thursday the 17th July and left on Sunday 20th July.
We had a great time - We bought a ticket for a tour bus that allowed us to hop on and off when we liked for 2 days. This why we got the commentry as well as a ride to all the sites as Paris is pretty large!
On the Friday we basically did a big tour around the city, checking out all the sites and getting a good idea of Paris. We then went back to our hotel to get ready to head out for dinner as it was my birthday. We went to a lovely little restuarant, not too far a walk from our hotel. The restuarant was decorated in a typical French fashion and the waitors were so nice helping us trying to decifer the menu in their broken, but not bad, English. We had a 3 course meal and the food was just amazing! We even tried some french meals that we had never head of, and they were so good! After dinner we had a night cap (very strong cocktail) at another cute place before heading back to the hotel

On the Sat we were up reasonably early to head to the Musee Du Louvre - Wow, it os pretty amazing. the best museum i have been to yet! It is massive, and although it is packed with people you never feel over crowed. While here we saw the famous Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's Dying Slave, the Venus de Milo, the Chevaux de Marly horses, just to name a few. There were so many sculptures, painting and other amazing things. we spent 5 hours in there and still didn't finish. I would definately recommend this to anyone!
After this we headed for a walk around the Notra Dame and then went for another hour tour on the bus to a part we had not been to. And then finally home to have a rest and get some dinner. We had another very nice dinner and crahed after our long day!

Sunday was another nice sunny day and we were heading to spend the day on the Eiffel Tower. We didn't actually need to wait in the queue as long as we though and soon we were on our way up the first 360 steps to the first level, and the fisrt view of Paris from high. After a lap of this level we were climbing another 360 steps to the second level, and another stunning view. We didn't go any higher as the 2 hour wait kind of put us off and the fact that we did have a flight to catch.

All in all, it was a great weekend away!! :)




* Matty on the top level of the tour bus, near the Louvre.
* A view of the pyramid entrance to the museum

* Self portrait * Matty jumping for joy

* Matty with at Marly horse

*look it's the Mona Lisa!!

* One of the rooms in the Louvre


* The view of Paris from the Eiffel Tower


* From the Eiffel Tower
* Matty and the Notra Dame

The Eiffell Tower!

* Matty and I celebrating in Paris!

*Matty with a F1 car

*Matty and the Arc de Triomphe