Jan 2007

Hello everyone. Where did we leave you last! Thats right it was our last night in London. We went to go and see Les Miserable but before that we hung around Leicester Square as there was a fair on with lots of dodgy attractions (you know the ones.....throw a ring around the box but you know the ring is smaller than the box. Well that is what I was saying to Mike (rather loudly) when he decided to have a go. He gave me one ring and lo and behold I actually won something - the ring actually went round the box....i won a watch and jewellery set. Pretty cool huh?

After that we went to see Les Miserable and got the best seats - 9th row from the front. It was awesome. Mikey even shed a tear...but that is not really surprising! We met Kylie after that and went back to Planet Hollywood for something to eat and drink.

The day after was pretty much getting packed up and ready to go to the airport. It is such a mission lugging so much luggage up and down the underground station - especially when one is not well!! But we made it.

The flights themselves were not as tortuous as the last ones as we got some awesome seats - up the front behind a wall, not seats, to we got the biggest leg room and no one in front moving their seat up and down. It was the first flight EVER that I actually managed to sleep on!!

We landed in Auckland yesterday morning and then went exploring the city. There really isn't much to see in the city so we were pretty bored. We went out for dinner on Bartercard and then came back to the room. I tell ya, it is so nice being warm again, although we are not looking forward to the heat of Queensland.

We are just waiting on our airport shuttle now to take us to the airport so we will sign off now.

We luv you all and thank you for reading our blogs!!

Luv Karen & Mikey

It is now the 2nd January and we are sitting at a very crowded internet cafe! We have just bought tickets to go and see Les Miserable for tonight - ooh la la (thats mikey being posh!!)

Where did we leave you last time? Thats right, we just made it to London. Before New Years we made the most of our time exploring and discovered Covent Garden and the Aussie Pub. We have been there a couple of times now and the second time we happened to be in there for your New Years which was very cool!!

New Years here was very cool (and different). We went to this club right in Leicester Square with uninterrupted views of the London Eye and Big Ben, so we got to see the fireworks very clearly - well we would have done if some stupid girl hadn't knocked over both of our drinks completely 10 minutes before midnight and we thought we might have enough time to get more before the clock struck new year - well little did we know!! So unfortunately we were both stuck at the bar when new years hit so by the time we got the drinks we got to see the final bit of the fireworks - mike was actually good enough to let me go back to say happy new years to everyone and see the fireworks, so poor thing didn't get to see them at all!!! But he did get 5 kisses from girls so he was very happy!!

The club was absolutely packed and before midnight we couldn't sit down anywhere because all the seats were reserved, but after midnight Kylie (in true Kylie style)and with Mikey's help, ousted some v.i.p's out of their area and we stayed there all night!!! We left the club at around 2.30 coz we were a bit over it (and a little hammered) and made our way back home but the streets were so busy (and the fact that there was free tube transport home) the police were out in force blocking off a lot of streets. Unfortunately Kylie and I lost Mikey and the two other girls with us - which I hear was a good thing because we have video footage of mikey chatting up everyone around him on the train!!!!

Yesterday was recovery day. We sat on the couches watched the Star Wars Marathon from the time we got up to the time we went to bed!! A good thing really because once again I am sick! Got a stupid head cold and feeling like utter crap. We are off to the chemist after this to get some serious drugs happening because i do not want to be feeling like this tomorrow on the plane. We fly out at 9.15pm tomorrow night and our flight totals around 22 hours!! YUKKY!!! Then we have one night in Auckland and we land back at 1pm on Saturday. By the way Jean, our flight number is NZ 035 (we think) and it definitely comes into Brisbane at 1pm. Make sure you put Mikey's computer in the car as he is missing his baby terribly!!!

As for a bbq, if its okay with Jean, Sunday afternoon is good for us - the day after we get back! We have pressies for everyone!

We are off to Les Miserable tonight and then out for dinner with Kylie on the banks of the Thames right next to Tower Bridge - all on Bartercard. We haven't spent much Bartercard but now we are with Kylie we are trying to spend as much as we can. We went to Planet Hollywood for lunch on trade today so its a start - and we are going to spend up big tonight - plus the fact that i need plenty of alcohol to kill these stupid germs!!

We can't wait to get back home - we have been overseas for long enough now and we are very ready to be back with our things! We are even missing our little car!!!

That is really it for now. I don't think we will be adding anymore before we get back home. We can't wait to see everyone, but we will try and check our messages on here so please keep sending them!!!

Luv you all
Karen & Mikey