Monday 27 February 2012

The Wild Wild West

Pictures from our trip to Colorado...

We spent the first night in the Mile High City (Denver), we went to the oldest restaurant in town 'Buckhorn Exchange'. We had alligator tail for starters, for mains Teddy had elk & ostrich steak and I had buffalo steak & lamp chop. Elk was definitely the best... you can tell you are in cowboy country with all the hunting trophies on the walls!





A little road trip up to the mountains





Breckenridge - first time skiing.  We really enjoyed skiing and the photos really don't do the mountains justice but it was just too cold to take the camera out on the ski lifts!







We loved Colorado and I can't wait to go back maybe in summer next time.  Its so beautiful, very friendly and relaxed - I actually wish I could go live there! 

Monday 6 February 2012

At the weekend

I have dropped my Saturday shift at work and its sooo lovely to be off.  This past Saturday we took a walk into town and then along the river... there are two little parks along the river side which were very nice. We came across these greek style statues which were pretty cool.  Then we stopped off at a cafe and tried some duck rillettes which was delicious!






Sunday 5 February 2012

Superbowl Snacks

Today was Superbowl Sunday we decided to stay home and watch the game... so Russell cooked up some man food to have while watching it. His team (Patriots) lost :( but the spicy turkey legs were yummy.



 Baked eggs with pork & sage sausage and portobello mushrooms for lunch 


Spicy turkey legs - delicious :)

Wednesday 1 February 2012

On the Tyne

My desktop picture is a view of the Tyne, people at work were admiring it today... they thought it was somewhere exotic! it inspired me to post photos from last year when we were home :)