So the stage is set for the most exciting locations yet! No more going to Venice or Barcelona, no more Paris and Pisa. This is the year we go to the places most Americans don’t ever go to. Bloody excited about all of these locations.

european travel destinations

Top 5 destinations
1. Rekjavik, Iceland – Blue Lagoon, volcanoes, glaciers, and the craziest landscapes in the world.
2. Krakow, Poland – Some call call it the new Prague. Not sure what that means but if it means cheap goulash, I’m all over it. Will do a daytrip to Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi death camp.
3. Marrekesch, Morocco – One word: Africa. Hope we make it back alive.
4. Bergen, Norway – Fjords and most pristine landscape in the world. Also the most expensive, but oh well.
5. Split and Dubrovnik, Croatia – They call this the new Prague, except it’s on the water, you eat polenta instead of goulash, and it’s nothing like Prague.

So there it is, 2009 is going to be a good year for the Ninja!

The great thing about the UK is how multicultural it is. By multi-cultural, I mean Indian, of course. London is widely known as having the best curry in the world, including India. It’s a close call between London and India but London edges out India because you don’t get your shoes stolen while you eat. It’s true, they did research on this.

So with all of the Indian influence in the UK, it’s only natural that you get some of this on TV. Michael and curry…I personally can’t complain.

chiswick snow

I had always wanted to live somewhere that snowed. I reckon last year it snowed in London once for about an hour…a very exciting hour. This year, however, we have been treated to the biggest snowfall in 18 years. Now, I’m used to driving up to Tahoe from SF and taking in the snow but to do enjoy it from home is something I haven’t had the pleasure of experiencing until I moved to London. I am admittedly cold-blooded after enduring the coldest winters in the world, the San Francisco summer.

The great thing with London is that the entire city shuts down when snow hits. Any snow…and we got the best snow in 18 years. Tube shuts down, buses shut down. Even the chippies shut down. So basically everyone in London went outside yesterday and made snowmen. Not a bad way to spend a day.

Sygirl tumbling like a UFC move gone bad.
tumbling in snow

I, on the other hand, prefer the ancient ninja art of levitation.
snow levitation

It’s supposed to snow later on this week. Looking forward to it!