Colisa Course: August 2008

Sicily, August 2008

Col and I treated ourselves to 5 days in Sicily over the past bank holiday. We had an amazing time. Sicily is a beautiful place with very friendly locals, amazing beaches/ scenery and tons of history/ sightseeing. Sicily, being very close to Northern Africa has lots of Arabic influences mixed in with Greek & even Austrian influences. The food, wine, olive oil, gelati etc is to die for and my little passenger was in a constant food coma and therefore very well behaved...
Here some of the pictures we took... Enjoy!

Day 1. We landed in Palermo... yeeeaaahhhhh. The hotel we stayed in was in the old town of Palermo which meant that we could access all the great sights easily by foot. The hotel itself was spectacular and even though with an air of decay was very grand and just typical for all those sleeping beauties in Sicily.

The beautiful ceiling in the hotel reception.

The view into the courtyard from our room.

The cathedral in Palermo...

Sicilian taxi!

Sicilians are big on swordfish. I like how they make use of the sword... Fish & chips anyonne?

Our second stop was Mondello, which is basically Palermo's local beach. The beach was beautiful and the water very clear and more importantly warm. After this shitty weather in London it really was heaven!

Again we were very lucky with our accommodation. This time we stayed in a small but very modern B & B right on the water with a fantastic roof terrace. This is the view from the terrace...

Sunset drinks in Mondello. Beam me back!

The baby belly at 17 weeks. Slowly getting there...

You can buy anything from coconut to jewellery on the beach but this was by far the best idea. A Thai massage on the beach for only €5!

Next stop was Selinunte on the Souther coast of Sicily. This temple was buily for Aphrodite the goddess of love, approx. 500 BC.

Next stop Syracuse. This is the main plaza in Syracuse. Very quiet at lunch time but buzzing as soon as the sun goes down. Great place for gelati too!

The greek theatre in Syracuse.

Our hotel room in the 'Palazzo del Sale' , which Bob & Judy Wood recommeded to us, was again heaven. Borgus... please pass on a masisve thank you onto your parents. This photo doesnt do it justice but we felt like king & queen for 2 nights. Check out the website...

And last but not least the makets in Syracuse... again we found oursleves in paradise!

So folks, this is it for now. Not a bad trip for 5 days, hey!? Next trip on the cards is to Dublin... Stay tuned!

xox

Introducing Baby McIlroy...

I think you all know by now that I am pregnant!!!
I am in the 14th week and below is the picture of the first scan, which was taken 2 weeks ago. For those who cant recognise anything on this picture... the baby is lying on its back with its legs in the air and sucking its thumb. Or maybe holding a mircophone?! We are not too sure...
Due date for this little one (and please stay little!) is the:
8th of Feb 2009

We dont know the sex of the baby yet but are going to find out next month at the 20-week scan.
So place your bets on sex, delivery date & weight now... (if you have no Blogger ID, just click on 'leave comment' & 'anonymous' and write your name into the comments box, then click on 'publish')

Col's bet:
Girl, 13th of Feb, 3.8kg

I feel it is:
Boy, 10th of Feb, 3.4kg

DIRTY 30

Here some pics of my dirty 30 celebrations in Mullumbimby. A massive, massive thank you to Sue & Steve for being as always the best hosts on this planet. Also a big thank you to everyone who made this day & night so special... & a massive thank you to Padma for the beautiful birthday cake! Hmmmm... very yummy indeed ;o)

Also... please pass on to Brooke that her blanket is being used every day since my birthday. Summer in London is pretty much non-existent and the blanket is honestly coming out every night!

I had an absolute ball and looking back at the pictures I think I can say that everyone else did as well!

Borgus Erectus, Borgus Erectus! What can I say... keep it up!

Steve, the birthday girl & dirty Shagga..

The famous Sue hug. I want one too!

It's boogie time...

Ahhhh... the pictures make me home sick!!! Good times... good times...

Nothing beats a session in the middle of the rainforest with your best friends and a bottle of good champagne! Who is hiding the bottle?!

Back Online Part 2

Where did I get up to in the previous post... Sally & Tyler's wedding!!!!

Unfortunately I dont have any pics of the actual ceremony, which was abslutely "so do" amazing, however, I made sure to document the after party back at the rainforest cabin mutatus.

Again, the pictures pretty much speak for themselves...

Dress theme of the wedding was 'panache'. Here a prime example what panache is all about!

Dr Brains making sure that Borgus didnt drop his balls in all this excitement. I am pretty sure he needed them later on... Could you find them Brainsy?

Bride & bridesmaid. Not sure how i managed to shrink... or maybe I am just trying to get the spanking paddle into position...