England goes into chaos after an inch of snow

The title kind of says it all here guys. Essentially, as England has received like 7 snowflakes, the entire country has gone crazy and closed. Annoyingly, Sat 18th I was supposed to fly home from Strasbourg (If you've been following me long you'll realise I'm there studying) for Christmas. However, after getting to Basel, Switzerland airport on a friday night, and spending all night playing Zelda Ocarina of time on my Project 64 emulator, I found out my flight was cancelled. Annoyed, I was told there was a later flight that day.

I changed my ticket for said flight, only to find out that THAT one was cancelled. Now, call me weird or a little strange, but there's something not so appetising about sleeping on a marble floor in a boring airport. This miiiight just be me. Who knows?

Anyway, as I fly with British Airways, I was told that I was entitled to a night's stay in a free hotel with a free bang up meal and breakfast. Exhausted, I grabbed a taxi to my new diggs. After what felt like the most amazing sleep, I headed back to the airport to catch my re-scheduled flight.

Oh hey guys guess what? CANCELLED. So I've changed my ticket for ANOTHER flight tomorrow, and even tried buying another ticket with a different airline. CANCELLED.

4 flights guys. 4 flights cancelled. Holy mother of balls all these flight cancellations are annoying.

Ok granted guys I'm in a foul mood (foul? fowl? Either way I mean bad, not chicken) but hell, I'm getting a free stay in an incredibly nice hotel, with free top quality food, and I'm not paying anything :D

I hope my flight tomorrow get's the all clear, otherwise I am going to implode.

Rats Out!

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Strasbourg Christmas market 2010

Hello audience! As the dawning of Christmas is upon us, and I am currently living in Strasbourg, the home of all things Christmas-ey, or as they like to call it, 'The Capital of Xmas,' I thought I'd pop into town to take some pictures of La Marché de Noël.

Essentially it's everything you would expect from a typical French market. Mulled wine, pretzels, novelty hats, the real deal. I was lucky with the weather yesterday (when I took these photos) as it remained a clear sky, and fresh snow had settled everywhere the day before.

Let's crack on to the photo's of Strasbourg's Christmas market 2010!

Strasbourg Christmas decorations in the streets

More Strasbourg Christmas building decoration

Strasbourg Christmas pub

Strasbourg Christmas market 2010

Strasbourg Cathedral and xmas market

Another pub with Christmas decorations

Strasbourg market stalls

Strasbourg Snow, Cathedral, and Christmas market. This is probably my favourite picture

Some more of the Christmas stalls in Strasbourg

Mulled wine stall on the right

Again, more of the market stalls

Strasbourg's cathedral 

Another one of the cathedral and part of a stall

Strasbourg's Christmas market attracts thousands of tourists

Mulled wine

The entire town seems to get in the festive spirit when it comes to decorating buildings

Strasbourg in all its Christmas and snowy glory

Some more of the market

Every building was decorated in some way or another

More of Strasbourg's cathedral, it's architecture and some Christmas stalls

Strasbourg Marché de noel 2010

Picture came out slightly darker than itended

Just a final shot of Strasbourg's streets in the snow

Hope you enjoyed all these!


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