June has been a very busy month. It starts of by us visiting Aberdeen, in the middle we went to Paris and it will end with a re-union with ex-workmates from NZ (no photos from the re-union, I forgot.. sorry)!!

So, first stop: Aberdeen, Scotland.

Instead of flying, I thought it would be a good idea to travel via the national rail, just to have the experience. However, I would not do it again, because it takes far too long (almost 10 hours) and trying to sleep on a train seat is not easy.

There are a few things that I have learnt from it though. One of these is the number of passes required for two return train tickets from London to Aberdeen is not two or four, it is ... a grant total of ELEVEN!! (If it happens in NZ, I am sure the Green Party would have sometime to say about it!!)

We have less than 48 hours in Aberdeen, therefore, the main focus of the trip is the famous Union Street. It is kind of like the Queen St of Auckland, Oxford St of London. Union Street is a beautiful street, the architecture along side is eye catching.

Union Street

What I love about Aberdeen is the resemblance of NZ, it is so green, I love it! Look at the colour of the trees!! It is amazing.

Trees along a golf course.

Aberdeen has it's wild side as well, the dry ski slope!! It only opens for tubing from 15:00 to 15:45, we did not manage to make a booking and went over anyway, luckily a group didn't turn up, therefore we tube down this artificial slope for the whole 45 mins. Warning: You will get wet and your thighs will be burning afterwards because you need to walk up the slope with the tube!

Aberdeen Snowsports Centre

Sweet?!