First Impressions 2 - Streets and Buildings

There are cobblestones everywhere! We found them a little slippery when it rained a bit and you can hear cars driving up and down the street because they make so much noise on the cobblestones.

The centre of the city is particularly quaint, and there is a nice street crammed with Al Fresco dining.

First Impressions 1 - Weather

When we arrived in Leipzig, Germany. We thought we would arrive to find beautiful summer weather but alas, it was cool and around 18-20 degrees Celsius for the first few days. It even rained. Brrr…it was 35C the day before we arrived, so we obviously brought the Sydney weather with us. It has since become a great deal warmer – up to 30C, and then colder again. We've even had some hail!

We had a big storm at the end of July which uprooted lots of trees and littered the streets with branches.

On the Way (Hong Kong)

We also visited some old friends in Hong Kong.

This was a nice way to do things, since HK is 2 hours closer to Germany in time zone, but because everything stays open late and opens late, the social time zone is another 2 hours closer, so we had a much easier time with jet lag.

On the Way (Singapore)

On the way we stopped at Singapore and stayed with Nathan's auntie and cousins.