Free Willy

How can I have a blog about London without talking about the whale that wondered into the River Thames? It was all over the news. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to wonder over to watch the rescue effort, but its so sad because the whale didn't make it. =( It was a northern bottlenose whale and I've read that its an animal of the very deep seas and usually found at depths of 1000m or more where it likes to eat deep sea squid. In any case, RIP friendly whale.

In a lighter note.. do you hear it?? I do.. Michael Jackson.. Will you be there..
awww yeah..

Cut the cheese
So I bought one of these:


a cheese wheel from Amsterdam. Its covered with wax because it cuts down on the mold growth and it also prevents the cheese from dehydrating to the point where its rock hard. Thing is, I've never bought cheese like this before. I bought a cheese plane and everything, but it was so hard to cut/peel the wax off. I was careless enough that the cheese plane slipped and cut up my thumb. Urgh.. I just wanted a piece of cheese!! So much work for a little piece of cheese.. Kind of reminds me of eating crab legs.. so much work.. just for a little piece..