Week 4 - Handball

An intense, fast paced, good fun sport that is much more physical than I realised, but a really nice bunch of guys introduced us to it gently.

This week started with yet another early start (why always early mornings?!) as I headed out for a beginners Handball session with Olympia Handball Club London. This week I dragged my friend Simon along, who was feeling more than a little sorry for himself having hit a few (gay) bars the night before (sorry Simon, couldn't resist).

Week 4 - Zero Dark Thirty

A really intriguing and griping dramatisation of the hunt for Bin Laden that remains full of suspense even though you pretty much know the story and the ending going in.

I also found time to go see Zero Dark Thirty at the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square this week.  

The Idea Part 2

Since I've been doing remarkably well - the furthest I've ever made it into a resolution (admittedly only 3 weeks in), I have decided to raise the bar and set myself a little challenge to run along side my something new every week.

Week 3 - London Eye

Undeniably great views of London, even on a pretty dreadful day. Not something I'd be happy paying full price for, but it's one of those things that has to be done.

This week has been a slow week for me and a particularly busy one at work, so I didn't get much chance to research the different things on this week. I did however stumble upon the fact that the London Eye were giving a free rotation this weekend and having never been on before, this looked like a pretty perfect opportunity.

Week 2 - Ice Sculpting

Lots of skill to appreciate in the final sculptures but something best to do if you are in the area.

Week 2 and I already needed something a little more chilled out in order to recover from week 1, so it was just as well the London Ice Sculpting Festival was on this weekend. 
Additionally, as a bit of a mid week bonus I also tried out a tabletop game, originating from Brazil, called Button Football.

Week 2 - Button Football

A cool game to try, but the endless 0-0 draws whilst conquering the learning curve would likely get boring quickly.

The second new thing I tried this week by chance was the Brazilian game of Button Football. Known as "Futebol de Mesa" ("Table Football") or "Jogo de Botões" ("Button Game") in Portuguese, it is a table top football game similar to the classic Subbuteo.

Week 1 - Parkour

One hell of a work out and an awesome introduction to Parkour that has really made me want to take it up and check out some of their other classes.

So, week one of my new year resolution for 2013 to try something new or a bit different every week. I decided to start big with several new experiences all rolled into one.

Firstly getting up before 7am on a Sunday morning, which is most definitely a new experience for me. Secondly using the Hammersmith and City line for the first time despite having lived in London for 2 years. Finally, what you could call the main event and the reason I was up before 7 and travelling on the Hammersmith and City line was to get to Parkour Generations Winterval.

Calendar

The Idea

I've been toying with the idea of starting a blog for a while now but have never really had much to write about, at least nothing that would make good reading.

I also realised recently that having lived in London for 2 years, I've tried very little that the city has to offer.

So the end of last year I made two resolutions for 2013:

• The first was to start my blog. Job done (easiest resolution I've ever made). 
• The second is to try something new every week throughout the year. Hopefully this will give me 52 interesting things to write about, and maybe inspire someone else to try something new in the process. 

Two birds.

So how am I going about finding things to do? Well, I have a few things planned out at points throughout the year, the rest will be a combination of the grapevine, research and luck. If anyone reading this has any suggestions of things that I can try out please send them my way.

Hopefully you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy trying everything.

Happy New Year!