london

London was fun

we ventured out in the morning to look for the place where ian had his business meeting.

down great portland st long regent street and what did i find - hamleys!! dont go in said ian - why not said i - so in we went - but then ian spent much more than i did - look at the size of the bag!!



and i had to buy a camel didnt i ??



we wentured further and into picadilly street and found ians meeting place and headed back along the other side of regent st - and there was the mac store asking us to come in - this time it was my credit card which came out burning

ian headed off to his meeting and i wandered the streets of london happened upon some one ironing on top of a pillar in trafalgar square - no idea of why but there you are




found the thames and big ben -




found carnaby st - not overly impressed and then found ian again

he had had a wonderful afternoon potentially organising future work - but not yet quite ready to move to london so just as well it can be mainly done from melbourne but he will probably head back here in october after his canadian conference

we located amanda - zoys girlfriend and headed off to the open air performance of hello dolly - the weather gods smiled upon us as it was a lovely night with no rain - no photos tho as not allowed

we had a meal in the park beforehand - poached salmon with salad and a nice bottle of sav blanc






said goodbye to amanda and headed back to the hotel for a night coffee for ian and port for us both



up not bright and early the next morning for the train trip back to chesterfield from st pancras- still dont understand why booking the train at least 24 hours prior to travel saved us about £200 cost us only £50 for both of us quite reasonable for the distance

lunch in chesterfield and banking for simon in the afternoon then off for a thai meal with paul and carol- was very nice but my body didnt appreciate the chilli overnight

the weather is damp today so its a lazy day- about to head off to the nettle for lunch and their wonderful chips then out again tonight to gill and peters place for tea

lunch in sheffied tomorrow with freyja and then we fly out - it has been wonderful month - weddings, family get togethers, travel, exploration and food and potential work opportunities for ian

back in 2 years for me prob 6 weeks for ian - will have to get that british passport so that they will keep letting ian in