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Meeting up with our good friend Redina
We met up with our friend Redina Kolaneci, whom we first me when she did a fundraising consultancy for CMS. We had a delicious afternoon tea with her at a French cafe called Paul's in Covent Garden. Then wandered through the indoor market and the Covent Graden ...
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... She also is a Shakespeare fan.
We walked from the pub that my relatives lived, owned and worked at (as we had to drop out luggage). Along the way we got to walk over the Tower Bridge, which by the way, is not London Bridge from the song.
"London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down, my, fair, lady"
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Terrific Tower of London
This morning we got up at 6.00am and had breakfast followed by Emma's bath. She had a nap at 8.30am then Melissa and Martin arrived a bit after 9.00am. We left the apartment at 9.30am and headed to a bus stop, but not our usual one today because we were going in the opposite direct we usually go in. The weather was lovely and rainy. We caught the bus fifteen minutes up the road to the Tower of London.
Melissa and Martin collected ...
Wimbledon and more
Last delish vege lunch with our friends at the rustic Fat Lemons in Totnes and we were back to being in charge after 8 days with Jane Superguide. Scary but we got to London fine. Our booking at St Giles, in the much maligned Feltham, wasn't so bad, that is if you didn't want wifi or aircon, neither of which worked 'today'. However our Newmarket tour guide was waiting with the coveted Wimbledon tickets, so what more could we wish for! On the bus next day bright ...
The Gig and The Tube Tag
... I went to Meegan’s to get a lift home. I caught the train to Putney then walked down to Putney Bridge. I had a “Bridget Jones” moment, as Amy would put it, as I crossed the bridge. It’s been 13 degrees the last couple of days - bikini weather by English standards - so it’s been really nice walking around.
Today we were saying how much we wish it was a bit colder though - it’s simply not cold enough for Christmas!
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