Went to London to Visit the Queen...
...though we just couldn't fit her into our busy agenda!Certainly NOT the result of months of inane whining on my part, Riccardo finally submitted to joining me in a weekend in London. It turned out, for both of us, to be a fantastic decision!!
Of course now I am completely enamoured with the city, and can't wait to go again! The history, the poshness, the spirit of the city were almost overwhelming. As Riccardo noted several times, I was pretty much unable to wipe the smile off my face for the duration of the weekend (well, except when we checked into our fleabag hotel, and then the smile turned into a grimace of horror/disbelief - $125 for that!?!)
My favourite part of the weekend was definitely the guided tour we had of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, a fabulous recreation of the original in which I can't wait to partake in at least one viewing next summer. This experience, however, was closely rivalled by our inadvertent evening at Piccadilly Circus. On the Saturday night we were in search of meat & mead, and ended up taking the Underground into mayhem: England was up against South Africa in the final game of the World Rugby whateveritis, and the streets were packed. Bars had standing-room only, and overflowed out the doors; people were singing choruses in the street; it was insane! We stumbled upon London's quaint Chinatown and ended up having a fabulous (and predictably expensive) meal of sushi and Korean BBQ, which we topped off with several imported ales. It was all so great!
Exhausted, sore and completely delighted, we trained home on Sunday evening and basically fell into our beds. It was arduous, but I so cannot wait to go back!!
I am missing your video! Why did you not put that on?