Canadians on the loose!
Not only have I been off work for the past week, but since he had holidays he had to use, Riccardo
opted to take the week off with me. And what better excuse, but because the lovely Kimberly and Corey came to visit from Canada! Having started their trip in Edinburgh - which they highly recommend - the two made their way to Birmingham on Monday afternoon. They were greeted by a raclette dinner and copious amounts of booze, which I'm sure didn't help Corey's on-coming cold. We were quick to learn that the two are huge fans of Rock Band; we are ALL Guitar Heroes! After that, we sang karaoke into the wee hours, and I didn't even have to pressure people - they wanted to!
Tuesday Riccardo whisked Corey off to Wales to climb Snowdon. The two barely made it back in one piece after their 13 hour day. Kimberly and I toured Bicester - a ritzy outlet village boasting such names as Prada and Gucci, and offering deals like 50% off high street prices. Well, 50% off WAAAAY too expensive, is still too expensive for us! But we did hit up the
Mac store - and Stratford, where we had lunch and a walk.Then in was back home to put together another raclette dinner (they liked it so much, they asked for more! Hey, that's easy!) and board-game playing.
Wednesday I took Kim and Corey to the Jewellery Quarter here in Birmingham and we all perused the small-and-shinies. We managed to keep the purchases under 100GBP, which was good.
Later, Riccardo and I drove our touring pals to Warwick, where they toured Warwick castle and we did some Christmas shopping in good ole Leamington Spa (seeming very run-down since our last visit).
As it was Corey's 30th birthday on Wednesday, we treated the newlyweds to dinner at what was supposed to be a posh gastro-pub in the country. Unfortunately the service was terrible, and they screwed up our order in several instances - no tip there. We won't be going back. Plans were meant to take us into Birmingham city centre for a bit of a pub crawl after dinner, however, Corey's cold was full-on at this point, and so we kept it quiet and low-key.
Finally, Corey and Kimberly set off for the final leg of their vacation, to London, on Thursday morning. We were sad to see them go, but have promises of grandeur for our visit at theirs this coming April!
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