What can I say - pure entertainment. Never thought I would enjoy beach volleyball as much as I did. I would consider watching that regularly if I knew where to watch it and they played that well. The venue is on the Horse Guards parade with Somerset House, Downing Street and the London Eye in the background. It is only a 10 minute walk (usually) from the flat but today they made us walk all the...
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Olympic fever is running throughout London. Everywhere you look people are wearing their national colours and seem to be coming back from an Olympic event. Though it seems that besides these Olympic tourists everyone else has left London! I took the tube to work this morning at 8:45am and it was half full. I don't think that has ever happened to me in the 3 years I have be coming to London regularly. Very weird. And...
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I have just arrived back in London. The flight over last night was not even full. We left late, arrived early at 6:45am. Hardly anyone at Heathrow and for the first time in a long time the Iris scanning was working as well. Straight onto a Heathrow Express to Paddington. No queue at the Paddington taxi rank. Where have all the people gone? The taxi driver asked me how busy Heathrow was and I said not...
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Yesterday we have the privilege of attending the opening ceremony. One of my Gen Re clients invited me and how could we turn down that opportunity. Now I am sure the ethical people are saying how can you accept an invitation like that. Yes, you're right - I cleared it with my company who when I asked the powers that be just replied said "ENJOY". And ENJOY we did. We had to be at the hotel...
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Helen and I left on Wednesday evening for London for the opening ceremony of the Olympics. We hardly get invited to anything (as Gen Re is a wholesale business we don't really have suppliers, we just have customers) and so being invited by a client (from the UK) who is a main sponsor of the Olympics is a great honour. I expected the flight to be jam-packed full but it wasn't. Obviously no one else from...
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We are all safely home. I wondered yesterday when I said I would write a concluding post today whether I would have anything to write about given it would just be the flight but there was some action (as there always seems to be on flights). Michael and I were settled into our seats when the airhostess approached me to ask whether I would mind swapping seats. The reason was that my seat was the only...
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Not a very 'Romantic' day today. Males went to cricket together. That was by choice. Ladies went shopping (again). Sorry Bryan & Sharon - I don't think Lara has any money left. I hope you weren't expecting a present of any sort from her! Besides commenting on how much they spent, I can't really tell you much (or anything) about the ladies day as I only overlapped with them for about 45 minutes at the flat...
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The problem with writing a daily blog is that when I am too tired to write it because I have worked the whole day everyone asks "What happened to the blog". Well that is why yesterday's blog is coming this morning. The additional problem I have is that there is not much to say because I went to work and the rest of the bunch basically went shopping it seems. The tubes are getting a touch...
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This morning we headed to Cambridge for the day. Of course the best way to get to Cambridge cheaply and easily is to take the train. On route Michael made a few choice comments about one of our blog readers (no name will be mentioned Yvonne) who is definitely wrong about how good the public transport is. Now as you all know, teenagers know everything so that pretty much settles it. London does have a great...
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Today we closed the circle on a number of things. Firstly, the rainy weather returned. It rained quite hard this morning and was relatively cool again. I believe CT is freezing cold so I am not complaining even though I can't believe it is meant to mid-summer here. Secondly, we took the Duck Tour. These are amphibious vehicles. You might want to ask how they are part of my 'closing of the circle'. Well they were...
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