Some people relax at the weekend, and this is what Paul and I most often try to do. Followed by as little as possible. Sometimes, however, it’s nice to have a change, and a change is exactly what we had this past weekend. We were actually social this weekend and had some company around!
Paul’s friend Howard came down to London to visit us with his lovely wife. Howard was Paul’s best man at our wedding, and we finally met Howard’s wife, Alina, last year. We haven’t seen them in between at all, so it was extremely nice to see the two of them again. They had some things they needed to get done in London, so we invited them to stay with us.
Seeing as they aren’t from London, Paul and I did our tourist bit. We took them round a few sights. It was a particularly nice day in London on Saturday, so we started the day at Borough Market and then wound our way along the Thames up to the Tattershall Castle, where we had a drink and a bit of rest. Then trekked on out again and made a stop at Fortnum & Mason by way of Buckingham Palace. It’s a pretty long walk, so we stopped off at the O’Neil’s in Soho, where the boys had a drink and us girls had a nice sit down for a bit.
We ended the night at the Texas Embassy for dinner, but more importantly, for margaritas. The margaritas, for the record, were pretty yum. After a big full meal of TexMex, we headed home, where Paul introduced Howard to tennis on the Wii. I think he’s been waiting to have someone new to play with.
Started Sunday off with a big cooked breakfast, and I had a nice excuse to make pancakes. I haven’t had them in a while, and I was getting hungry for them. We saw them off in the afternoon and Paul and I have quickly settled back in to our doing “not much of anything.”
It was a good weekend. Definitely a nice break from the norm.
