Unfortunately I don't have any photos from the little sojourn I had in London the weekend following Sarlat with Bronwen... finally, we were having our exclusive girls' weekend!
It was so much fun spending time together without distractions like our kids and husbands... :)
We really appreciated walking around multi-floored shopping centres sans a pram (where you don't have to find the elusive lift, if it even exists, or cart your pram up and down the stairs); at going out to eat without having to accommodate a pram, feeding our respective baby in situ, and being upstairs - restaurants rarely have lifts!; at being able to sleep uninterrupted; at not having to make considerations for nappy changes/ clothes changes/ wriggling babies etc... oh, the bliss!
I arrived on Friday afternoon and navigated myself (mostly successfully, I might add) from the airport to our accommodation, My book and I enjoyed a lovely dinner, and I appreciated living in an English-speaking country. :)
Bron arrived on Saturday morning, so we took the opportunity to visit the Covent Garden Markets, which I hadn't been to before. Oh, it was so great! The atmosphere, the smells, the hustle and bustle between the market-goers and the vendors... and it was certainly more enjoyable to move within the packed space without a pram.
We met up with a Perth friend of Bron's, Mel, and after a delightful pre-dinner catch-up we headed off to a Chinese restaurant, where we intended to have a quick meal before seeing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on the West End... except that the meal was anything but quick. We got through our entree and then had them turn our mains into take-away food that we ate in the salon during the interval of the show! Three hungry girls slurping greedily (and probably noisily) on lukewarm Chinese food in the luxurious salon of the Theatre Royal... not an everyday sight, I'm sure!
The show had amazing special effects but and choreography but unfortunately it was difficult to understand the actors and I felt like the show relied on the special effects to entertain you. We did, however, have the cutest kid sitting behind us, who at the relevant time cried out 'he's got a golden ticket!' and one or two other comments during the performance. Hilarious.
Bron and I enjoyed a lazy Sunday together and headed off to our separate airports at about 18:00.
To be perfectly honest, I was absolutely delighted to see Margaux and Thomas on Monday morning, but I quite enjoyed my weekend of selfish pleasure.
It was a splendid weekend with wonderful, unforgettable memories. The next adventure was already knocking at the door... stay tuned for what was lying around the corner for us..!
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