Bob and Joan arrived at the apartment Wednesday just before 8:00, their flight arrived almost an hour early.  I was waiting outside to be sure the taxi driver could find the apartment.  The taxi ride cost them £100!  They were pretty tired so we had coffee and tea and talked most of the morning.  They tried to take a nap later in the morning for a couple of hours so that they could stay awake until bedtime.  Bob couldn’t sleep very long, so we walked over to the local church, and that is why there are photos of the church.

When Joan was up and able we went to a tapas restaurant in Camden Town in the early afternoon, and of course it was very good.  We then went to the Camden Stables Market so Joan could get a photo of the Amy Winehouse statue.  Sue tried to buy some Cheetah patterned shoe laces for her new boots that we had seen earlier at one of the stalls, but they weren’t long enough.  So we’ll have to keep looking.  After that excursion we came back to the apartment for some wine and snacks.  The apartment opens on to a garden (backyard to us) and we sat outside and had crackers and nuts with the wine, and beer for me.  After we finished off the wine Bob was still hungry, so I took him to the Mexican restaurant next to our old apartment.  You had to be there, but Bob ends up getting samples of food from the two young guys sitting next to us.  To repay them, Bob bought them and himself shots of tequila, I passed as I’d already had several beers.  And someone had to be able to get us home.  Tomorrow we’ll probably get them to the London Eye and maybe to the Tower to see the Poppies.

Sept 17 2014 London 

London September 17 2014