Its Monday and i am writing to quickly recap my first weekend here in London. At first, i was a little worried about not having anything to do, but as though who know me well know, i tend to fill my weekend schedules up pretty full very quickly.
Friday night i went to the gym, then made my way down to the nice restaurant in my apartment building. I treated myself to steak and chocolate cake and wine - very nice - but terribly expensive!! I watched a little of the rugby world cup on the television screens in the restaurant and read my book at a nice corner table overlooking the river. Very nice dinner and some interesting people watching
Saturday morning i ran by the river for a while, then did cleaned the flat (used the 'hover' instead of the vacuum cleaner! In the afternoon i met up with a few friends from work and we went to the Proms in the Park - which is a large, all day musical celebration in Hyde Park. We brought in wine, cheese, fruit and other snacks for a picnic, then joined the 300,000 plus crowd listening to the live concert. The music ranged from Chico (their American Idol star), to opera singers, pop stars, rock bands, orchestra, etc - a great variety. the finale was a set of British songs giving honor to the country (God Save the Queen, Rule Britannia, etc) and hundreds of thousands of people waving their Union jack flags and singing their nation's anthems proudly. it ended with a nice fireworks celebration and a mass exit to the tube stations and bus stops to get home. i really enjoyed the day - the people from work were all very friendly, the food was actually good and the music and atmosphere was quite fun. i came home exhausted at 11:30
Sunday i met a few girls from work for brunch in a northern area of London then walked around to see the little Venice neighborhood. there are small canals where people rent houseboats for the summer months and 'live' on these boats for a few weeks at a time. it was a nice summer Sunday and a great way to see another part of London. then i did some shopping for the flat, walked back to my place and found a local catholic Church so i could go to mass
the Westminster cathedral is catholic and is about a mile walk or a short bus/tube ride north of me. the cathedral is gorgeous - very old, obviously, and very ornate. quite different from st Gabe's in Charlotte. i spoke to the priest after mass and he was very nice - there might be a closer church to where i live, but he welcomed me back anytime.
hope all of you had great weekends. i stayed pretty busy and was tired by the end of the night last night. back at work today and getting into the swing of things
enjoy the week - CJP
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