A stop over in London

Chas and I on our way to the London Eye

I LOVE London!

Bec and I in the London Eye

Chas and I just got back from a mini vacation in the Uk. We spent two days in London and then 4 1/2 days in Edinburgh, Scotland. The main purpose of this vacation was to go to Norah and Nialls wedding. They are both teachers that I met during my year in Brussels. On our way to the wedding we passed through London to catch up with Chas' parents and brothers. We stayed at the Rembrandt Hotel near Chelsea and spent time with his parents friends. We were blessed with sunny weather and spent time walking around the city. My favorite part was wandering around Covanent Garden. I love all of the stalls selling art work and " junk." Our second night in London Chas' father took all of us on the London Eye. If you have not been to London before, the Eye is an enormous Farris Wheel that has an amazing view of some of the most famous buildings in London such as " Big Ben" and St. Paul's Cathedral. We had 11 people, 4 bottles of wine and a half an hour to admire the view. I met up with an old friend named Bec who I met when I was studying at Flinder's Uni in Australia. We hadn't seen each other in 7 years so it was a lot of fun catching up on eachothers lives. After the spin around the Eye, we headed off to a Brazilian restaurant for all you can eat grilled meat. There were 13 different kind of meat that they would bring to the table and cut off a piece for each person. It was an amazing spread of meats.
The next day Chas and I got up extremely early and caught a flight out of the dreaded Terminal 5 at Heathrow and headed for freezing cold Edinburgh. Chas and I both really enjoyed London and seeing his family. We have added it to our list of possible places to move after Dubai!