Monday... And then Tuesday

Monday was another work day for Lisa with two meetings scheduled before we were to head off for the airport. Ctos spent the morning wandering through a rainy London, window shopping and revisiting Purdey's to drool over tweed. The lure of tweed was too much and he ended up getting a jacket shipped over from the warehouse. After Lisa's work was done we went back to Purdey's and Lisa surprised Ctos by buying the tweed he had planned to buy for himself! We then enjoyed lunch at the Audley, our new pub home. Finally it was off to Heathrow for the flight home, or so we hoped! After several hours delay it turned out our 6pm flight was rescheduled to 9:30am the next day. What a disappointment. So it was back to London for a quick dinner and pints at the Audley before bedtime at 11pm ... We are now in the lounge at Heathrow waiting for out flight. Lisa was able to clean her gitch in the sink but Ctos was forced to buy 25£ underwear at Heathrow! Of course, the one time Ctos did no pack an extra set of gitch and socks is the one time they were required. Oh well, at least we will be home in hours (hopefully). We certainly can't afford another delay as Ctos is off to the Yukon tomorrow.

Sunday of rain

The day started late after the previous evening's frivolity and the lingering effects of jet lag. We finally got out of the hotel around noon and took a cab towards the Tower of London although the traffic was so bad we decided to get out about 3/4s of the way there to walk the rest of the way. Our visit to the Tower was quite fun although the wet weather did put a bit of damper on the day. We saw the White Tower, the Crown Jewels and the Royal Fusilliers.

On the walk back we stopped at St Paul's Cathedral where we happened to be in time for the 4:45pm organ recital; what wonderful synchronicity! We are now back at the hotel relaxing before we head off to a traditional English roast beef dinner at the Prince Napoleon in Notting Hill.

London 7 years! Friday and Saturday

Lisa arrived in London on Tuesday for marketing with Yamana while Ctos arrived on Friday morning. Friday was a work day for Ctos, he presented a silver mining story to Blackrock, while Lisa spent the day on the phone and Internet putting out Yamana fires. Ctos went to his favourite shoe store and purchased a nice pair of brown casual shoes while Lisa purchased two pairs of shoes at a high end store in Mayfair. Thankfully the bull market for precious metals is back! The evening was spent wandering from pub to pub drinking Guinness! What a wonderful evening. Dinner at the hotel was in room and was excellent. The next day we had intentions to go to the Tower of London but ended spending the day shopping. It was a lovely day with a blue sky although a bit chilly. Ctos bought Lisa a cute tweed jacket for the 7th anniversary and then proceeded to visit around a dozen clothes retailers looking for tweed for himself but to no avail. While many tweed jackets were found, Ctos didn't relish any of the fits; he blamed the European cut but the problem was really his growing gut!

We are now back at the hotel resting after the day' s wanderings trying to decide on this evening's dining adventure. While ruminating we watched Doctor Who which was interesting in that the episode referenced both the Savoy (where we stayed last time) and the Tower of London! It seems Doctor Who is sending us a message! Dinner was a 9:30 sitting at the hotel restaurant "Cut" where Lisa had a wonderful Chilean wagu steak while Ctos enjoyed yummy partridge as the hunting season has just begun. It was an amazing dinner! We retired to our room some time after 11pm with plans to visit the Tower of London the next day.