We said servus (goodbye) to Munich on Monday and after a stopover in Geneva, Switzerland, were back in London for a short working week.
Roslyn was onto her final week at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and her friend Tennille from Griffith arrived on Thursday to stay for 2 nights. She brought with her an abundance of snacks from Roslyn's family. The 2 of them went to Roslyn's farewell drinks on Friday evening, starting at the pub next door to the office and eventually ending at a bar in trendy Shoreditch.
On Saturday morning, Tennille got her belongings together and was set to meet up with her parents later that day. We went along with her to the hotel they were booked in at over at Kensington. It was less than glamorous, apparently not that cheap and one of the only places available - the Rugby World Cup had resulted in inflated prices and limited rooms London-wide.
After dropping the bag off, we walked up to Shepherds Bush and reminisced along the way as we walked past one of the properties we looked at before finding our current house. That particular property was advertised as being in Notting Hill (a significantly better area) and featured photos that weren't even of that flat. Boarding a train, we went across to the Old Spitalfields Markets.
After some lunch, we went across to Westminster and strolled around the Parliament Square area, including the perimeter and one of the central courtyards of Westminster Abbey. From there, we crossed Westminster Bridge over to Southbank and promenaded along the waterfront. We made our way down to the meeting place where Tennille met up with her parents.
Later that night Australia defeated England in the Rugby World Cup, meaning the local host nation was now out of the competition. Just minutes from our house, fans who had been watching the game spilled out onto the street and attempted to scrum a car stopped at traffic lights. We didn't witness the incident and only read about it a few days later, so aren't sure whether they were English fans trying to do a better job than their team, or just drunk Aussie bogans.
On Sunday we went for a stroll up to Clapham Common where there was a dog show happening, so puppies running around everywhere. We had lunch at one of our other potential Christmas dinner venues, The Windmill, which adjoins the common. Being a pleasant day, it was nice to sit outside and enjoy a snack from their burger shack in the beer garden, before we continued up further to Clapham High Street.
Highlights for the week:
- Roslyn's last week at Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Tennille came to stay
- Roslyn went to farewell drinks in Shoreditch
- Old Spitalfields Markets
- Looked around the outside of Westminster Abbey
- Promenaded along Southbank
- Australia defeated England in the Rugby World Cup
- Dog show at Clapham Common
- Burger from The Windmill
- Walked up to Clapham High Street
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