The summer weather continued through the week, with London finally starting to green up. Vine covered brick buildings were blooming and elegant white stucco buildings were draped in Wisteria. All looking a little bit posh.
As we discovered a few days later, apparently at this time of year Wisteria hysteria takes over London (http://bit.ly/1U1sbKL).
Over the weekend just gone Australia had celebrated Mothers Day. Unfortunately our gifts didn’t make it back quite in time for Sunday, but did arrive early in the week – teabags in the shape of the Royal Family.
An envelope from Wimbeldon arrived, which we excitedly opened to reveal our tickets and seating position. Row ZC was a little disheartening, but at least we will be undercover from the weather and in centre court!
The weekend once again delivered excellent weather, and so we headed over to Putt in the Park at Battersea Park for Roslyn’s first ever experience with putt putt. Perhaps it was beginners luck or perhaps she is just a natural but nevertheless, seven holes in and on a u-shaped par 3 hole, Roslyn scored a hole in one.
After golf, we continued strolling through Battersea Park and onto Oxford Street to face the masses in Primarni (aka Primark).
Roslyn has developed a recent obsession with good, fresh Mexican food (not the supermarket boxed Old El Paso variety…) and so on Sunday we returned to Clapham Common once again, with tortilla crisps and a tub of guacamole for a picnic in the park.
We had a phone call from Brendan’s old school friend Gemma, who is now living in Dubai. Coincidentally enough, there was a Dubai Property Show being held over at Kensington Olympia at the same time. The conversation with Gemma left us curious to learn more, and so over to the show we went.
As we got there quite near closing time there didn’t seem to be a lot left to see. Artist’s impressions depicted luxurious living experiences, one borderline gaudy display was for the apartment development being marketed as 'space marvelled by Swarovski'. The unimaginatively named 'Sparkle Towers' are apparently a partnership between a Dubai property company and Austrian crystal company Swarovski, with the buildings to feature numerous crystal inspired adornments. The scale models of entire masterplanned communities were also certainly impressive, featuring detailed houses, apartments, golf courses and shopping centres.
Highlights for the week:
- Wisteria hysteria
- Mothers Day presents arrived back home
- Putt putt golf
- Wimbledon tickets arrived
- Strolled through Battersea Park
- Shopping down Oxford Street
- Picnic in Clapham Common
- Dubai Property Show
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