Life in London: Week 62 in London

Week 62: 6 - 12 June 2016

There was a real mix of weather this week. While the east coast of Australia was being lashed with torrential rain and wild storms, which saw some waterfront properties in Sydney literally crumbling into the sea, on Tuesday London also copped a downpour. Some parts of London were affected by flooding, and although our humble Altenburg Gardens abode is technically below ground, we remained above water. Not so lucky was the guy who willingly and optimistically drove under a flooded bridge - perhaps Britain's stupidest driver?

Aside from that it was a fairly standard working week, and we enjoyed warm and bright summer evenings. At the same time Lauren and Mark spent a week in Paris and so were in (almost) the same time zone as us.

The pictures they sent of the Paris flood waters were "inseine" (♬ ba dum tsh!) however the weather seemed to clear up enough for them to enjoy a week in one of our favourite cities. By the end, they'd seen and done more in Paris than what we have on our four visits (three for Brendan).

Roslyn spent Friday at The Making of Harry Potter, a site visit with work where she was also able to see various sets, props and costumes used during the production of the film series.

Amongst the sights were the Sorting Hat, Gryffindor common room, Dumbledore's office, Hogwarts Express, and a stroll down Privet Drive. They also visited the shopping strip of Diagon Alley and finished with a "butter beer", a non alcoholic soda with flavour combination like creaming soda and ginger beer.