Week 78 in London

Week 78: 26 September - 2 October 2016

Lots of people (mostly Brits) have asked us how we can afford to go away so much. You know how? It isn't all glamorous! By flying at crappy, inconvenient times with budget airlines (e.g. easyJet and Ryanair), often from and to inconvenient secondary airports (like Stansted and Luton) and then staying in hostels or budget hotels.

Roslyn's friend from back in Griffith, Hilary, was in town on Tuesday prior to her move to Hamburg, Germany and the three of us went for dinner at Southbank.

On Thursday Roslyn scoped out Windsor Castle, the Royal's main residence, on a site visit for an upcoming dinner.

We set out on Saturday in hunt of ideas for Christmas presents. On Oxford Street we elbowed our way through the standard slow paced and oblivious tourists. We refuelled with lunch at Selfridges, Roslyn picking up her first of the newly released plastic £5 notes.

Considering the number of times we have been down Oxford Street, it is amazing how little of the surrounding area we'd seen. Turning off of the hustle and bustle of Oxford Street, we took a short walk and discovered the charming almost village-like high street of Marylebone.

For the evening, we headed across to Wandsworth to see Bridget Jones's Baby but on arriving the tickets were all sold out! The next nearest cinema of the same chain had the exact same viewing times, and so we rushed in an Uber across to Chelsea to still make it in time.

There was a late lunch booked in for Sunday afternoon, at the well reputed Sushisamba. Sitting 38 floors above London, we were also lucky enough to be given a table seated on the window, to really take in the views. From one of the terraces multiple landmarks are visible in the one panorama, London Bridge, Tower of Lindon, The Shard, The Gherkin and The Cheesegrater. On the other terrace, a vibrant sculpture of a tree added some colourful Autumn fun to the experience.

Highlights for the week:
- Dinner with Hilary on Tuesday night

- Roslyn on a site visit at Windsor Castle
- Christmas shopping on Oxford Street
- First new plastic £5 note
- Discovered Marylebone High Street
- Watched Bridget Jones's Baby
- Lunch at Sushisamba