But Wednesday was even more lazy from our point of view. It was quite windy, cool, spitting rain: a good November day. I was up through the night, but the both Darlene and I slept until almost noon. The boys at this point were already up and ready to go out to meet up with the women that Shane had met the night before. And Jamie, unfortunately, was there as well; unfortunate because he had wanted to go down to Portsmouth by train, had gotten up and gone to the station, only to find that the trains were all cancelled for the morning. He gave up and returned to the apartment.
They went out for the day, Darlene and I stayed around the flat mostly, going out to do some shopping nearby. We had a fancy supper planned with Dan and Katy, Jim and Claire at a restaurant called "Hibiscus", which is Michelin-starred. It was a rush for both Dan and Katy to get there, but we managed to meet down there, and had a wonderful tasting meal which included pigeon, eel, lots of interesting veggie arrangements, paired wines, and excellent service. Very nice, and much appreciated. Katy and Dan were doing this as a "thank-you" to the parents for their support and work, and we feel well-thanked.
It is interesting to share the flat we are in with two or three other males. Pat is a constant, as is Shane (Dan's very good friend from Guelph days). Jamie (a good friend from Parkside days) is with us until Thursday, and is also a neat guy, working in a welding shop at present, still living in Dundas, and enjoying his first trip to the UK. On Wednesday, Jamie took a long walk from here, over the London ridge to the downtown area, back to the Tower and over the Tower Bridge, then home: seven miles in total. (They measure distance in miles here, for some strange reason.) Wednesday, Pat and Shane went to have lunch with some women that Shane had met when he went to his mosque for the Ramadan services on Tuesday night. They ended up walking about 15 km, going to Hyde Park, having lunch, and so on, and had a good day ins pit of the rain.
Thursday was a day of kind of hanging around for Pat and us. Shane went off to Oxford to see a girl friend of his who is at school there. We hung around this flat for a while, then went over to Dan and Katy's flat and hung around there. There were a few jobs to do. Darlene and Pat went to the Borough Market to buy food for supper (a beef roast that couldn't be beat; some wonderful veggies), and I went out to get some prescriptions filled for them, and to get some keys cut. Katy, unfortunately, had to spend her last day of work before the wedding at a talk well out of town, so got home late-ish. But supper was ready, and we settled into a fine evening. Both Katy and Dan had arranged to have Friday off, to get ready for the wedding.
And that day—Friday—was full of running around for them. They had access to Trinity House, and used this to get the flowers set up, and the programs put out. We cleaned their flat, and got our flat ready for Dan to come over for the evening. Pat and Shane worked on getting the shoes shone, and the flat tidy.
Katy and her clan were gathering at their place for that final evening, and went to the Grange for supper (I think). We had a late supper here at our flat, and went to bed early for the wedding night. Some good omens came in the form of a double rainbow, and some spectacular views from out 15th floor flat over the town.
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