London & our anniversary

Each year S&X travel to the UK and spend a few days with us before we all travel to Lille.

This year was he first time Charlie had his passport and came along two.  At home Charlie has a glass balcony where he will sit and watch the world go by.  Here he adopted the front dressing room window and laid out on the seal.  Our neighbour came knocking and I must admit we too were worried that he might jump.  So we shut the window just in case!!


X is a plane anorak and heads off to Duxford for the day, whilst S and her daughter J and I head off to London for some retail therapy and a show.  We booked the matinee show of Mamma Mia - our feet need the rest as J can shop hard.
We made a very silly mistake when we arrived at Covent garden tube station.  There was a queue for the lift so we said we would take the stairs out.  Big mistake in this heat! The stairs are circular and I counted 180 to street level.  we were so shattered when we got to the top that we had to take a rickshaw to the theatre which was a very pleasant experience.  J thoroughly enjoyed the show and nothing was lost in translation.

Funny thing was when we were travelling back to France on the ferry we were perfume shopping in duty free and I buy the same every year (Knowing by Estee Lauder_ but it somehow made us burst into song.  "Knowing me, Knowing you, ARHH HARR"  

I think I have mentioned before that we all married the same year and only 2 weeks apart so we always have a joint anniversary party when we get back to France - really it is just an excuse for us to have a drink together.

This year was Iron.  We bought S&X personalised coasters on an iron stand (failed to get a picture of these but they were great) M&J gave us this gorgeous Iron - now in the kitchen as a doorstop and S&X gave us a iron cockerel - he fits in with the other very nicely.