The past two weeks

So it has been ages since I have updated the blog. So sorry, it has been very busy over here. Nanna and Pop have been having a wonderful time with us. For the past two weeks we have taken them out for cocktails, taken them on a massive walk from Hampsted via Primrose Hill to St John’s Wood and went to Greenwich to see the lovely Sunday markets. 

Last week on Wednesday Benny kindly work up at 4am to take Nan and Pop to the bus station to get on the National Express to the airport. They were off to visit my exchange family. They had the most incredible time. They had two nights in Inzell with Renate, Hans and Alexander followed by two nights in Vienna with Jutta and Sebastian. They successfully got back on Sunday night from the airport to our front door with no assistance. I was so proud of them. Their time in Inzell and Vienna was a big highlight of their trip so far. They were even lucky enough to see snow fall in Inzell.  

Ben and I had a quiet weekend while Nan and Pop were away. Ben spent Saturday watching three games of sport starting with the Queensland Reds game. I spent the day at home sewing away on my lovely machine that Ben gave me for Christmas. The dress is turning out so well as Nanna is teaching me a few tricks of the trade. On Saturday night I went to the movies with Lee and Mossy while Ben was watching the third sport game of the day, the Champion Leagues final. I was taken to a great sushi restaurant, it was so tasty. My favourite was the soft shell crab.

On Sunday, Ben and I had a sleeped in and we went on an adventure to a haberdashery store that someone at work had told me about. It was in Tooting Bec, after a train and a short bus ride we arrived and discovered it was closed, whoops, I should have checked the website. Lucky for us, our next destination of the day, a sofa store, was only one bus ride away. The bad news, traffic was rubbish as the store was in Chelsea and they were having a street parade for celebrating their win in the Champion League final. I was also incredibly desperate for a toilet stop so we got off the bus early and dropped into a pub. We ended up staying for lunch and I had a fantastic Asian salad and Benny decided to try something different, a Sunday roast pork. After our input, output stop we walked to the sofa store and sat in many comfortable chairs.

 

Yesterday (Tuesday), I was in a summer mood. It was the first real hot day in a while. I decided to risk it and wear no jacket and open shoes to work when it was only 12 degrees in the morning. By 11 is was a beautiful sunny hot day. It was so nice that Benny and I thought it would be perfect weather to go to the local park after work and have drinks, with cheese and biscuits. We got home around 8pm and had a lovely dinner cooked by Benny. 

Tonight we are off with my grandparents and a few friends to Green Park for a picnic dinner. Tomorrow Ben is taking Pop to a trivia night with a few of his friends and I’m taking Nanna to the Chelsea Flower Show. This weekend we are off to Brussels early Saturday morning and will return on Monday.