So the Brits gave us a Bank holiday weekend which was very kind of them. Luckily we only had one day of rain on Saturday before we headed out of London for Sunday night. We decided late last week to book something as the weather was looking promising and work has been so busy we needed a break. A few people at work at recommended Great Malvern which is in the Cotswolds. It gorgeous out there. We had yet another disagreement with Enterprise in trying to hire a car to get out of London. Luckily the kind people at Europcar gave us a really nice Polo. After two years living in our flat, five copies of address proof and a UK driver's licence we didn't have enough proof for Enterprise and we failed in their checks. I think we will be staying away from them going forward. I enjoyed driving down the tiniest of country lanes, it felt like driving up people's driveways in Australia. Benny did a brilliant job of navigating and detouring round the many country festivals to celebrate the end of summer. We had a little wander round Malvern, went to a very good local pub that was recommended to us. We wouldn't have been able to find it if we did get the suggestion. The food was served between strict times in a room just off from the pub. It was so tasty and it seemed there wasn't a tourist in site except for us. We left Malvern mid morning, before leisurely driving back to London through some nice towns. I only made Benny stop off a couple of times to have peaks in the antique stores.
The weekend before last started with Benny watching the first game of Liverpool for this year's season plus a load of sport from Australia. We then had the pleasure of going to our friend's surprise 30th. It is scary how time has flown by. It felt like yesterday when we were invited to 21st birthday parties. Instead now we are invited to weddings and 30th celebrations. The 30th was for our friend Josie and it was themed 1920s. I borrowed a dress from my boss and Benny was kitted out by our friend who had way too much fun at the dress-up store. Benny looked very handsome in his bow tie and I had made a nice head piece. We celebrated in a fancy bar in Mayfair to begin before heading out on a night bus to Putney. We ended the night with our friends in a new bar until the lights were turned on and it closed. Sunday, Benny and I shared sore heads and achieved not a lot before heading back to work on Monday. It was a very fun weekend.
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