So, I'm not rocking anymore, but it was funny to feel like we were still on the ship when you could hardly tell you were on a ship to begin with! We had a great time on the QM2. Malcolm, David, Sandy & Betty, our tablemates for dinner were so interesting and nice. It was sad to say good bye the last morning, when we all met for a farewell breakfast. We also saw Liz and Dennis one last time. We took the bus from NY to the ship with them and saw them at least once a day while we were on board. It was hysterical to keep running into the same people when there were over 2000 passengers on board.
I'm sitting here in the lobby of the Hoxton typing this while Curtis returns a battery we bought for my camera which doesn't work. I'd upload some pictures while doing this but he has my camera. Looks like I'll have to wait for Paris.
We've had a good time in London except for the cold I have. I woke up our last morning on the QM2 with a sore throat and am finally starting to feel good.
We had a great lunch our first day: little prawns with the head on and (what the hotel says is) the best fish and chips in London with mushy peas. We would tend to agree. And I had no idea that something called mushy peas could be so delicious!
Yesterday we went to the British Museum and looked at all the Egyptian, Assyrian and Greek sculptures. Then had an amazing dinner at the River Cafe on the banks of the Thames. The setting is absolutely beautiful. It was so warm we ate outside, right next to all the planter boxes holding the herbs and some of the vegetables they cook with. Really light amazing food. I had an herb and baby lettuce salad with baby fava beans and a lobster cooked on the wood buring oven. Curtis had Frito Misto made with zucchini and zucchini blossoms and a whole Dover sole, also roasted in the wood burning oven.
Curtis just got back, so we'll be leaving for Waterloo Station shortly and the Eurostar to Paris.
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