Sunday, 23 September 2007

London and QM2 Day one

We arrived back in London on the 20th and celebrated Joel's 27th Birthday at dinner with Heather and Angus. I managed to get a candle on his dessert but we really haven't had a proper Birthday for him yet avec cake. I did notice a couple stealing a cake last night from the 24 hour buffet, making note of that idea.
We had tickets to the Terracotta Warriors at the British Museum on the 21st which was really fantastic. If you are in London in the next while I'd recommend it but make sure you do the Audio Tour. It was a really good way to be lead through it all.
That evening we went out to see Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy Theatre (at the Fairmont Savoy Hotel). Excellent! I'm really glad we got out to a show while we were here.

We arrived on the Queen Mary 2 yesterday. Were in the spa straight away, Joel had a massage and I had a much-needed facial and we spent some time floating around the hydro therapy baths beforehand.


Dinner was at the Britannia Restaurant was lovely. We are seated with two very friendly couples who we will sit with each night we eat there.

After dinner we watched the Queen Elizabeth pass in her way into port - apparently this is a big deal here. And spent the rest of the evening trying to keep up with Joel who was determined to inspect every inch of the ship. Should have packed running shoes - stupid.

Today he still has ants in his pants, he's like a kid at Christmas. Up at 6, again at 7 and 8 and 9... checking on the 24 hour buffet every so often to make sure it's still there. Finding things to poke and prod, asking me every so often what I think the spare anchor weighs. He might join the crew before we got off. Anyway, we are both enjoying ourselves immensely. Me at a stroll and Joel at a run.

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