The hubby's visit, part 1

Jarrett has just headed back to the States after joining me for two weeks to be tourists. The first week, he was here in London "working" and seeing the sights.

That first weekend, we were proper tourists, with two cameras between us (Jarrett's pics are on his Picasa Web page). Since it's just around the corner from the apartment, we took Saturday to return to Regent's Park to enjoy what passes for a beautiful day in London. This time, we also had some refreshments, though the "glass" was a little off...


Yeah, that's a mug.

Also, we encountered a statue of a friggin' mermaid. I mean merman! Merman!


We then walked to the South Bank to ride the London Eye. Jarrett took lots of pictures with my camera, but this one is my favorite:


On to Sunday! My co-worker Ruby and her husband Philip were our tourguides as we drove up the Thames valley. First stop, Hampton Court Palace. Jarrett again has some excellent photos, including one of the hedge maze we completed. For my part, I was fascinated by the sheer amount of mistletoe in the surrounding trees:



The next stop was a lunchtime picnic on the banks of the Thames. The weather cleared up just in time and the water further upstream was much prettier than the brown sludge of London. Then we were off to the highlight of the trip (for me), the Thames River and Rowing Museum. Highlights of Jarrett's pics include me trying to steal an oar from a statue. Heh. Our last stop was Windsor Castle, though it was so late the castle was closed so I got some lovely pics of the outside, including the ornate light posts. That's a tiny red crown on the top:
Oh, and I finally tried a trend that I find a little icky here - cider over ice. It's advertised all over tv so I thought I'd give it a go. Probably won't do that again.


Next up will be our trip to Paris...woo hoo!