My Mum's Visit

A week or two ago I received a gift via airmail. It showed up at my work one Wednesday morning and after going downstairs to check on it, it turned out to be my mom! When she arrived we had the usual exchange of pleasantries with lots of hugs and kisses (and a report of what I’d been doing). Finally after all the updates though, we set off on a weekend of adventure!

During our few days together I managed to see more of the city than I had been able to in the entire previous month. We went to Westminster Abbey and she explained all the different histories of the kings and queens buried there. We went to Trafalgar Square with it's many visitors and saw an artsy/neat but confusing light show (no pictures of that one unfortunately, although we couldn’t really tell you what the purpose of it was anyway). We visited little sites like the Royal National Theatre, walked the Millennium Bridge, and pretended we were rich whilst shopping at High Street Kensington (The only thing we really contemplated buying was a little bit of chocolate though).

The most fun for me, however, was dining in the little cafes, pubs, or other eateries. We got to have wonderful food AND sit in each other’s company in a warm, quiet place (except the pubs). Truly the stuff I know my mom and I like to do most. Also, we spent quite a bit of time riding around the tops of the double-decker buses so I could impress my mother with my keen, but sometimes-faulty sense of bus direction. For those of you who don’t know, anyone can figure out the Tube – it takes a hardcore adventurer to brave the bus system of London…not that I really fall into either one of those categories yet.

If truth be told, I had one of the best visits ever among all the years of inter-family holidays I’ve experienced. It turns out my mom still knows how to party…or at least walk like a soldier involved in a land war across Asia.

Enjoy the pictures!

Here is a picture at the Abbey - apparantley my Mom took the exact same one years ago.

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This is Me and Ricky Gervais...er...my Mom eating at a little cafe (I think I've improved on Gabe and Shirin's method of concealing her identity)

Here is me riding a lion in Trafalgar Square:

Next week's pics - The day it snowed! (really cool for Florida natives...not so cool for those living in the colder parts of America already)