Sunday, April 26, 2015

London

I spend a quiet morning in my hotel room catching up on rest and my blogs.  

High Tea at Claridges with Jan.

This afternoon, I met a dear friend from high school, whom I haven't seen in about 20 years.  She came to Claridges for afternoon High Tea.  Quite proper!  

Jan has lived in London for years as a representative of professional tennis stars.  I was embarrassed how little I knew about tennis, but sure sounds like she has an amazing career.  

She has two children, Jack, who is 21, sounds like a brilliant child.  Learned to speak Hindu and Arabic fluently and has a high power job in Dubai.  

Her daughter Alice is an actress in London on a television show aired on BBC.  I'm going to look the show up when I get back home to check her out.  She's been in a couple of movies in the US on the hallmark channel.  She aspires to get work in the US and hopefully, I'll see Jan again soon in Los Angeles if Alice comes over.

We had a wonderful afternoon, talking about old times in High School and what we've done with our lives since.  Thank you Jan, for taking the time for an incredible afternoon.

WORST fish'n chips in London!!

After tea, Stevie, Chris and I set off to find the best fish and chips in London.  The concierge recommended Audley's, just a few blocks away.  They were packed, so we found ourselves at a place called Marlborough, for the WORST fish'n chips in London.  The breading on the fish tasted horrible AND it was cooked so long that it was like trying to eat fish jerky.  Lesson learned.  

We wandered the streets of London afterwards checking out shops and making our game plan for Monday.  

After a quick night cap in the lounge, and I mean quick, we couldn't hold our eyes open, we turned in for the evening.