Only two nights in London – what was I thinking? Obviously I must be mad. I couldn’t possibly hope to shop all of London in just two days! It’s hard to believe there’s an economic crisis on with the number of people in London. I did my best to boost the economy but I’m fast running out of luggage space, and I do have to save my last hurrah for Paris – and at the very least I need a new hat. Not sure I actually have any money left, but that’s what credit card debt is for. I *really* need a job fast when I get back home.

Now let’s see… there must have been something else to do in London besides shopping.  Well, we did make it to the Tower of London and got to see the hilarious Yeoman Warden of YouTube infamy.  I’m not sure why he looked at me when he was talking about women always wanting the last word? The Tate Modern was pretty awesome and chipped into shopping time in a big way. I am inspired to create something arty when we eventually buy our villa in the south of France.

The surprise of the trip though was Chris actively wanting to see a musical. Mind you, it was Blood Brothers (no happy ending here) and apart from a few well restrained sobs from me, it was very good indeed.

I feel like we’ve now visited every pub in England. I think it’s probably a good thing we don’t live in London because I’d always be shopping and Chris would always be at the pub. I would however be very well dressed when I came down to the pub to drag him home 🙂

It’s onwards and upwards old chaps. In case you’re wondering why I’ve gone all British it’s because we’re currently in the UK, pottering around the countryside of Kent. How odd to be able to speak English again – I’ve kind of gotten used to speaking in French now – or a bastardised version of it at any rate.

Everyone told me that England is miserable in the winter but so far the weather has been sunny, if a little freezing, so we’ve been able to enjoy the English countryside, so to speak. This mainly involves a lot of driving around looking at greens that Chris once played cricket on and drinking at pubs. I really don’t have a problem with the pub side of things 🙂

An inordinate number of castles are closed at the moment however, which has put a bit of a spanner in the works. As a general tip, don’t visit the English countryside in the middle of winter. Luckily Leeds Castle was open and for the princely sum of £18 each we could visit the castle and grounds (highway robbery methinks). It was a perfect Pemberley. I could just imagine Mr Darcy emerging from the lake dripping wet… hmmm… having a moment here… OK, back from YouTube now. If you think I’ve gone barmy, then perhaps you should look at this for enlightenment, or maybe this for a bit of a strange post-modern moment instead.

Just one more day around here (shopping tomorrow!) and then it’s off to London to argue over which musical to go and see. I’m not sure I can get Chris to see Mamma Mia but I’ll give it a go anyway…