London Calling

We Have a Visa!!!! and other updates

After weeks of worrying and some "official" bad news Kirsten received her long-term Visa yesterday. This means she can now stay in the country for another 5 years, unless of course I leave (the country or otherwise)...

So it's joy in the Hennigan household these days, travel throughout Europe can't be far behind.

A couple of other updates:

Last Friday Kirsten's collaborating physician from Philly, David Iddeden (sp?) popped into London to visit us and took us out to a top meal at Petrus, one of Gordon Ramsay's finest. The 8 course tasting menu with champagne to start, wine to partner and Port to finish was truly a memorable experience. We told him he should come visit more often...

Monday we hit the Carling Academy with Mads (getting her Brit on), Martyn and a few others. Carling Academy is a small music venue just down the road from our flat. The performance was the Alabama 3 (theme song to the Sopranos) opening for the Tennessee 3 (former back-up to the one and only Johnny Cash). Aside from the talking to I had to give a particularly disinterested concert-goer, it was a good night of punk country and classic Cash tunes. Something about a room full of Brits jumping up and down and singing Ring of Fire at the top of their lungs just warms the heart.

posted by Brian and Kirsten Hennigan @ Thursday, March 22, 2007