London Calling

The weekend of 13/14 October we had our first visitor at our new flat in Putney. Former colleague and constant friend Brian stopped in on London during the Krick European Tour 2007.

This would Brian's first trip to Europe and in an effort to make it as enjoyable as possible the airlines obliged by losing his luggage. By the time he made it to London from Scotland he'd been wearing the same clothes for 4 days, lucky him.

After a shower and a change of clothes on Saturday he was feeling refreshed and looked like a new man, as a matter of fact he looked like me, clearly the clothes make the man.

Kirsten and I had a colleague (or two's) wedding Saturday night so we left Brian to his own devices. While he was sampling the wonders of the pubs in Putney we spent the evening dancing to rock music with a bunch of Scotsmen in kilts (remember this line for future posts). It must be said that the reception really didn't start until 9PM, this may have had something to do with the fact that England was playing France in the semifinals of the Rugby World Cup. The entire male population at the wedding and the majority of the women sat in the back of the hall watching the match projected onto a wall. Thankfully England won, there was much rejoicing followed by a wedding fireworks spectacular (nice touch Rob!) and then plenty of drinks, dancing and late night bacon sandwiches...mmmmm, bacon sandwiches.

Sunday saw Brian giving Brian the 2nd instance (could be 3rd or 4th) of the Hennigan London Walking Tour. It was slightly expanded this time to include Piccadilly Circus (and an Indian lunch) but unfortunately missed out on Borough Market as it was Sunday. That being said, it was a nice day and can count another satisfied customer. The service has evolved as well as it now includes a photographer to prove "you were here".

Thankfully Brian's clothes finally caught up with him in Amsterdam, just in time to get searched on the way out...

People, with so many satisfied customers you are really running out of excuses to stop on in.