Visitors in June

Back in June, when my favourite visitors of all – Pearl Jam – were in town, many of our other favourite visitors were in town as well! And yes, I would say that about pretty much anyone that comes to visit – everyone is my favourite!

Anyway – Stacey and Wes came down for the concert and stayed with us for four nights. Stacey also stayed an extra night either side of that as well, as she had to be in London for her job. She’s down here quite often now in her new role, which is great because we get to see her all the time! (Note: I was going to link to the story on her blog here which talks about her new job, but I can’t seem to find it right now…)

Also in town that weekend was none other than John and his girlfriend Tina. We hadn’t seen John since our trip to Dusseldorf for Kirsty’s 30th, and a lot has changed in the meantime – like him moving countries! He’s now living in Texas, and enjoying all the benefits that come from being only a few doors down from Chipotle.

We spent a chunk of Saturday wandering around Covent Garden and SoHo with everyone, including a quick visit to The National Portrait gallery (total snooze-fest – good thing it was free!), and The British Museum (way better!). We also stumbled upon one of those face-in-hole scenes that Julian and Shelley are so fond of, so we all stepped up and had a turn.

Last (but certainly not least!), Uncle Martyn and Jenni were in town to polish off the end of a multi-week trip to Europe! They’d been to Morocco, Portugal, Ireland, and possibly other places before arriving in sunny London. We enjoyed an amazing dinner with them at Benares in Mayfair, followed by ice-cream at Freggo.

I also joined the two of them for lunch one day at Selfridges. My uncle’s favourite thing to eat in all of London is a salt-beef sandwich from the Brass Rail. I was happy to indulge with him, and I won’t lie – it was delicious!

Now we’re frantically tidying the house for some more visitors – the Cookes are coming over for two weeks! Better get back to it!