So Karen and Scott (Ben's parents) have arrived safe and sound in England. We went out to London to see them on Friday night. As we arrived across the street from their hotel we could see them waving frantically from their hotel steps. Ben and I prayed that Karen wouldn't cross the four lanes of traffic to give us a hug and would wait at the cross walk until we could make it over to greet them. Thankfully we were all hugging happily seconds later. We went up to their hotel room, and checked into our own. They were kind enough to get Ben and I a room so we could spend all evening with them and because we had to sign the papers for our apartment early Saturday morning it meant we had time to have breakfast and visit before heading North.
We had a great dinner at the Troubador Restaurant somewhere in South London. It's actually right next to the restaurant that Connor works at. (Connor was working at his other job that night). It's a quirky little place with a window full of assorted kettles and strange and wonderful signs everywhere. Joni Mitchell played there at one time in her career and ever since then it has been the coolest place to be. Well, I'm not sure that's true, but the hummus is amazing and that's enough to bring me back.
Saturday morning we had a great breakfast and then Ben and I went off to sign our money and our lives away. We left Karen and Scott to shuffle their luggage for their trip to Scotland this week. As we were walking away from the bank, we almost walked into Rufus Wainwright. For those of you who don't know him, he is an incredibly talented Canadian Musician who we have loved and respected greatly since High School. There he was just sauntering down the street looking hip. If that isn't an omen for moving to a great neighbourhood, I don't know what is. Ben also saw David Byrne from The Talking Heads (a band he likes.. I didn't see, I was on the phone) which was a pretty good second omen for him. We then took the train into Rochester with Scott and Karen for our Rochester day. It was on and off rain, so that wasn't great. And the Cooper's Arms (our favorite pub in the world) was closed due to power failure, which was disappointing. However, they did see lots of the antique shops along the high street. We met up with Kate for a beer and had some late Legends for lunch. We finished off the day at Thai Four Two (where else) witha delectable and perfect meal. That place never disapoints and we were happy that Karen and Scott enjoyed it as much as we do.
They are off to Scotland for three days and then Aleida arrives Wednesday afternoon (yay!) and then Friday afternoon we are off to Holland!
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