Hi friends,
Hope all of you
are enjoying yourselves wherever you are. The weather in South Warwickshire is
bit gloomy but I am enjoying lazy morning here.
At the peak
of my fatigue and stress, I decided to take a day –off and went to London on
Tuesday. It is my policy to stop when I start losing my work/life balance.
As you may
know, I am not keen on train journey in this country. Trains are expensive,
filthy and give me sneeze and cough. However, my good friend in London lives very close
to Marylebone Station and it makes more sense to go there on train rather than
driving down to London, spending a lot on petrol, paying congestion charge and criminally
expensive parking fee.
I caught a
train from Banbury and arrived at Marylebone around 11:00am.
As we planned
to meet up at the restaurant in Baker Street at 12:00, I went to Piccadilly
Circus to go to my favourite sweet shop there. Minamoto Kichoan sell Japanese
style confectionaries. They are very classy and elegant but at the same time,
they are shockingly expensive. I have to confess, I spent more than £60 there.
Oops.
Regent Street.
The
restaurant my friend chose was just in front of Baker Street Station. As it is within walking distance form her flat, it seems she often goes there. We had great
service and complimentary dishes thanks to her “frequent custom”.
I feel
happiest when I am having a nice meal with my favourite people. I have not seen this gorgeous woman for nearly 8 years, but it was amazing that we could
catch up as if we were seeing each other every month just like we used to.
I am so glad
that we are still good friends and could see that my beautiful friend keeps herself
as an inspiring soul I knew, despite hardship she had in the past.
Really well spent
day-off. Thanks, K. Please come to my cottage next time.
