Old & New Friends -- Thursday evening May 30, 2013

The British Museum

After a nap for both of us, Ed & I were feeling up to being almost normal.  We then sat down with our friend Jane to map out our sight seeing plans for the week.  So much to see and so little time!  I think we've settled on the British Museum  for tomorrow.  More on that to follow.




Thursday night we were invited to the home of Jane's friends, David and Wendy who live a couple houses away for a dinner party. I was a little apprehensive.  Meeting new people is always a challenge for me and since we didn't know them, I thought it would be awkward.  How wrong I was!

David and Wendy have a home just like Jane's two houses away.  Besides Jane, Ed & I, they had invited another couple, Robert and Susan.  What a great group!  Dry sense of humor, puns, and irreverent humor were the order of the night!  And you have to love the sound of the English voice.  I can't say I understood every word that was spoken, but I'm beginning to get use to it.

Beautiful English Dinner Table

Dinner was delicious.  Wendy is an excellent cook:  Dinner started with a salad plate of grilled vegetables, then Salmon topped with Mascarpone and herbs, wrapped in Pastry, and herbed boiled potatoes.  Dessert was Eton Mess (strawberries with a cream type of layering made with Rosewater.)  Then came the tray of cheese and crackers!  We are certainly eating very well in England!

It was hard to break away, actually, but we broke the party up about 10 pm and headed back to Jane's to call it a night.