quiet weekend

Last weekend we didn't take any trips, but we still had fun. Jim spent a couple of days last week in Slough (for those of you who are fans of the British--and original!--version of "The Office," Slough is the town in which was set. Not a pretty place.). The upside of JIm's visit to Slough is that he was only sleeping there and was able to spend his daylight hours in Windsor on some college campus, which, he reports, was beautiful. I stayed home and filled out job applications which probably will be ignored.

Saturday night we joined Dave, Carolina, Dylan, and Santiago at their beautiful house in the "burbs" of London. Unfortunately, the tube was not cooperating that night, but I did get some great pictures of Jim pole dancing in our empty tube car somewhere between Central London and Dave and Carolina's house. In the next car, we watched a 12-14 year old girl pole dancing with way too much expertise while a man maybe not old enough to be her father, but far too old to be her boyfriend looked on. It was disturbing, but Jim's version was even more frightening. Unfortunately, I'm unable to share those pictures at this time because I took them with my camera and I have not figured out how to transfer from camera to computer.

On Sunday we discovered the first acceptable Tex Mex restaurant we have found in London! Cafe Pacifico and is in Covent Garden. 99% of the people there were American and we stuffed ourselves with food that actually resembled Tex Mex (not mayo in the quacamole or anything Brit like that). Jim's enchiladas came with an olive on top, but other than that, it was pretty authentic. We did debate going to the famous vegetarian restaurant, Neal's Yard (pictured below), but instead opted for margaritas in the middle of the afternoon, sour cream, and re-fried beans. It was good, but not Texas.





This is truly a boring blog. Not to worry! We are planning more fun trips for Easter weekend and beyond!