For American Thanksgiving, our friends Maged & Cecilia came for a weekend visit. Another friend of theirs, Sam, also lives in London and not too far from us, so it worked out well. They arrived Thursday AM -- we left the keys hidden outside our place since we were at work. Inside we left our usual guest care package: a cell phone, local maps, and a pair of oyster cards (basically pay as you go tube passes that make it WAY cheaper to get around than paying the cash fare). Of course the cell phone's ring was set to nearly silent, so that didn't work out too well for the first day :)
Thursday night Sam and her roomates held an awesome Thanksgiving dinner, complete with turkey, stuffing (!), and cranberry sauce. Astrid was at a fancy black tie dinner with her HR colleagues, but the 3 of us had a great time with the 10 or so other folks at the dinner.
Friday the two of them shopped and after work we hit this great little pub near Bond street called The Marylebone Tup.
From there we headed to The Sea Shell, famous for its fish & chips. In fact, Princess Diana apparently used to eat there. They had quite the selection and overall everyone was impressed.
Saturday Mag & Ce hung around our place in the morning for an excellent "British Breakfast" consisting of sausage, beans, hashbrowns, baguette, croissants, and nutella. We then played some cards before they headed out to visit with Mag's cousin and then dinner with Sam that night at Jamie Oliver's restaurant, Fifteen. We also had some good laughs using the Mac PhotoBooth software (I bet you were wondering where that top photo came from :P).
Sunday we met up for a final pub lunch at the Prince of Wales pub near Covent Garden before saying goodbye.
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