Been a while since I shared about my life so here is a look at today, 2 Sundays before Christmas 2012 :)
In the morning we went to church where my fav Pete Wilson was preaching about God's love. We were late (oops) and so were seated right on top of the balcony.
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| In the Dominion Theatre where it shows the We Will Rock You musical on other nights |
We had lunch at Busaba, a Thai restaurant a few streets down along Tottenham Court Road. We then waited for another couple, Mike and Maryane, whom we met at the recent Marriage Preparation Course. We did a questionnaire before the course started (more than a hundred questions!) and they wanted to go through the results with us. I like the fact that on the couple sheet, we were both in the same square for Flexibility and Closeness, and they went "you guys are fab!" Hurray!
All 4 of us had a good chat and it was 4.15pm when we left Busaba and it was getting dark. K and I agreed to go down to Sloane Square for a walk before heading home, because I mentioned that the Christmas lights there are beautiful and I love the streets with all the quaint shops. And a bit further on the other side are the beautiful English terrace houses where, at this time of the year, would have their big wooden doors all decorated with big and beautiful Christmas wreaths. I remember walking past such houses last year and giving a dreamily sigh looking into the terrace houses of (rich) people with chandeliers, looking all so posh. Such a different world eh.
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| Peter Jones Department Store all lighted up |
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| Trees lighted up |
Anyway guess what when we came out of the tube station, it was so cold and rain pouring down like mad :( People were running in all directions. Not knowing that place very well, I only know Peter Jones the huge department store across the street so we ran in that direction. It was 4.25pm and we found a cafe on the second level, half drenched. A kind waitress came out and said the store is closing at 5pm but said we could come in for some coffee and cake if we wish. Oh no... only 35min to spend in the store?! It felt a bit silly coming all the way down to Sloane Square for some coffee and then.. heading home? But we did. We couldn't resist sitting down near the window looking out into the street of Christmas lights. Suddenly there was a flash of lightning and the waitress jumped, asking "did you see that?!" Totally reminded me of home.
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| In the brasserie of Peter Jones - latte and some lemon & poppy seed cake |
Soon enough the store announcement came in. Peter Jones was closing for the day. We went out and it was still raining. We decided to walk into an archway and found this amazing square of more shops (one of the biggest Zara store I've seen here in London) and restaurant (I need to try Manicomio soon), and coincidentally the Saatchi Gallery. Thankfully the rain stopped by this time and we could take some shots.
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| So many lighted Christmas balls in this part of town |
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| Love this shot |
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| Outside Saatchi Gallery |
That was enough, we both reckoned, and so we made our way back to the tube station and started our journey home.
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