Oh, Christmas! Always a lovely, low-key day, and even more so in London where the city really shuts down and I don’t have relatives or friends to visit outside my own home. We let ourselves sleep in until we woke up naturally, and then began opening presents after a quick first-breakfast of English muffins (or, […]
First Christmas Eve in London. Same trio as in recent years but without the familiar setting and trappings of home. We didn’t try to reinvent our traditions (raclette!). Instead we did what made sense in London: take-away Indian food! After dinner we sat around the table talking far longer than it made sense to sit […]
What a fun day! Justin and I started the day with an early brunch** at The Elk in the Woods, which is just a few doors down from my flat. (**Justin claims that anything before 10am doesn’t qualify as brunch and must be called breakfast; I’m just going to call it early brunch.) The […]
One thing I’m loving about December in London is how I can sleep in until 8am and still have that slightly-type-A satisfaction of having gotten up before dawn to “get stuff done”. Today specifically, the cozy grey pre-dawn hours were devoted to wrapping all the presents while Justin slept (thank heavens for jet lag!). He […]
Today was technically a work day for me. But with most people already out for the holidays, it was more than quiet. I “worked” from home and basically wrapped up enough open threads to feel like I could disconnect with peace of mind. Around 2pm I turned off the laptop and we officially started the […]
The British Airways flight went perfectly smoothly and I landed right as Justin finished collecting his bags — so we met on the train platform and are making our way in together. So a happy ending after all. Whew!
Seriously. Orange screens again. They offered to put me on the next LuxAir flight, but I don’t trust it to go. So I’ve changed airlines and airports (British Airways to Heathrow) in hopes of actually getting out (at least I know they succeeded yesterday). One potential upside? Justin will land at Heathrow an hour before […]
So. Guess what I see after twelve hours of waiting in the airport for the next flight to London: Deja vu! A quick scramble, momentary hope for a flight on another airline to a different London airport, then bad news, a voucher for a night’s stay at the Ibis, a brief fight with a taxi […]
6:45am flight delayed, then cancelled, due to weather in London. Next available flight? Twelve hours later. I’m debating whether I just work from the airport or go in to the office. Either way the thought of a full day’s work on 3 hours of sleep is daunting. So I’m starting with an early-morning “lunch” with […]
It’s a good thing I went to the Christmas market last night — tonight was dedicated to good food and good company at Trattoria Il Riccio, which according to the Italian guy who organized the dinner is the best Italian restaurant in town. Except for the crazy Italian waiter who merrily inserted himself in the […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 