The Eagles

At Easter we went to London to see The Eagles at the O2 but we made the mistake of trying to combine it with a weekend in London on what turned out to be easily the worst weather weekend of the year.

We arrived in London at about 1:00pm and met up with Matt, Kate, Mike, and Luke, but it was so cold we just stayed in the, relative, warm of the O2 while they went out for boat ride up the River Thames. Showtime was at 7:30 and The Eagles didn't disappoint any of us. They were on for almost 3 hours and we had great seats so we got exactly what we'd hoped for.

The Radisson hotel we stayed at right across the river was very nice and we spend an hour or so in the bar after we got back from the show. When we woke up on Sunday morning not only was it freezing cold but it was snowing really heavily, so having realized all the shops were closed because it was Easter we just came on home.

24 hours in France

We've just had a weekend in France with dad (who's now in great shape) to restock on wine and all those French things that are difficult to find over here. The hotel we always stay at in Cherbourg had been remodelled since we were last there. Even though it was always good it's now amazing although the price has crept up a bit since last time - but it was well worth it and as always the restaurant was fantastic.

We were a bit strapped for time on this visit so for lunch we found a great new place in town to eat called Brasserie du Commerce - it was very inexpensive but great food and very friendly. They even gave us two really nice Leffe glasses!

We finally can back with about 200 litres of wine between us and a few bags of groceries, so that should keep us going for quite a while! And the bonus is that we've managed to deprive the chancellor of about £200 or so in duty.