Happy Memorial Day to everyone. I hope everyone has enjoyed Anne encroaching on my weekend recap space. I have forgiven her because (a) she is excited to have her friends in town and (b) I get to tease her that she doesn’t know who Meatloaf is …. Honey, it’s a person, not a band.
Anne has caught everyone up from Friday and hit most of the highlights from Saturday, so I will pick up from there. Sunday morning Melissa and Nicola came to the flat for breakfast before we struck out for Windsor Castle via train. What should have been an uneventful train trip was made much more interesting by the International Sevens competition.
So what is an international sevens competition, you ask? Good question. Sevens is the short name for 7 on 7 full-field rugby. The main rugby stadium in England is in Twickenham, almost directly halfway between London and Windsor. The two-day event featured 16 national champion Sevens teams and 50,000 fans (approximately 4 fans and 1 player were sober). At 10:30 AM on the train platform, we saw at least 20 cases of alcohol, 30 finished beers and a tapped Heineken mini-keg.
After the revelers departed, the rest of the train to Windsor was quiet. Weather was perfect. Castle was beautiful and as you can see in the picture, the girls dressed as a tribute to primary colors. We spent about 90 minutes in the Castle (the Queen was not in residence … she’s currently at Buckingham palace) before going to Sunday roast at The Two Brewers pub. We shopped a bit in the city before catching the train home. Apparently the tournament had finished some time ago, because the stragglers that got on the train at Twickenham looked like the guys who wake up in the pasture about 7 PM at Foxfield. One girl even had the tell-tale permanent marker tattoos to prove it.
The rest of the evening was to be a low-key affair, before Anne proposed an IKEA trip for Monday morning to redecorate our flat. At that point, the girls broke out the measuring tape and I considered calling AMEX and the bank to cancel the credit cards.
Tonight we are going to see Wicked. Anne will be sure to cover the IKEA trip and Wicked at some point in the future.
Have a good week! If you get a chance, we do want to know where you think we should go next. I really have to wonder where that Durham vote came from – thanks Barb.
She doesn't know who Meat Loaf is? Paradise By the Dashboard Light?? Rocky Horror Picture Show??? What do they do for fun in Kansas anyway???? About 10 years ago he was paired with a friend of ours in a charity golf tournament on Kiawah; my friend's first question was "So do I call you Meat or Mr. Loaf?" Tell Steve that this would be a good costume for him at the Defense Lawyers convention.
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