I'm back! And I'm finally thawed out! I promised GoofyDrivesACar a complete report when I got back. SO, here it goes!
London was really cool. No, I mean REALLY cool. Almost Minnesota cool. lol Actually, it was pretty nice (32-45) most of the time. We actually saw the sun briefly one day too!
Of course, this was a business trip. So, we started out by visiting a pub. Thank fully, I took both doses of the beer tasting class on our last cruise. I carefully inspected each beer, took a sniff and proclaimed, "It smells like beer!" We quaffed a few of the local offerings and moved on to the local curry.
We did, of course, have to do some business while we were there. We visited a partner and a mutual customer site. Of course, the day was topped off by visiting a pub or two! Now, that the business was pretty much out of the way, we had the rest of the week to see the sights (in between pubs). We viewed landmarks like the Gherkin (phallic building), the City of Westminster's award winning public restrooms,
We even tried some of the local cuisine, like fish & chips, bangers and mash, toad in a hole (pictured),
and the beer...
In retrospect, we probably should have skipped the local cuisine. There is so much good foreign food, there isn't much need to eat English food - which often involves much the same processes as creating baby food.
My boss' brother works at the BBC and we got a nice tour of the facility from him. We watched a rehearsal for a show that takes place in, you guessed it, a PUB! That made us all thirsty and we retired to the pub before a nice dinner (not English food).
We really did do a lot of sightseeing, but I had already done most of it on a previous trip to London with my DW. We did visit the Tower of London and Tower Bridge at night, which was amazing! Well, we visited it during the day and stayed in a pub until it was dark.
If you can find a London Pride or a Greene King IPA on tap, I would wholeheartedly recommend trying one. Those were my two favorite beers that we tried on the trip. And if you need a good curry, you need to visit Brick Lane. I probably won't eat Indian food at home for a while in fear of growing a hate for the best I have available to me!
I WON'T miss smelling like an ashtray. DW had to wash some of my stuff two or three times! And we might have to burn the suitcase I took!
4 more days until DL! I'm going to take a lesson from the Captn and pack at the last possible minute (and not in the suitcase I took to London!)
BTW, I'm really impressed with all of the Valentines ideas and the romantics on this board. But, you're really making me look bad!
I hope everybody has great week! We know sj^3 & the capn will!
Hence, maybe I do need 20 shirts and five pairs of shoes...I need the ability to choose! 
I think I might have to pass on that. It sounds like you had a good trip, and the beer tasting on the boat sounds like it came in handy for you.
, especially since the teacher will be new this time. Do you think they will have two sessions like the last time? If so, do you think it will be as easy to ditch me again for the second session? 
.....don't ask!) 
