Friday, October 10, 2008

Family reunion in London

Here we are arriving at a chinese restaurant in Soho, London. This is a picture of the Chrysanthemum flower(tea) blossoming in a glass of hot water. It's pretty tasty. I like it. These pictures are for the benefit of family who reads this blog. It'll be months before I can finish all the postings for this trip. Our last leg was in London where we got together with family who lives there. We got together for dim sum in Soho, London's Chinatown. It was so wonderful. We stayed with Auntie Mary and I just realised we don't have a picture of her. Darn. Cousin Rebecca wants me to email her these pictures also, I must find time to do that.
Sophie with the latest addition, baby Sebastian Santiago, Sebastian as in San Sebastian in Northern Spain and Santiago as in Camino Santiago de Compostela, both his parents walked part of the camino and visited San Sebastian. I didn't ask them if he was conceived there, I suspect so. His mother was 5 months pregnant when she walked the camino the second time.

Cousin Bill with his friend, Helena. Hi Bill, if you're reading this.


The proud parents, Cousin Robert and his partner, Elizabeth.



The proud parents with baby.




Cousin Robert with his sister, Cousin Rebecca, the proud aunt.












After lunch, everyone went grocery shopping and got loaded up with Chinese groceries. It was a really nice and warm day in London and everyone was out and about.







Back at Auntie Lili's place, the Chinese roast duck was handed over to the great delight of Auntie Lili, she loves it. Cousin Jackie just flew in from the USA, she and her husband moved there a few months ago. She was in London for her Green card interview.








Barney, the dog. As long as I have visited Auntie Lili, Barney was always there. I remember waking once with Barney jumping on the bed and starring at me,' who's this strange person in the bed?' He's probably wondering.




















Auntie Lili, Jackie and Fi. We were all having a cuppa and chatting. It was a lovely visit, priceless, moments like this.











This was the most wonderful way to culminate our trip, a visit with family in London. We could have come home directly after Barcelona, instead we tagged on a few more days and a few more hundreds of dollars to visit family in London. I shall always remember this.












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