Took my cousins to the Tower Bridge Experience on Friday -- you get to walk across the two top sections of the famous tower, learn a bit about its history, and see the engine rooms in the basement. The views are great, and it’s nice to wander through, but I wouldn’t class it as one of London’s must-see attractions. The tower itself is amazing -- if you ever go to London for one time only, make sure you make time to go see it -- but the experience is only so-so. But at least it’s short, so you can squeeze it in neatly into a busy day!! We went for dinner at TGI’s after that, relaxed back at the flat for a while, then went to see Avenue Q. We’d all seen it before (I’d seen it 3 times!), but we all still enjoyed it -- easy to see why it’s been such a hit!!

On Saturday we went to see Spurs playing Portsmouth. Not a great game, and it was VERY chilly, with showers of sleet whipping across the pitch every now and then. But we ground out a 2-0 result, which was pleasing. Bas had been on a ski holiday for the past week, and got back to London in the afternoon, so we met her on her way to the flat and helped her lug her bags back. We went for a Mexican meal in the Texas Embassy restaurant just off Trafalgar Square (a regular haunt of ours) with my friend Maiko, then staggered back to the flat, full but happy.

Today we slept in. Then Maiko came over and we went for lunch to the Inn The Park restaurant -- it’s inside St James’ Park, and despite being in a great location to sting tourists, it’s actually a first-rate dining place, with delicious organic food. We ate well and heartily, and once again huffed and puffed our way back to the flat. We tried to work off some of the food by going for a swim and sauna. Then I set my cousins on the train to the airport, popped over to see my grand-aunt Nora, and now I’m going to have a quiet night in.

Oh -- and Happy Easter, everybody!!!!!!