Adventure Chronicles™

02.20.01 - Good Friends & Good Theater
London, UK

We met Lisa's good friend, Richard (fellow Saltminer), for lunch and an afternoon showing of Agatha Cristie's "The Mousetrap". This play has been running in London for a record 49 consecutive years! It is a mystery, but with a fair amount of humor thrown in. Neither of us was able to predict the outcome, and although I know everyone is dying to know who-done-it, we cannot say. The play's actors swore us to secrecy and we aren't about to ruin a 49 year old good thing. You'll just have to come to London and see for yourself...

After the play, we spent the afternoon walking around Leicester Square and Covent Garden (two of London's popular shopping areas), with Richard as our guide. Traveling via backpack is a good way to curb your desire to spend money. We find ourselves evaluating purchases less on their cost and more on whether we are willing to add them to our packs. (Inevitably, the answer to that question is no)

Although our pace has been rather slow since our arrival in London, I (Lisa) am very glad we decided to start our journey here. Having a week to relax and recharge in a place that is familiar to us has been great. We've also enjoyed spending time with Mark and Sabath - a luxury we don't often get, as well as catching up with Richard, who has been on assignment in Saltmine's London office since September. I know I'm slowly transitioning into travel mode though, because I've already started referring to the U.S. as "the States", I no longer care that I'm missing the last half of Survivor II, and I'm only doing the Seattle to London time conversion once or twice a day.

Want to contact Jay and Lisa?

william.gibson@airtreks.com