Lyn and I are celebrating our wedding anniversary tomorrow and with other activities sorted out for tomorrow decided to go up London today, so first thing I have to get to the chinese embassy for my visa at the end of the month. Last time I went we had to queue up for hours, standing all the time as there were no seats. We were treated a bit like cattle, standing around the block and it took hours so I was expecting the same this time. Well it was a nice surprise as they have moved where you need to apply for the visa and have gone all high tec. A lovely room with seating and over 12 windows to use and you had to book a time online to be seen and then there was a ticketing system when there. It only took 20 mins although you have to wait 3 days for the visa.
We then met Danny from the forum for coffee and a chat which is always nice to see him and then went off to Leicester Square to buy some cheap tickets for a show, as the rain was lashing down we decided to go to the afternoon matinee. Had lunch at a very nice little Italian restuarant that was not a big chain and had a lovely theatre luch special and then saw Phantom of the Opera which is a reallly nice show and we both enjoyed it.
So there is my nice day out, just thought I'd share.

Congrats on the wedding anniversary! May you have many more!

Bonnie, The Balloon Lady

Congratulations to Lynn and yourself for tommorrow.

Lovely to see you as always today and I'm glad you got to see "Phantom of the (balloon) Opera".

danny