I had an amazing week for London Weekly 105.

Monday I got to perform with the choir at Trafalgar Square. We did a number of Christmas songs, along with the Hercules medley. I really enjoyed seeing everyone else from the choir, as well as getting to perform with them all. This was my only performance for this term, and I technically shouldn’t have done it as I didn’t make the dress rehearsal and I missed three weeks of normal rehearsal. I did a lot of extra studying so I felt good about the content. I was also able to get a nice hot chocolate at the Christmas market beforehand and I got Steph some chocolate covered marshmallows afterwards.

Tuesday I went to the show “Hold on to your Butts,” a Jurassic Park parody. It was fantastic and did a beat by beat parody with great callouts for where the film made no sense. I went with a few people from work including Giulio and Cristina. Steph wasn’t feeling great so she skipped.

Wednesday we helped out at the Lifesavers course acting as casualties. Steph and I got dragged around the pool, and had a good time. We showed off some of our Red Sea dive trip.

Thursday Steph and I walked around King’s Cross area looking at the lights and stopping by Canopy Market and Lower Stable Market. I got some great pictures of Steph, and we ran across a company handing out free drinks called Mixton. We also had a nice stop by St. Pancras Station to see the Wicked ‘Christmas Tree.’

Friday night Steph was making some clotted cream to go with the blueberry scones I was going to make Saturday morning. Here is the amazing recipe from Steph.

The scones turned out great and Saturday I took them to Atlas’s birthday party. There were a number of young kids there, and I had good conversations with everyone. Steph wasn’t able to join as she was too sick and didn’t want to spread things. I did take some food back to her, as Nancy and Punit were leaving for Canada on Monday.

Sunday was a chill day with a visit to the National Gallery’s special exhibit on Van Gogh. They had over 50 pieces by Van Gogh there, including several different mediums. We hung out by the Trafalgar Square Christmas market afterwards and had some hot chocolate.

This week was a great taste of why I love London. It had a show, a museum, choir, dive club, markets, interesting and pretty things in public spaces, and getting to spend time with friends. I also loved that on my walks to work I see coots, Canadian geese, Egyptian geese, mallards, morehens, cormorants, seagulls, crows, and magpies. I am amazed every day at the vibrancy of the place despite the constant grey weather.