Valentine's Day

I had a lovely Valentine's Day on Tuesday. It began with arriving at work to a lovely bunch of roses, with an unsigned card (I wonder who they were from!!). SO I was feeling chuffed and loved all day. I love receiving flowers. They are beautiful, and make me happy to look at them. I met Scott after work at Tower Gateway DLR station, which is close to the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. We had a drink on the way there, as our "appointment" was at 7.30pm. At 7.30 we wandered over to the entrance to the Tower Bridge Exhibition. This is basically a museum of the history of the Tower Bridge in the walkways (see above photo that I stole from the web somewhere). There is an east walkway and a west walkway which gives you two different views up and down the river. The views from there were fantastic as it was a really clear night. There were lots of other couples there admiring the views (and each other I'm sure), but it was lovely. From there we wandered around a bit, as our dinner was booked for 9.30pm. I took some more photos of the bridge, and we went to have another drink at a different place. We then went to dinner at the Design Museum's restaurant. Very classy and with a great view of the Tower Bridge and the River Thames.The meal was lovely (I use that word a lot if you hadn't guessed). I had a really fantastic night and I was made to feel very special. I know a lot of people don't like Valentine's Day as it is commercial etc etc, but I think it is a good reason to treat your other half/girlfriend/boyfriend/whatever (!) to a special evening with lots of attention paid to them.

I had to carry my lovely flowers around with me all night as I came straight to meet Scott from work. I was amazed at the number of smiles I got from people. People in London, for those of you who don't know, rarely look at anyone else on the street, let alone smile at them! I guess it took that bunch of flowers to make people realise that I was human! Sounds strange, but London is such a big place, it's my theory, or one that I pinched from somewhere, that by not looking or talking to anyone else on the street/tube, people create a space for themselves that they have control over. A space that is theirs alone in sucha busy, noisy city.


Just thought I would share this excellent photo with you. Knitted sushi!! Not quite up there with my knitting, but maybe one day...