Friends and museums

Job hunting continues apace. We've had a few nibbles each so far, but are waiting for something decent to come in. We're getting good feedback from our recruiting agents though, so it appears to be just a matter of time until we have job offers we actually want. It does get a bit depressing at times, but we know the process will take a few weeks so... watch this space.

In the meantime we've decided to get out and about a bit more, instead of sitting around waiting for the phone to ring. We went to our first movie this week - the Pirates of the Caribbean sequel at the Clapham Picture Theatre, with Ian and Nerida. Not much of a film, but a diverting enough way to spend nearly three hours.

More profitably we took a double-decker bus (great for seeing London in the flesh) to the Natural History Museum, where we enjoyed the dinosaur exhibitions but were somewhat underwhelmed by the rest. We were pleased to see a moa skeleton though.

Yesterday we caught up with our friend Connor, who has been here since June. He may be settling down for a bit, but is undecided as to whether he would prefer to return to Turkey for more sun-bathing. He has grown a rather splendid beard.

We went for a nice walk along the Thames, stopping for lunch on a river-boat before ducking into the Tate Modern for an hour or so of quiet, intellectual contemplation. The Tate collection, though a little thin, has wonderful accompanying texts, so we intend to return for a more thorough perusal.

Afterwards we all caught up for drinks with Ben, Tim and Nina before catching the first half of Corialanus at the Globe Theatre. It's a slow paced play, and our endurance was tested by the 'groundling' experience (ie. standing for hours), so we left part-way through for hot-chocolates instead. Oh well!