Farewell to Mum and Dad

Packed in a busy last week with Mum and Dad. No sooner than we arrived back in London, Dad and I rushed off to a performance of Spamalot, the Monty Python musical. Was great to finally go, because I've passing the venue just about daily since living here! It differs quite heavily fromMonty Python and the Holy Grail, but it's an imaginative show that manages to send up the whole range of theatre cliches. We had to sneakily eat cornish pasties during the show, because we hadn't had time to get food since landing at Heathrow!

The following morning, Dad and I also had tickets to see the Ian Fleming exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, For Your Eyes Only. This was a superb exhibition, and a must for fans of James Bond. What stood out was the range of documentary material they had on display - school reports, letters of recommendation, even early drafts of James Bond novels with editor's corrections. Truly fascinating. They also had a neat little display of props and constumes from the films, which was an unexpected little treat.

We had a good look around the museum afterwards, and the other displays were also very high quality. Of note, the Holocaust section, and a special covert intelligence area that mirrored what we had just learnedof Fleming's wartime experience.

Dad celebrating the downfall of the Third Reich:

We also saw a Q&A session with some war veterans, which was very interesting and, at times, quite moving.

A piece of the Berlin wall:

During the week, I met M&D for lunch in Seven Dials, where I took them to my favourite veggie restauran, Food for Thought. Even Dad enjoyed his tasty meal, depite the lack of meat. The four of us also went to the movies to see Tropic Thunder, which was a good laugh, though (sorry!) not really to Mum's taste, I don't think.

Dad and I also had a lad's night watching Blade Runner on the big screen, while Mum and Anna went to see Mamma Mia!.