So Friday lunchtime it was off on the train to Vienna airport (again) and an early check in for my Easyjet flight to Luton. I was early because of the train timing but gained with the chance to get an "A" boarding place. The flight was delayed although Easyjet did not bother to tell anyone until we had all worked it out with the obvious absence of a plane at the gate! Still when we finally had a plane and I boarded in the third group I was surprised to find an empty window seat in an exit row; plenty of room, arguably more than on Business class in european BA, Austrian, Lufthansa and Turkish flights.
Anyway the flight was fine and I resisted the deals to buy food, drink, train and theatre tickets etc, etc. At Luton I was met by my good friend Lawrence and his friend Christine who took me back to his place at Caxton, my lodging for the night. After a drink we went off to great Indian restaurant in another village nearby for a really lovely meal, then back to the house for a nightcap and plenty of chat exchanging news.
Next morning it was off to Cambridge for a lunch at Christ's College to celebrate the 75th birthdays of the elder sister of my friend Tim and her husband. 
It was a glorious day and the pre-lunch drinks were in the fellows' garden - a truly delightful spot.
It was a glorious day and the pre-lunch drinks were in the fellows' garden - a truly delightful spot. 
A good chance to catch up with many people from the old school days in London when we were very young, and Tim and Wendy's children and his other sister and brother; a really nice time. Then we moved inside for a very good lunch in the main hall with some well timed and well thought out speeches and it was time to move on.
Tim and Wendy drove me back to London to catch up with my sister Susan and her husband Mike (another old school chum) who had kindly agreed to put me up in their flat. We then went out to dinner which was a surprise for Soo - she expected we were going to one place but Mike had secretly arranged for us to go to the hotel where they were married 6 years before less one day; and the witnesses were also there! The only person missing was my friend Clare who had officiated at the wedding (she was down with flu and could not travel) and I was the interloper as I had not been at the wedding itself. It was great evening and a good time was had by all.
Next day (the actual wedding anniversary) we were on the road again to Amberley, Sussex with So and Mike to visit my sister Alison and her husband (another Tim) and have lunch with them and my father, Dadwag. Dadwag was in good form with us to talk to and cricket and football to watch on the TV. A very nice lunch and super weather so we could sit out on the deck in the sun. After a quick cup of tea we headed back to London for a quiet evening in the flat.
Monday was an easy start to the day with a bit of shopping before a quick lunch with Soo and Mike then away to Heathrow on the tube and the mid afternoon Austrian flight back to Vienna. I was home just too late for the supermarket so supper was scratched from the fridge. All in all a good weekend and a pleasant break before the next round of travelling starts........................
Tuesday morning back in the office there was this unusual cloud over the Danube, you can see the tower block sticking up through the mist.
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