So after 2 nice warm winter months in Vietnam we were called back to London, earlier than expected, and just in time to experience the tail end of London's winter. Let’s just say that London in February is really cold and... not that exciting.. but we made the best of it!
We had Chris bring our "work luggage" to Vietnam since it sounded like we might have return to London early. The day before we left for Vietnam, we had thrown the luggage together in a rather frantic "just-in-case" state of mind, so it was somewhat ill-prepared - just enough work items to wear something different each day.. which is great if you're only here for a week, but it really started to get noticeable after 10!
Within a week of arriving, London got snow.. not a lot of snow, but enough to cause a bit of excitement since it's a somewhat rare occurrence here. We tried to stay warm by checking out few museums and markets that we hadn't been to previously.
Besides weather-shock, we also experienced some sticker shock going from $0.75 Banh-Mi Vietnamese subs in Mui Ne, to $6 vegetarian subs in London.
We splurged on a couple of movie nights to keep from going too stir crazy in our little apartment. We saw "Kingsman: The Secret Service" (admission ~$25/person), and "Suite Francaise" at the Electric Theather (admission ~$36/person)!.
We also opted to attend a geeky weekend at the Swift Summit (a 2-day conference on Apple’s new programming language, Swift).
We also paid about $50/person to have ourselves locked inside a room for an hour, with 2 of our friends. Hint Hunt is a real-life "escape room" where you have 1 hour to search the room for clues, and solve puzzles that will lead to being able to escape out of the room. We were a bit nervous and unsure of what to expect but we all really enjoyed it and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun and unique experience! We won't say anything more about it since we don't want to ruin the experience for anyone :)
Last, but not least, we met and worked with lots of great people!!
