We're working Monday to Friday at Swandean School of English, where Annette worked before and where I did some summer work before we left for Italy. We know the Director of Studies, Janice and it makes it nice and easy... Then 2 weeks of solid rain! Welcome back to England!
Sunday 7th July and we have dinner at Annette's sister Ruth and Joe's house and get to see most of Annette's family.
Monday 8th is Salsa night at Café Central. Our aim is to go every Monday evening, but this turns out to be our only visit!
Saturday 13th and a day trip to Brighton for a shopping spree! I buy some new shoes and a Kenzo tie. We have a coffee and cake at an Italian restaurant 'Al Duomo', but it's nowhere near as good as the coffee we have in Italy! In the evening some friends are having an engagement party and fortunately the weather is finally good enough to be outside in the garden, with jumpers of course!
Saturday 20th and only 3 days to go until our 3rd wedding anniversary and we have only 3 hours to choose a present!
Sunday 21st and we have an evening date with the Bard up at Highdown Gardens. Tonight's performance by the Rainbow theatre group is Richard III. A very evil King Richard, all sword fighting and "my Kingdom for a horse!" Excellent. We've brought our prized bottle of Brunello with us which is superb (a 1996 San Carlo) well worth the wait! And fortunately the rain holds off for us to have an enjoyable evening.
Sunday 28th and we're back up Higdown Gardens for our second 'Shakespeare experience' as I get some excellent tips on how to keep the wife under control with the Taming of the Shrew... (In reality quite impossible!)
Tuesday July 23rd
This year we're celebrating our anniversary a day early, as I'm working tomorrow evening. After work I pick up some flowers and we exchange presents. We've booked a table at Trencher's, a decidedly Italian style restaurant. It’s recently changed ownership as the previous guy has moved to somewhere called Tuscany? We enjoy a great evening. Complementary warm breads with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, closely followed by complementary crab cakes, which are yummy. We've brought our cards and open them at some point during the evening. For main course I have sea bream wrapped in Parma ham and to finish with we share a chocolate cake. They bring out some complimentary chocolates with our coffee to bring a very special evening to an end...
Saturday 27th July and we spend a day with some friends. We have lunch at their house and in the afternoon visit Bateman's, one time home of Rudyard Kipling. It's a lovely sunny afternoon and a great, typically English house and garden.
(Original journal entry 27/7/02)
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