I love it when schedules work out and I am able to get together with people when I travel.
Today was the day I met up with Catherine, an internet friend pre-Facebook! We met up on the Dictionary.com forum.
I saw her on my last visit to London – in 2006. I’m sure we haven’t changed a bit since then.
Catherine was an archeologist at the British Museum, so we arranged to meet there, enjoy the museum a bit and then have some lunch.
I got there at the appointed time and sent her a selfie so she could see what I was wearing and generally where I was standing.
She texted me that she didn’t see me, so I sent her a photo of what I was looking at, hoping that would help. It was so crowded!
After a moment or two, I saw a hand waving above the crowd.
It was Catherine!
We chatted while we made our way inside. After they searched our bags, we decided to see the exhibit on the Roman Army.
I tried to take photos of interesting things – and there were many interesting things I would have liked to document – but it was crowded and Catherine and I were chatting…
Well, thank your lucky stars that you have been saved from a Tate Museum style review of this exhibit.
After making our way though the Roman Army exhibit and wading through the school groups that were between us and the exit, Catherine gave me a choice of lunch options. I don’t remember the first two options, but the third was pizza!
Catherine was fond of Pizza Express, from her time working at the Museum, and it was quite lovely.
We both opted for the Pizza Leggera. Pizza for under 600 calories – who knew? All you have to do is cut a hole in the middle and fill it with salad. It was such an intriguing concept that I couldn’t say no.
We chatted about this and that and caught up on things.
And then we had to pose for a photo.
Or two…
