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Visity goodness, and Egyptian news
Feb. 11th, 2011 04:34 pm Robert and I had a very fine visit with Master Francois ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
s10clee last night, in a small Egyptian restaurant close to Baker Street Station. Great food, very tolerable prices, good representation of Arab-speaking patrons...regrettable name of Ali Baba.
The big-screen TV, which is usually tuned to Arab football, was firmly set to AlJezeera news, and when Mubarak finally started his speech, the whole place went silent to listen. But when the faces changed from hopeful to cynical, I realised he wasn't giving way.
And now, today, just now, he's resigned - at least, the VP says so. Perhaps he had less choice in the matter than he expected? I guess the military called his bluff.
Sadly our favourite after-dinner pub nearby has changed hands, though they still carry drinkable beer - much more wine oriented now.
After dinner, we did a circuit of the immediate neighbourhood, to find the closest geocaches - Francois is a geocache mavin ('getting geeks outdoors since 2000'), and we managed 2/3 hits in about 45 minutes. It's a nerdy-fun game, that I suspect engages bored business travellers with the fun they remember from orienteering in Boy Scouts, only now with cooler gadgets.
We talked work, travel, arts, and heraldry in turn.
This evening we're meeting up at the V&A for beer and museum (and possibly geocaches).
s10clee last night, in a small Egyptian restaurant close to Baker Street Station. Great food, very tolerable prices, good representation of Arab-speaking patrons...regrettable name of Ali Baba.The big-screen TV, which is usually tuned to Arab football, was firmly set to AlJezeera news, and when Mubarak finally started his speech, the whole place went silent to listen. But when the faces changed from hopeful to cynical, I realised he wasn't giving way.
And now, today, just now, he's resigned - at least, the VP says so. Perhaps he had less choice in the matter than he expected? I guess the military called his bluff.
Sadly our favourite after-dinner pub nearby has changed hands, though they still carry drinkable beer - much more wine oriented now.
After dinner, we did a circuit of the immediate neighbourhood, to find the closest geocaches - Francois is a geocache mavin ('getting geeks outdoors since 2000'), and we managed 2/3 hits in about 45 minutes. It's a nerdy-fun game, that I suspect engages bored business travellers with the fun they remember from orienteering in Boy Scouts, only now with cooler gadgets.
We talked work, travel, arts, and heraldry in turn.
This evening we're meeting up at the V&A for beer and museum (and possibly geocaches).
