The organist librarian

Met Henry and family at the new playground at the lake - you can play music! I went off the Mass St Maximilain Kolbe. Greenwich picture House for 2007 Met Eugene Onegin conducted by Gergiev. Renee Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky (what a loss he was) fab acting and singing, loved the bare sets. And the tenor Ramon Vargas was moving and impressive. Had a good meal at Imperial College Union and the discussion on ecstasy was fascinating. Barenboim added Eugene Onegin polonaise and violin concerto changed to Tchaikovsky. I brought the Brahms score as that was in the prospectus. Very well played. East West divan orchestra.Hamilton too long and never heard a single word! Scriabin was impressively loud well done the brass.  12.30 Mass at Chiswick for the Assumption. Carluccios in Chiswick is shut so we had an excellent meal at Kitchen and Pantry. Sean enjoyed his icecream. Discovered we had managed to leave the keys inside the house so got a locksmith who eventually changed the loc...

Thursday we took John and Ann out to dinner at the Lobster Pot. It was an excellent meal. I had surf and turf, John had steak, Liz kingklip thermidor and Ann calimari. Friday we said goodbye and booked online for the Etihad flights. John has wonderful pictures in his office and study including a smiling Jesus. On return to the house found the front door key would not turn at all and Liz had bolted the back door so Joy got Ann's keys from the Village of Happiness where she works. John took us on a tour of the village on Thursday afternoon and they hope to retire there. Lovely place - much nicer than Castle Hill! Last visit to Hibiscus Mall to get embroidery thread and spices and biscuits and picnic lunch. Delivered car back without a problem and walked to airport in rain. Kahlua flight OK and Etihad flight to Abu Dhabi long but fine. Reading Walter Macfarlane's book on St John's prep which is fascinating - he was one of our favourite teachers and we met him in 2002.