9:01 AM
Okay, I'm here again. Sorry if my prose is rough and unedited--I'm in a hurry and still struggling with these stupid keyboards.

Highlight of the day: I finally got to meet Bezzy in person. Good times were had, English food was consumed, games were discussed at length. I have pictorial proof, but as we are still limited to the computers at the (great but limited--I also have pictorial proof of that) local internet cafe, you'll have to take my word for it.

Before we get to today, I give you yesterday in reverse:

Late last night, before heading back to the hotel to read for a while, we walked around in the Knightsbridge area. That's where I stayed when I was in town with my family, so it was fun to walk some familiar streets. It's funny to see which memories survive for four years, and which don't--from three blocks away I could remember a restaurant I ate at with my parents, but I completely forgot where the enormous, lit-up Herrod's was located.

Last night I had one of the best meals of my life at the inimitable Mr. Chow's. But before that, we spent the day out in Windsor, visiting our publisher and walking around town. It was a nice place, but I'm told that like London (and Bath, and everywhere else I've visited thusfar in the country) it's expensive to live there. We were a bit early for our meeting, so we sat in the park for a while enjoying the sun and the beautiful weather.

We had lunch in the shopping district, outside at a sidewalk cafe. Good food, but slow service. At the table next to us, the people left and ran out on the bill for their drinks because they hadn't gotten their food a half hour after ordering, and couldn't get anyone to come out so they could pay for the drinks before they had to go catch a train.

In the morning, we wandered London and Windsor. It's nice to be traveling with someone who doesn't mind stopping in every bookshop we pass. Not that I've bought many books (see my truncated comment in the previous post; expect more on this later.)

Okay, I guess I won't be telling you about today yet--my rented computer time is just about up. Gives me something to write about in case tomorrow is boring, I suppose.

'Til then.