Friday was the start of my weekend, although thanks to the torrential rain I spent the morning wishing I'd gone to work. With my Japanese-food finding plans in ruins I decided to drag the parents up London for a meal and a wander. Turkish food was followed by a trip to a Ukrainian church, the Queen's tea shop, Marble arch (to see a pigeon-crazed loon seemingly feeding 500 loaves to the pigeons), Marks and Spencer's and then a coffee at Starbucks. This gave us enough energy to have horribly know-all discussions about our surroundings as we sat on a bus to Liverpool street station- "well, this building blah, blah blah..."