Lisa and Giancarlo's wedding

Our main reason for visiting the UK was to attend the marriage of Lisa and Giancarlo last Sunday. Lisa is Alex's little sister, and Giancarlo hails from Venezia (thats Venice in Italian). We both had jobs to do during the day - attaching bows to the pews in the church, videoing the important parts in the ceremony and reception, and handing out rose petals for confetti. The reception was great fun, a combination of Poms and Italians with enough booze and good music to keep people dancing. We managed to wow the dance floor with our very limited salsa moves that we haven't tried since going to classes back in Bristol four years ago.



Apart from the wedding we have been doing lots of relaxing, eating good food and drinking Pimms. Of course this has been interspersed with a few jogs in the woods (so we don't get too lazy), rounds of croquet and tennis, a night out at the theatre in London (The Legend of Kung Fu!) and today a visit to the local sandstone climbing area at Bowles with Rachel (really good to see ya girl, and Emma, sorry we missed you).

Tomorrow we begin the third leg of our trip, heading across the ditch to chase the sun across Western Europe.