Sunday 1 July 2007

Officially, Great Britain’s security level has been raised to “critical” after a flaming vehicle drove into Glasgow’s airport terminal on Saturday, which follows the discovery of two potential car bombs early Friday morning in Central London about one mile from our flat.

While the crowds in the train/tube stations seem a bit less crowded and there is more of a police presence throughout the city, life goes on. What also makes this a little more "real" is that we have, on several occasions, walked past the very locations that those two cars were discovered.

Saturday night had a “Retro” theme as we braved the rain and went into Mayfair to have a nice dinner at The Guinea whose past customers have included Frank Sinatra and Liz Taylor amongst others. It turned out to be one of the better meals we’ve had out here in London.

Afterwards we came home to watch the Bogart-Bergman classic Casablanca, which oddly enough Amy has never seen. While it might not seem to be an interesting evening, it went a long way towards making sure our way of life stays on track in light of all the new international tensions.