london day 10

july 24, 2007

it seems like half of my sf office is london working on projects this week. it's kind of nice to be in an office for the first time and see many faces that you recognize. it makes socializing very easy.

the beginning of the day involved a nice little walking tour of a few projects that one of our london co-workers, ronnie, worked on previously. kind of a precedent tour for the project we're working on. it was also nice because i think i won't get to explore london much on this trip.

the rest of the day was work. you all know how that is.

after work, a few of my coworkers and i headed for dinner at a nice italian restaurant close to the office. 7 of us in all--colin, karl and myself from the sf office, suzi, a former employee of the sf office, chris and tom from the london office and paolo, a consultant. it was a very pleasant dinner with pleasant conversation. and a huge bill. damn, london is expensive.

after dinner, karl, tom, suzi and i walked for about 15 minutes searching for a pub that was still open (pubs generally close at 11pm), found one, and each had a pint of guinness (or half pint in suzi's case). then karl and suzi walked me back to my hotel so i wouldn't get lost.