Afternoon Off

Posted on 2012/08/04 10:31:45 (August 2012).

[Wednesday 1st August 2012]
Took the afternoon off work today so I could join Chie at another antenatal class. We'd already done the NCT antenatal course, but thought we should also go to the NHS one for comparison, thinking that they might have a bit more specific information about the actual hospital we'd be going to.

Although the course itself was a bit cramped, and pretty much just told us things we already knew (and in a somewhat more haphazard way than it had been delivered to us by the NCT), it was rather pleasant to have the afternoon off. Chie was on maternity leave as of the start of this week, which tied nicely in with the start of the Olympics (so she wouldn't have to commute during it) and it was very pleasant to be able to spend time together on a weekday.

The class started from 2, giving us time for a quick lunch at the Regency Cafe beforehand, which was great as it always is. After the class finished, around 4, we decided to head off in the direction of Hyde Park for a stroll. We stopped off at Oddono's in South Kensington as Chie fancied some ice cream.

There were a couple of Olympics related things going on in Hyde Park - a sort of expo for Africa, and for the next winter Olympics in Russia. The African expo thing - Africa village - was a bit weird, and I couldn't really fathom what the point of it was. I felt particularly sorry for the people manning the Libya stall, who looked incredibly bored. There was also a vast pop up shop selling Olympic merchandise, which left me wondering what they're going to to with all that stuff after the Olympics when they inevitably can't sell it. We were a bit tempted by some baby sized trainers, but managed to resist.

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