Slept in late till 10:00 since we were up so lat last night.
Raining and cool (low 50's) this morning.
Met Shelly at the Woking train station at 12:30. She was getting her hair done this morning.
Went to the V & A museum. Toured the exhibits for a while and then went to eat lunch The cafe was so full we could not find a seat. We left and went onto the streets and found a restaurant area about a block away. Again, all of the restaurants were full, but we found one with a table outside and we had a nice ciabatta sandwich.
At the museum we paid to see the special exhibit "Shoes: Pleasure and Pain". It as an extensive exhibit covering hundreds of years of shoes, and Pat and Shelly really enjoyed it.
Also there was an exhibit on clothing from the aristocrats of London and Pat saw some gowns from Heather X who she was hoping to see.
There is also a room with Raphael cartoon paintings. These are full size paintings on paper, with charcoal outlines and then painted in, and then mounted on to canvas. They were models for the full size tapestries which hang in the lower level of the Vatican's sistine chapel.
Afterward we made our way back to the Waterloo station and we stopped and relaxed and had a drink. Pat and Shelly and a glass of Sauvignon Blanc and I had an Bierre Moretti.
We talked and laughed and had a great time catching up.
Then we caught a train back to Woking and Shelly had been communication with her friend Chris.
She met us at Lotino's restaurant in Woking. We went there the other night and it was great. We all had very nice dinner and some wine, and we talked and laughed a lot. After dinner Chris drove us back to Shelly's place.
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