Trailing Spouses Day Out!

On Thursday, one of the trailing spouses, Michele, planned a little ladies day out. For those of you unfamiliar with this terrible term- Trailing Spouses is the name that EY gives to the spouse of the GEP participant. (Couldn't they think of a more positive, affirming term??) This year, the spouses were all wives from the US, and all of us are in very much the same boat- job seeking, home making, and incredibly fantastic wives. (from left to right: Kate, Jamie, Michele, Nicole, and me)

Michele- pictured in the middle- planned for us a day at the Tate Modern Museum http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/ and lunch to follow. We got incredibly lucky- we had a CLEAR day and saw the sun- nice!

Tate Modern is much like any other contemporary museum. They have some interesting collections of art that makes one muse on their own ability to replicate and sell "art" made up of pieces of old furniture and such and be revered and famous.... but nothing that made us ohhh and ahhhh. The biggest thing on display was a huge crack in the floor. Yes, a crack. I even took a picture for you. Michele even put her finger in the crack... yes, girls can have teenage senses of humor like boys.

Following the Tate Modern, we enjoyed a lunch of mini portioned Greek food at a fun cafe along the Thames river walk. We had a splendid view of St. Paul's in the background as we dined.

From there, we continued on back to Borough Market- can't get enough of that place. We then went on to a pub to wait for the spouses to get out of their trainings. Many Strongbows (a fun cider I've taken a liking to) and glasses of wine later, we met the boys for dinner at our new favorite budget locale- Nando's!

All in all, we had a fun day, worthy of writing about and sharing pictures. This weekend we'll be heading to Notting Hill to spend some time with some friends who have been here for a year on GEP, and then also we'll be shopping for things for our flat, which we move into next week.

Enjoy the sun and the great weather, think of us as you bask in the sun!