Orphans Gatherings

This past weekend was Easter and like many people travelling or living abroad, I'm away from my friends and family who were getting together and celebrating this holiday/long weekend.  Instead I was invited to a new friend's orphan's Easter lunch and a chance to head to the Thames to watch 'the boat race'. (*spoiler alert* Oxford won!)

An orphan's dinner is usually put on and attended by a group of expats who can't make it home for a particular holiday and are missing out on the traditions from back home. This particular dinner was not quite traditional to anyone's Easter dinner as we had a mishmash of barbecued meat, potato salad, avocado and spinach salad. But tasty nonetheless.

After lunch we headed down to central London to catch a brief glimpse of the Oxford and Cambridge University rowing teams and they raced in their 159th competition. I did literally see each boat for 2 seconds between people shoulders, as they glided through the water. Being so vertically challenged in large groups is such a bummer.

purse wine

Despite that and despite the cold, cold, COLD day, it was a great time. Some appeared to be having a better time than others, but no judgement here :)

Happening at the same time as the boat race is the Spitalfields City Farm Goat Race between a goat named Cambridge and another named Oxford. Maybe next year...

Fun travels!