High Class....what?!?

Our first Saturday night in London and all was well! Through JaNae's connections, we had dinner with a VP from a movie (cinema) studio and a friend of hers that is was born in South Africa, grew up in American, and has been living in London for the past 8 years. One of JaNae's Urbandale parents suggested we get ahold of her sister, who moved to London about 11 years ago. So, JaNae started emailing her (Michelle) and we wound up going to dinner with her and Julia (her long time friend). We met them at an upscale Italian restaurant - the food was fabulous and the wine was flowing! Conversation was awesome - we learned so much from these two awesome ladies! They gave us pointers on where to live in the city, where to travel to around the world, and also gave us some insight into the celebrity world. We met them at 7, got politely kicked out (if there is such a thing) of the restaurant a 9:30 then had a night cap at PJs bar down the street - all in South Kensington. Michelle was so nice and treated us to a cab ride home - video will be up on facebook later. They were upscale ladies and were horrified by our hostel tales, but also provided some horrifying tales of their own! Julia had stayed in may hostels before as well when moving around, so she understood exactly how we felt. Their stories also helped us figure out ways to store stuff in tiny flats so that it doesn't look so cluttered. I think we are both on track with "less is better" - that is how the whole English world lives!