Friendly Encounters of the Hat Kind!

Our hats were the subject of many comments as we paraded around London. On Christmas Day, we all donned our hats and went for a walk. Since one Starbucks was open not far from our hotel, we headed that way (while passing by some iconic intersections; more on that in a later post). After partaking in our favorite Starbucks drinks, the kids decided to extend their walk, but the four "old folks" headed back to the hotel.

Not far from our hotel, we saw four young people headed towards us, all wearing Santa hats. They were the second group of young people we had encountered in Santa hats, so as we walked by, I commented to them, "Nice hats." After passing them, one of them came back to ask if we would take our picture with them. One of the young women pulled out a tripod, put the camera on it, set the delay, and joined us for the picture.

The young people were French tourists who, like us, were spending Christmas in London. Two minutes later, after exchanging email addresses, we were on our way! It was such a fun encounter, and now we have some new French friends.