My son and I had a good weekend together. On Saturday, an event called Invasion Colchester occurred. We enjoyed the event last year, my daughter seeing part of it. But that was not the case this year and while she stayed at home, my son and I walked in to Colchester. We had a great time, he had his picture taken with an Ewok and Doctor Who. He got to learn how guns were fired during the English Civil War, and, much to the annoyance of his sister, he got to have fun on the boating lake. It was not as good as he hoped as his boat was not working as well as he liked, but the staff changed it and he got to try a different one.
It was great seeing Stormtroopers in town along with other characters from science fiction and fantasy. What was nice was seeing that most of the princesses that came to town were Belle's. I love Belle as she is a princess who advocates reading, though I do like the later princesses as well, notably Elsa. Seeing some of the cars reminded me of seeing Bumblebee in Sri Lanka on Christmas Day (ish).
On Sunday, we had dinner in Levington, a place we have not been back to in ten years. The setting was lovely but the food did not compare to what we remembered in the past. But my daughter wants to go for a walk there, so we may return.
