London, Baby!

We arrived in London on a Sunday morning, the coach and our official Foreign Office guide, Priscilla, collected us at Heathrow and shuttled us off to Goodenough College.

London was a swirl of meetings on the Environment and Afghanistan. On the environmental front, we were lambasted for Canada's poor efforts to reduce emissions, up until one of the interns asked about Britain's complicity - specifically, that UK-based company's profit from mining, oil and gas exploration in Canada.

There was also much talk about Canada's seal hunt - a topic which is barely on the radar of average Canadians who do not live on the East Coast.

The highlights of my London 2008 visit were all related to family and friends - Hil and Edward, Nathan, and the Au clan cousins.

Sadly, the torrential rain and wind broke my favourite cow print umbrella - just outside Westminster Abbey.