Today marked the beginning of a new era with the inauguration of the first Afro-American President of the USA - Barack Obama. We celebrated this event by hoisting Old Glory on our flagpole - the first time we had done so as we had pledged not to fly the USA flag until the day on which George W. Bush left the White House. It will now be flown on days when we have USA visitors (notably Sara'a Dad and wife) and on certain USA celebration days e.g. Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Pearl Harbor Anniversary and so on.
Today was also a bit out of the ordinary for me as I had to be in London for a meeting at 10 a.m. so caught an early morning train from Grateley Station (about 6 miles from home). The reason for my visit was to meet with clients and counsel and opponents to see if a settlement could be thrashed out to a tricky dispute. It turned out to be an amusing clash of counsel with ours (my friend and colleague Michael Roberts) getting the upper hand on all counts resulting in a settlement very much to our liking.
Returning home from London I listened to the new president's Inaugural Speech on the radio and later saw the rest of the ceremony on the TV. It was a most inspiring speech containing sentiments and elements of those given by Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and JFK. After spending some time with Tom on his Xbox computer game, it was a light dinner of salmon and vegetables with a glass of wine. The evening ended with writing this blog and watching a documentary about JFK.
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