In Coventry and Birmingham with a dear friend :)

Life is better with friends. :) We had a nice weekend with Radu Lazarutu visiting us! He works for Siemens in Romania (Timisoara) and is detached at the moment in London. We still remember the fantastic weekend spent at his home near Borsec in 2006 when he hosted an AIESEC conference, just few weeks after Diana and I got together.

Borsec, Romania 2006

Well, it was definitely out of routine for us! It's good that he likes cars 'cause in Coventry we have the largest transport museum in the UK and there are 2 of the fastest cars on the planet, Thrust2 (1983) and ThrustSSC (1997), true rockets on wheels. The speed record breaking simulator was nice as well!

Thrust2

ThrustSSC

at the Coventry Cathedral tower, loads of steps (181)

Coventry Cathedral, seen from the tower, what's left after WW2 bombings

relaxing in a city centre park... trying local jacked potatoes.

Bull Ring in Birmingham - the busiest UK shopping centre (39.5 million buyers).

Come back Radu, there's far more to see, hope next time we'll have better weather and will be able to do more outdoor activities! :)